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People wearing face masks chat on the street in Olinda, Brazil

Brazil’s coronavirus crisis

Brazil has become one of the world’s deadliest hotspots for the novel coronavirus, second only to the United States in deaths and infections. Melissa Teixeira, a historian of modern Brazil, shares her thoughts on the nation’s response and challenges it faces in battling the virus.

Police car on a rainy Philadelphia street.

Law School hosts ‘Structural Frustrations: Challenges to Implementing Change’

The second virtual event in its summer series, “A Path for Change: Policing in America” is part of a yearlong colloquium titled “Achieving Racial Justice.”

Portrait of Marian Anderson in 1920 with her chin resting on top of her hand.

Newly digitized Marian Anderson collection now accessible online

Penn Libraries has completed digitization of more than 2,500 items from its Marian Anderson collection, now available for public view on a new website.

Facing mounting pressure, ICE rescinds visa rule

Amid mounting pressure from colleges and universities, including Penn, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has revoked a controversial policy affecting international students with F-1 visas.

patient being discharged from covid hospitalization

Web-based platforms provide supporting resources for Penn Medicine staff

As health care professionals continue to rise to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn Medicine has worked diligently, expeditiously, and compassionately to organize resources for frontline workers.

Doctor with a face mask and gloves writing with a pencil on a clipboard.

Penn Medicine’s virtual bridge to opioid recovery

When COVID-19 shifted most outreach and programs to online platforms, recovery specialist Nicole O’Donnell had to restructure her approach to establishing a relationship with patient’s in need of opioid addiction intervention.

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Penn submits amicus brief in support of international students with F-1 visas

The brief, signed by Penn and 58 other schools, was filed in support of the case brought last week by Harvard and MIT against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

African American person in a crowd at a demonstration confronts a line of state police with riot gear.

Police violence, structural racism, and the science of reform

Co-sponsored by LDI and the Penn Injury Science Center, a virtual seminar on Policing, Race and Health: Prospects for Reform kicks off what will be a continuing series of conversations on the topic over the next year.

Jackie Shi stands in front of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

To Singapore and back again

Rising senior Jackie Shi spent the early part of the spring semester studying abroad in Southeast Asia.

One person stands before two computer monitors while two people stand behind them, all in lab garments or white coats, one computer has brain scans on the screen

Rooting out systemic bias in neuroscience publishing

An interdisciplinary research team has found statistical evidence of women being undercited in academic literature. They are now studying similar effects along racial lines.

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