How climate change has affected Philadelphia sanitation workers

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In July, 14 Philadelphia sanitation workers gathered to discuss the environmental hazards of the job, and their hopes for better protection, compensation and recognition amidst a changing climate. The focus session, convened by Ali Kenner’s Philadelphia Health and Environment Ethnography Lab and Philadelphia Climate Works, produced several ideas for more just working conditions, which are shared in this article by Kenner and alumna Morgan Sarao.

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:: Writers Room and School of Education’s cooperative living project awarded third year of funding with $160K grant from Corporation for National and Community Service

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:: Politics prof Christian Hunold, PhD, and Maz Mazuchowski, BS environmental science, co-author article on “Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Urban Wildlife Management” in Animals

:: Sociology prof Susan Bell, PhD, and postdoctoral fellow Lillian Walkover, PhD, present “Pathways Towards US Medical Licensure for Refugee Physicians” at 2020 North American Refugee Health Conference

:: PhD candidate Katherine Fiocca and undergraduates Timothy Hanlon, Annie Schillo and Shauna Zodrow take top prizes at CoAS Research Day

:: BEES prof Richard McCourt, PhD, presents at annual meeting of Botanical Society of America

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