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Ending the Pandemic: Addressing Global Covid-19 Vaccine Inequality
As the Covid-19 pandemic enters its second year, many countries are beginning to loosen some of their public health measures. Across...
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Mar 9, 20224 min read


A Public Health Response to Violence: An Interview With Courtney Bryan
Courtney Bryan is the executive director of the Center for Court Innovation, a New York City-based nonprofit that pilots innovative...
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Nov 16, 20218 min read


Metacognition and Asian American Activism: An Interview with Lisa Son
Lisa Son is a professor of cognitive psychology at Barnard College in New York City. Her research centers on metacognition, optimal...
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Nov 6, 20219 min read


Zoonosis Neurosis: How deforestation and land use change could cause the next pandemic
Imagine an elephant walking down 5th Avenue in New York City, crushing cabs under its enormous hooves as “hardened” New Yorkers run for...
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Jun 30, 20216 min read


Universal Broadband: The Perpetual Problem
March again. Marking the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, this month is a testament to both the strength of the...
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Apr 13, 20215 min read


The Emergence of Vaccine Diplomacy: Indian & Chinese Politicization of the Pandemic
In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, pleaded for an international...
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Mar 18, 20215 min read


How Colleges and Universities Can Contribute to a More Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
When a Brown student walks into the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center (OMAC), the mass COVID-19 testing site on campus, they begin a highly...
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Mar 3, 20216 min read


A Turning Point for Combating Chronic Absenteeism in American Schools
Before the coronavirus pandemic, chronic absenteeism was a growing epidemic of its own kind that rocked schools across the country....
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Dec 15, 20206 min read


No Poets Left Behind
K-12 students are adapting to completing their curriculum from their bedrooms against the backdrop of the snowballing social, physical,...
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Nov 17, 20206 min read


How a Federal Agency Became a Covid Superspreader
Shut down borders, limit nonessential travel, and reduce density in shared spaces. Provide personal protective equipment, get tested, and...
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Nov 16, 20204 min read


The COVID-19 Era Has Flipped the Script on Female Politicians
There’s no riskier candidate for an influential position in the United States than a woman. Their chromosomes are proof of their lack of...
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Nov 16, 20207 min read


Hotels, Homelesness, and the Politics of the Status Quo
When COVID-19 engulfed New York City in the spring of 2020, one of the hardest hit groups was the city’s homeless population, comprising...
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Nov 13, 20207 min read
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