Penn Program on Race, Science, & SocietyPRSS Working Group member Professor Bridgette Brawner co-authored a paper that was recently published in the American Journal of Public Health. The paper, "Partnering Medical Students with Barbers to Cut Hypertension in Black Men," examined a program that Penn medical students established in partnership with West Philadelphia barber Darryl Thomas. Members of the Student National Medical Association visit the barbershop and provide blood pressure screenings to customers.
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September 3, 2018
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September 1, 2018
PRSS Working Group member Professor Bridgette Brawner was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the School of Nursing, effective July 1, 2018. Congratulations to Prof. Brawner!
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August 19, 2018
On October 13, Professor Dorothy Roberts will be inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in a ceremony at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Prof. Roberts was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.
You can read more about this outstanding achievement here.
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August 17, 2018
Professor Dorothy Roberts delivered the closing plenary address at the 48th Annual Conference of the Association of Black Sociologists. The theme of the conference was The New Black Sociologists.
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August 17, 2018
At the 2018 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Professor Dorothy Roberts organized, presided over, and served as discussant for the August 14 session "Feeling Race in Our Genes."
"Feeling Race in Our Genes" explored the connections between emerging genetic technology and emotional narratives about race and genetics. The session featured presentations by Professors Terence Keel, Alondra Nelson, and Joan M. Donovan.
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August 15, 2018
OMNIA, a publication of Penn Arts & Sciences, reported on the PRSS Spring 2018 symposium, "Ordering the Human: Global Science and Racial Reason."
Read the article and watch video from the symposium here.
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July 25, 2018
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann recently released a statement on Penn's connections to slavery. You can read the full statement here: https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/statement-on-penns-connections-to-slavery
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December 5, 2017
PRSS was awarded a Fels Policy Research Initiative Grant to support the Spring 2018 Symposium on the Global Impacts of Race and Science. Stay tuned for more information on this exciting conference!
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December 5, 2017
PRSS Director, Dorothy Roberts, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. For more information: https://news.upenn.edu/news/seven-penn-faculty-members-elected-national-academy-medicine
Congratulations, Dorothy!
UPDATE: Professor Roberts was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine on October 13, 2018.
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October 15, 2017
PRSS member, Sarah Tishkoff, has published research showing how "genes for skin color rebut dated notiions of race."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/science/skin-color-race.html?emc=edit...