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Iraqi, Syrian Guides Bring Views to Philadelphia Museum
The Penn Museum has welcomed four new participants to Global Guides, a program designed to help contextualize historic content from the Middle East. “People who come from these places, even in contemporary times, can find a connection with the objects,” said Ellen Owens, the museum’s director of learning programs.
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Stay in School or Get Married? In 1965, the President’s Daughter Had to Choose.
Julie Fairman of the School of Nursing contextualized mid-century demands on aspiring nurses to remain unmarried.
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Meghan Markle and the Bicultural Blackness of the Royal Wedding
Salamishah Tillet of the School of Arts and Sciences penned an article about Meghan Markle, the new Duchess of Sussex, and her relationship to American and British blackness and the intersections thereof.
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‘That Was a Black Church Sermon’: Rev. Michael Curry Brings Passion to the Church of England
Barbara D. Savage of the School of Arts and Sciences discussed the Most Rev. Bishop Michael Curry, who delivered a sermon at this weekend’s royal wedding. According to Savage, Curry’s rhetorical style not only represented the Episcopal church, but a long history of “black preaching traditions.”
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Israel’s Massacre of Palestinian Civilians Should Spark Horror—and Action
The School of Arts and Sciences’ Ian Lustick wrote about the reality of Palestinian life under Israel’s Zionist movement. “For any human being,” said Lustick, “no matter what their political views or ties to Israel or to Palestinian Arabs, the continuous mass shooting of Palestinian civilians is, or should be, emotionally and spiritually intolerable.”
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Reaching the ‘Unreachable’ Audience with Podcast Advertising
The Wharton School has released a report describing “unreachables,” a growing audience of millennials and Gen Xers who can’t be easily tracked for marketing purposes.
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Why Medicaid Work Requirements Could Help Persuade More States to Expand Coverage
Mark Pauly of the Wharton School argued for compromise over Medicaid redesign. Although work requirements are controversial, according to Pauly their implementation may persuade lawmakers to expand health coverage to the bulk of non-disabled poor working adults.
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California Today: Medical Experts Blast U.S.C.’s Silence Over Gynecologist Scandal
Weighing in on allegations of a gynecologist's misconduct at the USC student health center, the Perelman School’s Jonathan Moreno called the state medical board decision not to report Dr. Tyndall “sort of toothless.”
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Audio: What's the Downside of Making Friends at Work?
The Wharton School’s Nancy Rothbard co-authored a study about the effects of workplace friendships on productivity and work culture.
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Video: New Study Suggests Parents Want PG-15 Rating for Movies
Study author Dan Romer of the Annenberg School for Communications discussed the sharp rise of violence in PG-13 movies. Romer stated that Hollywood may be exploiting the MPAA rating system by justifying gun violence in the plot and by omitting the gory consequences.