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Can technology fix the silent opioid crisis gripping US hospitals?

Annabelle Timsit, Justin Rohrlich

November 19, 2019 |

Quartz |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Tracking controlled substances can be difficult for hospitals, which often results in drugs being diverted from where they are supposed to go. To tackle this problem, technology companies are stepping in by creating software that utilizes a machine-learning algorithm that "can identify risky prescription and dispensation patterns among healthcare staff."

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After years of academic struggles, Durham schools celebrate new success

Kelly Hinchcliffe

November 19, 2019 |

WRAL-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

In the past few years, Durham's public schools have made significant strides, backed by a new superintendent intent on getting teachers and the whole community to buy into his plan. Frequent teacher evaluations, new hires, and marked efforts to change outside views of the school are at the heart of the plan.

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Breaking the cycle: Fulton's first all-female program works to address recidivism

Sarah Haselhorst, Sarah Straughn

November 19, 2019 |

Columbia Missourian |

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Response Location: United States, Fulton, Missouri

The Fulton Community Supervision Center in Missouri provides trauma-informed, gender-specific care and services to women who face the risk of recidivism. Participants live at the center, where they receive services like cognitive behavioral therapy and classes that teach coping mechanisms and personal and professional development. Core to much of the programming is helping women find their self worth.

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With Paper Monuments, New Orleanians Draft The City's History Themselves

Zoe Sullivan

November 19, 2019 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

Bringing the community into conversations about commemoration opens new ways to present public history. The Paper Monuments project in New Orleans asked residents to draw monuments that they would like to see replace the four Confederate monuments removed in the city. The project brought organizations like the New Orleans Arts Council and New Orleans Public library together with community members to re-imagine new narratives, installations, and representations of local history.

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Mozambique's newly empowered rangers, courts catch up with poachers, loggers

Fred Kockott

November 19, 2019 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Mozambique

Protecting forests requires collaboration between conservation groups and government authorities. In Mozambique, the Peace Parks Foundation is working with support of the Mozambique government to protect the Zinave National Park from illegal poaching and logging. By increasing patrols and tightening the laws surrounding illegal logging, Mozambique’s government has made conservation work in the area much more effective.

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Green party: how are festivals upping their environmental credentials?

Lucy Douglas, Laura Mahler

November 19, 2019 |

Positive.News |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London

Finding ways to implement circular systems reduces the environmental impact of festivals. The London-based nonprofit, a Greener Festival, works with festival planners across Europe to make events more sustainable. In addition to recycling and moving toward plant-based food options, a Greener Festival also leverages its partnerships to collect and reuse catered food through its EighthPlate initiative.

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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

Laura Pappano

November 19, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States

Food studies in Portuguese. History in German. To address declining enrollment in second-language courses and "combat the notion that language learning belongs only in language classes," more U.S. colleges are offering language-specific sections for classes traditionally taught in English.

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Ruff justice: Meet the dogs helping put child rapists behind bars

Dhashen Moodley, Danny Booysen

November 19, 2019 |

Bhekisisa |

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Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

A practice in Johannesburg is making the courtroom and trial process less scary for sexually abused children by letting them play the role of court officials alongside therapy dogs in a pretend court. The Teddy Bear Foundation, responsible for this role play activity, wants children to be less scared but also prepared for their day in court when it comes.

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In the age of burnout, how companies keep their employees coming back

Annabelle Timsit

November 19, 2019 |

Quartz |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Organizations around the world address rocky employee leave transitions by building resiliency and extra job training into their organizational structures after long absences. Companies successful in keeping turnover low after employee leave often institutes collaboration and connective activities in the workplace, encouraging employees to show their strengths and feel valued at work.

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The judge, jury and lawyers are kids. But punishments at N.J. youth court are real.

Barry Carter

November 18, 2019 |

NJ Advance Media |

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Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

The 10-year-old Newark Youth Court has heard some 700 cases in which high school students serve as judge, jury, and lawyers in proceedings that avoid school discipline or criminal charges with creative exercises in personal accountability. Taking aim at fights, disruptive behavior, or more serious offenses involving weapons or drugs. the Youth Court seeks to encourage better life choices. Outcomes may exclude punishment altogether, imposing community service (including Youth Court jury duty) or other alternatives to jail, avoiding criminal records that can ruin someone's future.

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