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LGBT+ marches from London to New York call for end to racism
Ed Brockenbrough of the Graduate School of Education said Pride organizers’ efforts to promote the Black Lives Matter movement don’t go far enough to address racism in the LGBTQ community. "Activism in Black and brown queer communities has been happening for a long time without full buy-in from white gatekeepers of queer resources," he said.
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How the coronavirus short-circuits the immune system
The Perelman School of Medicine’s John Wherry and Carl June spoke about Wherry’s lab’s research into the immune systems of patients with COVID-19.
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Meet the forgotten woman who forever change date lives of LGBTQ+ workers
Serena Mayeri of the Law School and School of Arts & Sciences spoke about Pauli Murray’s effort to include “sex” in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “There’s this pernicious myth that the sex amendment was some kind of joke, or fluke, or a poison pill that was designed to sink the Civil Rights Act,” Mayeri said, “when in fact it really was the product of the deliberate efforts by advocates for women.”
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Penn chaplain named vice president for social equity and community
Charles “Chaz” Howard has been appointed Penn’s first vice president for social equity and Community. “I view history through critical race theory and a Black liberationist perspective,” he said. “That coupled with being familiar with Penn for decades will help me work with colleagues to tell our truth and stories. I want this new journey at Penn to leave an imprint of both love and justice.”
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Report: Focus funding on colleges best able to help unemployed
Joni Finney of the Graduate School of Education and colleagues wrote a report calling on U.S. governors to develop a long-term higher education strategy that stimulates the economy and restructures how colleges are funded.
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‘We don’t see the refinery starting’: PES site’s new owner envisions an ‘environmentally conscious’ commercial hub
Mark Allan Hughes of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy spoke about new plans for the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery complex in Southwest Philadelphia. “Not having a refinery there ends a long environmental justice travesty and puts Philadelphia on the right side of energy history,” he said.
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Rising high school seniors invited to apply UPenn's summer prep program
Vice Provost for Student Engagement Valarie Swain-Cade McCollum was interviewed about Penn’s summer program for rising high school seniors.
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‘We all have a lot more to do’: Del. business leaders get crash course on reducing racial disparities in the workforce
Stephanie Creary of the Wharton School spoke to the Delaware Chamber of Commerce about addressing race and diversity in the workplace. “The more that we actually pretend that race isn’t a factor or that we don’t have different races, what the studies have shown is that we actually tend to engage in more biased behavior,” she said.
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Food brands are phasing out racist mascots. Will sports teams follow?
Americus Reed II of the Wharton School said recent changes to racist brand imagery can be attributed to the pandemic and our current political climate. “In normal times, you don’t have the heightened consumer awareness that’s been triggered by COVID and George Floyd,” he said.
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How COVID-19 has made some colleges question the academic calendar
Peter Eckel of the Graduate School of Education said the pandemic has given colleges a chance to reevaluate their summer offerings and other scheduling matters. “The pandemic has raised a lot of questions about long-held traditions about how to deliver higher education,” he said. “The academic calendar is one of them.”