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Philly’s Gun Violence Intervention program is making progress
Pennsylvania Capital Star

Philly’s Gun Violence Intervention program is making progress

A Penn evaluation found that Philadelphia’s current gun violence intervention program produced significant reductions in group-member involved gun violence.

Mar 2, 2023

Vaccine makers are preparing for bird flu
Scientific American

Vaccine makers are preparing for bird flu

Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues are developing and testing a vaccine tailored to the current bird flu strain based on their previous 20-subtype mRNA flu vaccine.

Mar 2, 2023

Why do so many men avoid doctor’s visits?
The New York Times

Why do so many men avoid doctor’s visits?

Nora Brier of the Perelman School of Medicine says that avoidance can worsen the anxiety and fear triggered by potential visits to the doctor’s office.

Mar 3, 2023

How ‘strategic silence’ helps employees

How ‘strategic silence’ helps employees

The highest-performing employees know when to speak and when to stay quiet, according to new research from Wharton’s Michael Parke that looks at how employees engage in “strategic silence.”

2023-03-27

Net-Zero Global Economy

Exterior of Houston Hall.
Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard’s Kennedy School Meghan O’Sullivan gives a talk on the possible transition to net-zero global economy and its effects in a geopolitical context.

5:00 p.m.

Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.

2023-03-29

Israel’s Rights Revolution

Barak Medina, the Justice Haim Cohen Chair in Human Rights at the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, presents a talk on the ongoing changes to the process of constitution-making in Israel.

5:15 p.m.

Hybrid; Fitts Auditorium, Penn Carey Law School, 3501 Sansom St.

2023-03-21

Decarbonization and Urban Institutions

Nina Morris, director of Penn’s Office of Sustainability, joins with Julie Newman and Jessica Prata to discuss how institutions of higher education in urban settings are working to advance decarbonization efforts. This talk will be moderated by Saleem Chapman, chief resilience officer at the City of Philadelphia.

12:00 p.m.

Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, 220 S. 34th St.

2023-03-21

Feminist Data Science in Action

Van Pelt Library.
Catherine D’Ignazio gives a talk on how grassroots feminist activists are tackling feminicide through data science. It's the topic of her upcoming book, “Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism.”

12:00 p.m.

Hybrid; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th Floor

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