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The New America Fellowship Program supports and invests in writers, scholars, filmmakers, and journalists, and awards ten fellows each year. Through his fellowship, Ossei-Owusu will work on his manuscript, “The People’s Champ: Legal Aid from Slavery to Mass Incarceration.”
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Without our normal ability to interact with the people and places that usually make us happy, it’s natural to turn to food or alcohol as a replacement. Food and drink are tied to the feelings of stability or instability a given person may have during quarantine. Penn Medicine experts say it’s important to create new, stable eating routines, and start small.
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The Friends of Israel MBA Fund will provide full tuition over the course of the two-year Wharton MBA program for a cohort of over sixty students over the next decade. The fellowship is dedicated to Israeli students.
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Founded by Marci Hamilton, a Penn professor and advocate for the civil rights of children, CHILD USA conducts evidence-based research to identify laws and policies affecting child protection. Through the internship, Social Science Fellows have the opportunity to analyze data and conduct research on topics including abuse in sports, statutes of limitation, conversion therapy, educational neglect, and child safety during COVID-19.
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As part of a new agreement championed by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, all K-12 schools in the School District of Philadelphia will be given access to digital primary sources hosted by Adam Matthew Digital at no cost to the schools themselves. The agreement will allow teachers across all age ranges and subject areas to integrate primary sources into their students’ course of study.
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Fall Group Exercise classes will be free to all members of the Penn Community.
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Traditionally, Perry World House’s Visiting Fellows engage with students and faculty in lectures, public events, workshops, and office hours. Since March, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced Penn’s operations online, Perry World House has developed the tools to allow for virtual visitors.
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New guidelines co-written by Penn researchers and 16 other research institutions list 22 recommendations for management of psoriatic disease based on the most current research, including that psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and treatment for those conditions alone likely do not meaningfully increase one’s risk of COVID-19.
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On Monday, August 31st, English for Career Development, an ELP MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), reached over 1 million learners since its inception in 2016.
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Penn Dental Medicine is among the 23 state-wide awardees from the administration of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolff to advance coronavirus research. The award to the lab of Henry Daniell is part of $10 million in grant funding through the state’s COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments and Therapies program to support the rapid advancement of vaccines, treatments, and therapies.
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