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‘Workplace Diversity, Culture, and Leadership’
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“Racism and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America” is a preceptorial designed to provide a broad overview of the causes and consequences of racism in the United States. The second of these conversations, “Workplace, Culture, and Diversity,” was held on Nov. 11.

‘Workplace Diversity, Culture, and Leadership’

In the second of 13 conversations in the preceptorial course Racism and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America, a discussion on “The Economic System: Workplace Diversity, Culture, and Leadership.”

Kristina García

New seminar series addresses racism and anti-racism in contemporary America
Seated rows of workers with "CASA" shirts on hold signs saying "I deserve $15/hr"

The inaugural session of the preceptorial centered on income and wealth disparities.

New seminar series addresses racism and anti-racism in contemporary America

A new series organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program at Penn includes 13 conversations focusing on inequalities across on economic, political, social, and cultural systems. (Pre-pandemic image)

Kristina García

Fatal police shootings among Black Americans remain high, unchanged since 2015
A person with arms raised wearing a backpack at night faces the headlights of a vehicle on a city street.

Fatal police shootings among Black Americans remain high, unchanged since 2015

Violent encounters with police represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S., especially among Black, Indigenous, and people of color. A new study characterizes trends and quantifies inequities across racial/ethnic groups.

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How people of color can navigate racist confrontations
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How people of color can navigate racist confrontations

Managing the stress of racial encounters and navigating everyday microaggressions is difficult. Howard Stevenson and Stew Friedman discuss how to read, recast, and resolve racially stressful moments.

Race and work in 2020
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Race and work in 2020

Wharton’s Stephanie Creary discusses how her LEAP framework is a step to being a better ally and creating equality in the workplace and beyond.

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How an algorithm blocked kidney transplants to Black patients
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How an algorithm blocked kidney transplants to Black patients

Nwamaka Eneanya of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about her research on the use of a controversial formula for measuring kidney function and resultant disparities in transplant rates for Black patients.

Protests matter, and here’s why
Large crowd wearing masks protesting in the streets of D.C., person in foreground holds a sign reading BREONNA’S LIFE MATTERED.

Protests matter, and here’s why

As part of the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity, political science professor Daniel Gillion gave insight into how demonstrations affect elected officials, shape policy, increase engagement, and motivate voter turnout.

Lauren Hertzler

Three educators celebrated at Penn GSE as winners of the McGraw Prize in Education 
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Penn President Amy Gutmann (left), Suzanne McGraw, Harold McGraw III, and GSE Dean Pam Grossman, at the McGraw Prize launch event on Feb. 13.

Three educators celebrated at Penn GSE as winners of the McGraw Prize in Education 

In the first celebration of the McGraw Prize in Education since the Graduate School of Education became its home, President Amy Gutmann said this year’s three winners are among the “great minds devoted to improving education through innovation."
‘Perspectives on Fair Housing’ looks back on more than 50 years of landmark legislation
decent housing was just one among many rights that activists were demanding As written on signs during the Civil Rights March on Washington in 1963, decent housing was just one among many rights that activists were demanding. (Image: Courtesy Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.)

‘Perspectives on Fair Housing’ looks back on more than 50 years of landmark legislation

A new Penn Press book featuring experts from law, education, urban studies, and social policy presents fair housing as one of the foremost issues facing the U.S. today.

Kristina García

A new initiative to preserve African American civil rights heritage sites
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A view of Tuskegee University’s historic campus. (Image: The Weitzman School)

A new initiative to preserve African American civil rights heritage sites

The Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites will be led by Faculty Director Randall Mason, an associate professor in the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, alongside renowned preservationist Brent Leggs, who is named senior adviser and adjunct associate professor.

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