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  • Humans are damaging the fragile Galapagos ecosystem. Maybe coffee can help save it.

    August 23, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Ecuador, Galápagos

    Scalesia, is a species of tree native to the Galapagos Islands that is quickly disappearing thanks to human activity. With much of the island's wildlife dependent on this tree, the ecosystem is threatened with the tree's extinction. Conservationists have taken action, however, by planting thousands of the trees as part of a shade-grown coffee operation.

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  • Finding Hope in a Hopeless Place

    August 23, 2017 |

    Chicago Health |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Several medical groups and hospitals in Chicago have formed an alliance to provide the city's homeless population with adequate health care. Some health clinics treat hypothermia, heat stroke, and more and place an emphasis on building stability and trust with the homeless camps in the city; other research labs work to get homeless folks off the street as a longer-term solution.

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  • Could underwater garages solve Boston's parking shortage?

    August 22, 2017 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston needs more parking spaces, especially in a neighborhood surrounded by water. It is looking to build an underwater parking garage, like the ones being built in Amsterdam, in order to free up street level space and add more parking to decrease car pollution from driving around searching for a parking spot.

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  • Can an Algorithm Save America's Justice System?

    August 22, 2017 |

    NBC News |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Although the cash bail system has long been used in the US criminal justice system, many argue that it is biased based on socioeconomic levels. To reduce this bias, criminal justice researchers and data scientists have created a new risk assessment tool that uses an algorithm taking age, history of missing court and former crimes into account before making a recommendation on bail.

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  • Learning to defuse Islamophobia

    August 21, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Most bus stops have an array of ads, but in Boston one sign reads “What to do if you are witnessing Islamophobic harassment.” The message is part of a part of a public awareness campaign rolled out by the city, which illustrates “how bystanders could help a victim of anti-Muslim behavior.”

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  • Home Visits Help New Parents Overcome Tough Histories, Raise Healthy Children

    August 21, 2017 |

    KFF Health News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Home visit programs, where family support workers meet with expecting and new parents, are at risk of not getting funding. Advocates stress the importance of these programs for improving parenting skills, providing a confidant for parents, and helping reach children before they are already struggling.

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  • Germany bets on second time lucky with migrant workers

    August 18, 2017 |

    Reuters |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Gescher

    Germany is learning from its past, and implementing measures that will safeguard successful integration of refugees into the workforce. In the 1960s thousands of Turkish people were recruited to fill labor shortages, but were not given support to help them integrate. They still struggle to enter the workforce. Now, the country devised a program aimed at language learning and job skills development for incoming asylum seekers. “The lesson that Germany learnt is that integration is something you work on.”

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  • Tweet Streams: How Social Media Can Help Keep Tabs on Ocean Health

    August 18, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Queensland

    In an effort to collect data about the environmental health of high traffic destinations, researchers are examining the text and images of geotagged social media posts. Tweets about the Great Barrier Reef were analyzed for relevant information about specifically where people visited, common activities, and common complaints. While people passively provided data by geotagging posts, researchers are also proposing creating hashtags that allow for people to actively communicate data to researchers through social media posts.

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  • How Julián Castro Bet on 4-Year-Olds to Transform San Antonio

    August 17, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    One of former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro's enduring and controversial legacies will likely be his Pre-K 4 SA initiative. The program provides hands on and play-based preschool for low-income 4 year olds, an approach often reserved for wealthy toddlers. In an effort to highlight the potential long-term gains of the program, Castro frames the plan as a workforce development program: “The best way to make sure a young person gets ahead is to make sure she never gets behind in the first place." Pre-K 4 SA will be truly tested for the first time in 2018, when its inaugural class completes state exams.

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  • Catching food security in a dipnet

    August 16, 2017 |

    Alaska Public Media |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    In Alaska, transitioning from sport fishing to dipnetting, a practice that allows a much higher limit for the amount of fish that can be caught, has resulted in a sustainable food supply for some families. Although not without limitation, such as the distance and expense of getting to the coastal areas necessary, the results have caught the eyes of researchers in the subsistence division at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

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