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A proposal to remove William Penn’s statue from a Philadelphia park was pulled after public outcry. Penn’s biographer says his Quaker religion may well have disapproved of such a statue.
A new study finds more emergency medicine residencies are available, but hundreds of the positions are going unfilled.
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at Penn State ran computer models on two Philadelphia census tracts. The neighborhood with more vulnerable residents was also hotter.
In a bid to reduce violent crime, the city’s new mayor is calling for a revitalization of a controversial practice the police department had mostly abandoned.
Drexel researchers evaluated a 2014 program implemented by Kevin Bethel when he was deputy police commissioner that led to fewer arrests of students in schools.
Detroit residents with past-due bills are facing water shut-offs again after a reprieve during COVID-19. At the same time, providers are also raising rates.
Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 17 Philadelphia parents about how their family uses digital media. Here they offer tips to promote healthy, balanced media habits for kids.
When it comes to gentrification, Philadelphia baristas say they’re ‘part of the problem.’ But as low-wage workers, where else should they live and work?
Mass shootings account for only about 3% of gun homicides in the U.S.
A group of academics look at the global evidence to examine the potential impact of supervised injection sites in Philadelphia and the US.
A professor of counseling who researches homelessness offers tips to help parents gets the school support and accommodations for their children.
The public’s right to know often gives way to concerns about privacy, public safety and protecting evidence.
Transportation agencies plan for events like major bridge or highway collapses, but these events can disrupt traffic for months and affect residential neighborhoods as well as motorists.
As the “freedom convoy” and occupation of Ottawa drags on, the potential for a violent stand-off between protestors and police increases, which in turn decreases the chances of a peaceful resolution.
In ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Philadelphia schoolteachers go above and beyond for their students – just like real-life urban schoolteachers do every day, says one scholar.
Photojournalist Ron Tarver spent years photographing people largely ignored in mythic depictions of white cowboys and the American West.
Two Lumbee scholars who have mined local archives in search of tribal history raise the profound question: Who has the rights to memories and artifacts of their people’s past?
For centuries, disease outbreaks have forced cities to transform physically and operationally in ways that ultimately benefited all residents going forward.
Today’s coronavirus pandemic has echoes in the yellow fever pandemic of the 1790s. Then, as now, workers struggled with how to support themselves and their families. One federal agency had the answer.
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
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Professor of Politics, Drexel University
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, Drexel University
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Associate Professor of History, Morgan State University
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Associate Professor of Law, Temple University
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Professor of Neuropsychology, Drexel University
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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
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Professor of Food and Hospitality Management, Drexel University
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Professor of Law, Penn State
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Drexel University
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Assistant Professor of School Psychology, Special Education, and Sociology
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Professor of Urban Education and Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Academic Initiatives, Rutgers University - Newark
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Bloomberg Fellow, Penn Medicine Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy, University of Pennsylvania
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Researcher at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University