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  • Can technology fix the silent opioid crisis gripping US hospitals?

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

    November 19, 2019 |

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

    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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  • People are terrible judges of talent. Can algorithms do better?

    November 19, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Using machine learning to test potential job candidates for particular traits, as opposed to having humans screen their resumes, can help to reduce bias in recruiting. Resumes tend to focus on the past and reflect socioeconomic status, rather than reflect a candidate’s abilities and potential. Pymetrics uses AI, gamifying the recruitment process to measure attributes like attention, risk-taking, and memory. Pymetric’s approach has increased diversity in recruitment among its client companies.

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  • After years of academic struggles, Durham schools celebrate new success

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

    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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  • Southern Oregon Rancher Builds Fences And Bridges To Keep The Wolves At Bay

    November 19, 2019 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    For years, a rancher in Southern Oregon has been trying to keep a local pack of wolves from killing his livestock, and after many rounds of trial and error and collaborative efforts, a high-tech fence may be the solution. Although the fence isn't cheap, many came forward to help make this a possibility and show their support for a project that united people that historically have stood politically opposed.

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

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

    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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  • Older Coloradans are working longer and demanding an updated set of tech skills

    November 19, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Lowry, Colorado

    Older populations in Colorado want more out of the available technology classes, which often teach too much of the basics and not enough to keep them from falling behind in the age of social media, Etsy, and online video conferencing. Now, older individuals in Colorado have access to a free membership program through the Older Adults Technology Services, which is working to restructure technology classes state-wide to go beyond simple web navigation.

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