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Why doesn’t the U.S. value child care? A historic look
Pilar Gonalons-Pons of the School of Arts & Sciences said the concept of universal child care is in the public eye again. “The pandemic made people realize this idea of full-time work and family responsibilities is kind of insane,” she said.
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Black men in Philly are more likely to experience poor mental health after severe injury, a new study shows
Sara Jacoby of the School of Nursing co-led a study about how returning, or not returning, to work after a traumatic injury impacted the mental health of Black men living in Philadelphia. “If your economic stability, your financial opportunity is contingent on work, which it is for many of us, then not returning to work is an additional barrier to healing … because you’re further stressed by the inability to make your day-to-day work,” said Jacoby.
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The Boston Public Schools are in crisis. Harvard (or BC or MGH) can help
Penn Alexander was highlighted as an example of a successful partnership between higher education and local school districts.
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Don’t count on evolution to save us from toxic chemicals and pollution
PIK Professor Sarah Tishkoff spoke about how humans continue to evolve. For example, she said, a genetic variant that enables lactose tolerance didn’t emerge until somewhere between the past several hundred and 2,000 years. “When you’re talking about evolutionary time scales, that’s like a flash.”
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Rutgers University is 'on fairly solid ground ' to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19
Eric Feldman of the Law School spoke about Rutgers University’s requirement that all students be vaccinated for COVID-19 before returning to campus. “Rutgers is on fairly solid ground, and we’re likely to see a good number of universities, both public and private, start to mandate the vaccine,” he said.
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A Yale psychiatrist’s tweet about Dershowitz, her dismissal, and a lawsuit
PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno said he hadn’t heard of anyone being disciplined by the American Psychiatric Association for breaking the Goldwater rule, which says it’s unethical for psychiatrists to issue professional opinions about public figures they haven’t examined.
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Strella Biotechnology, whose backers include Mark Cuban, expands its presence at Pennovation Works
Strella Biotechnology, a company developing technology to reduce food spoilage, has moved into a 2,000 square foot space at the Pennovation Lab. The company’s founders won the $100,000 Penn President’s Innovation Prize in 2019.
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Beige on an SUV will cost you, but for pickups it’s golden
Jonah Berger of the Wharton School spoke about how paint colors can affect a car’s resale value. “People buy things for different reasons,” he said. “Sometimes we buy them for what they do. Sometimes we buy them for what they say about us.”
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Study: Teaching force grew at more than double the enrollment rate
Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and School of Arts & Sciences spoke about how schools and school boards are working to meet demands from parents and lawmakers. “All these demands by parents are very understandable, such as lower class size,” said Ingersoll. “Who wouldn’t want their child to be in a class of 18? And, yes, let’s teach Mandarin and, yes, let’s bring back Latin. There are so many demands but very little recognition of the costs.”
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Amid growing challenges, Biden to hold 1st news conference
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about President Biden’s upcoming press conference. “The press conference serves an important purpose: It presents the press an extended opportunity to hold a leader accountable for decisions,” she said.