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  • 'It means everything': the university opening its doors to asylum seekers

    July 10, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England

    The Compass Project, based out of the UK, provides one year of education for asylum seekers that serves as a foot in the door into the national higher education system. In the sometimes years before they can gain refugee status, asylum seekers living in the UK lack many of the rights and much of the access other citizens take for granted. Now, activists are considering how the Compass Project and other scattered university aid programs can band together to enact more systemic change.

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  • This idea helped rescue a city of 3.8 million from a water crisis

    July 10, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    Starting small helped Chennai, India achieve big results when faced with looming water shortages. A local community member embarked on a campaign to not just conserve rainwater but to teach his community the importance of this practice.

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  • Native Bees And Alfalfa Farmers — A Seedy Love Story

    July 09, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Touchet, Washington

    Approximately twenty-five percent of the United State's alfalfa seed is produced in Walla Walla County, Washington, thanks in part to farmers successfully cultivating a unique working relationship with the region's native alkali bees. Through trial and error, the farmers have learned how to create a safe habitat for the bees to thrive, which in turn benefits their crucial crop.

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  • Texas Clinics Busting Traditional Silos Of Mental And Physical Health Care

    July 09, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    To offer complete care, Texas clinics are integrating mental health and physical health services. The holistic approach is intended to meet people with mental health problems where they will already be accessing care.

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  • The man who paves India's roads with old plastic

    July 09, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Madurai

    Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan, a chemistry professor in India, has a new approach to plastic. "It's time we stop seeing plastic as the enemy and turn it into our biggest resource," Dr. Vasudevan says. By adding molten used plastic into a mixture of bitumen, a substance that binds roads, the professor found a solution that stuck. India has since paved over 16,000 km of roads since 2002 using plastic as part of the process.

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  • New prison unit opens to help young female inmates

    July 09, 2018 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, East Lyme, Connecticut

    Connecticut’s women's prison launched a new unit in 2018 devoted to rehabilitation and reintegration. It’s based on prisons for young offenders in Germany, which the state's governor and the head of corrections visited, after which they worked with the Vera Institute of Justice to design one for Connecticut. The women’s unit follows the opening of a similar program for young male offenders where they are mentored by older inmates and receive counseling and education to reduce recidivism.

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  • How Highly Focused Sound Waves Steadied A Farmer's Trembling Hand

    July 09, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Essential tremor is a condition that causes people's hands to shake as they age. A new type of treatment uses high frequency sound waves to destroy specific brain tissue. So far, the treatment has proved effective in eliminating the debilitating tremor in one hand.

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  • Initiative seeks to interrupt prison pipeline, help kids of incarcerated parents

    July 09, 2018 |

    Chicago Sun-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The former director of the Cook County Department of Corrections will have the chance to go upstream in the incarceration cycle to work with children of people who are incarcerated through a new fellowship program launched by a Chicago nonprofit. The Leadership Venture program will allow her to research what's working most effectively in supporting the children of those in prison and jail. The idea is to find and share best practices and disrupt the cycle of incarceration.

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  • A couch to crash on: PressPad aims to tackle one small part of journalism's class diversity problem

    July 09, 2018 |

    Nieman Lab |

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    Response Location: England, London

    A new app creates connections between journalism interns and industry professionals willing to be a host during someone’s internship. This creates a path for greater class diversity in journalism by providing a way for people to accept an internship without having the means to pay for housing.

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  • Cheap Sensors Are Democratizing Air-Quality Data

    July 09, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    Spurred by growing health concerns related to air quality, companies and communities have turned attention to creating affordable, portable air-quality sensors. This new development allows citizens to monitor air quality as it directly relates to them, whether it be on a school-ground or even in their own backyard.

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