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Philly’s First Maker Faire: A Summer Carnival of Innovation
The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Dean Vijay Kumar, Dan Koditschek, and Mark Yim were participants in Sunday’s Maker Faire, hosted at Pennovation.
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Actually, the U.S. Has a Long History of Separating Families
Heather Williams of the School of Arts and Sciences weighed in on family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border. “When I hear the voices of those children, it absolutely resonates because that's how I imagine it was with the [formerly enslaved] people that I study,” said Williams.
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How to Know When It’s Time for Hospice
Susan Foster and Nina O’Connor of the Penn Wissahickon Hospice, Scott Halpern of Penn’s Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center, and Salimah Meghani of the School of Nursing were all interviewed about hospice and end of life care.
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This Nonprofit Just Got $18 Million to Help Immigrants Detained at the Border—but It’s Still Not Enough
Katherina Rosqueta of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy weighed in on the results of a viral fundraiser for RAICES.
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The Magic Number of People Needed to Create Social Change
The Annenberg School for Communication’s Damon Centola was cited for his research on social change, which found that just 25 percent of a given group would need to adopt a new norm to convince everyone else to follow.
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Teachers View Immigrant Parents as Less Involved. That Mindset May Be Hurting Students
Doctoral student Phoebe Ho of the School of Arts and Sciences studied discrepancies in teachers’ perceptions of parental involvement between white parents and immigrant parents of color.
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Police Killings Have Harmed Mental Health in Black Communities, Study Finds
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Atheendar Venkataramani co-authored a study about the negative effects that news of police killings has on the psychological and emotional wellness of African-Americans.
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In Hitting China on Trade, Trump Is Seen Neglecting U.S. Emerging Industries
The Wharton School’s Ann Harrison said, of the differences between the United States and China’s approaches to industrial policy, “we’re not supporting emerging industries. We’re bailing out failing industries.”
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How Can I Tell If I Have Chronic Dry Eye?
Mina Massaro-Giordano of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed the role tears play in eye health and comfort.
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Painful Scenes of Child Separations Force a Rare Retreat from the White House
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson offered commentary on the administration’s policy reversal on family separations.