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Wharton’s Stephanie Creary spoke with organizational behavior researcher Tiffany Johnson and psychologist Hammad S. N’cho about workplace well-being, citing a need for a bespoke strategy for people of color, who have been more adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the heightened tensions around racial and social justice.
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To help get in the back-to-school spirit, this month’s Featured Books are all about Philadelphia.
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In a series of online Special Briefings convened by Penn IUR together with the Volcker Alliance, federal, state, and local budget experts assessed the opportunities and challenges posed by three legislative initiatives that propose a multi-trillion dollar infusion of funding to state and local governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A CRISPR screening tool identified a new therapeutic target to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has the potential to leave patients with fewer side effects than current approaches, according to a new study from Penn Medicine published in Molecular Cell.
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As the nation continues to grapple with outbreaks of COVID-19, the Biden Administration released a statement that concludes a booster shot will be needed to maximize vaccine-induced protection. Penn LDI’s Nadiyah Browning and Janet Weiner examine how these boosters and attendant resources be allocated so that communities that are most vulnerable and disadvantaged are prioritized.
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Arts and cultural institutions in both countries were deployed to support wartime efforts between 1980 to 1988, often evoking religious imagery and symbols to glorify the war and martyrdom. In contrast to such glorifications of war, a number of works have honed in on the grimmer realities of war that contest these state narratives. It is important to look beyond the two states of Iran and Iraq and consider how marginalized groups experienced the war, particularly the Kurds.
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The Scialog: Advanced Bioimaging initiative has selected the assistant professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics to be part of its first cohort of researchers. A combination of science and dialog, the Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s Scialog program is a series of collaboration-generating conferences and grants, focused on a range of pressing scientific issues.
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Over 30 student researchers were included in the scientific program with their faculty mentors, showcasing a diversity of projects across disciplines.
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A new Penn Medicine study identifies a new mechanism of resistance and how to overcome it with a small molecule inhibitor.
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Wharton’s Olivia S. Mitchell talks about the federal government’s call to reexamine its pension investments in light of climate change.
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