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The new brain break app for Philadelphia students raises questions about more screen time

If you have a child in school right now, you may have heard them talk about needing a “brain break” while doing homework or studying for a test. Maybe they shake their bodies out, do some deep breathing exercises, or watch their favorite YouTube video of hamsters in a maze…

The Conversation

The seven best non-toxic cooking pans in the US, tested in a food lab

From Our Place to Caraway, we tested 13 nonstick pans free of harmful Pfas chemicals. Here’s how well they stand up to high heat and everyday cooking

The Guardian - US

Squash has been played in Philly for 125 years − a sports psychologist explains why it’s one of the city’s best-kept secrets

What sport combines the intensity of a high-wire circus act with the strategic thinking of a grand master chess match?

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Philly psychology students map out local landmarks and hidden destinations where they feel happiest

What makes you happy? Perhaps a good night’s sleep, or a wonderful meal with friends?

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Philadelphia students have a new reading and writing curriculum − a literacy expert explains what’s changing

Philadelphia’s K-8 public school students are being taught a new literacy curriculum starting in the 2024-2025 school year. It’s called Expeditionary Learning, and it conforms with what literacy experts call the science of reading, which are research-based skills needed to become a strong reader.

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Team USA rower Justin Best proposes to girlfriend Lainey Duncan on-air after winning gold medal

Olympic rower Justin Best pops the question to his girlfriend of nine years after scoring a gold medal for Team USA

The Independent UK

Philadelphia's Temple University hires John Fry as its president from neighboring Drexel

Philadelphia's Temple University says it has hired John Fry of nearby Drexel University to become its 15th president

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Pro-Palestinian protesters leave after Drexel University decides to have police clear encampment

Protesters packed up and left a pro-Palestinian encampment at Philadelphia’s Drexel University after the school announced a decision to have police clear the encampment

The Independent UK

Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Encampment At University Of Michigan

Pro-Palestinian encampment dismantled at University of Michigan due to safety concerns and disruptions, sparking nationwide protests.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters at Drexel ignore call to disband as arrests nationwide surpass 3,000

Pro-Palestinian protesters have ignored a request by Drexel University’s president to disband their encampment as arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war surpass the 3,000 mark nationwide

The Independent UK

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia over the weekend, prompting a lockdown of school buildings, a day after authorities thwarted an attempted occupation of a school building at the neighboring University of Pennsylvania campus

The Independent UK

'Flow state' uncovered: We finally know what happens in the brain when you're 'in the zone'

Researchers say they've found the answer to competing hypotheses about how the brain functions in a "flow state."

LiveScience

America’s new industrial revolution is creating a procurement economy. Unless we act now, it will make the racial wealth gap even worse

America is facing a looming supplier pipeline challenge–but tackling it would have huge economic and social payoffs.

Fortune

Philly will have more heat waves, and the Delaware projected to rise more than a foot over the next 25 years

The Delaware River could rise well more than a foot by midcentury, and temperatures could heat up nearly 6 degrees, accompanied by a rise in extreme heat days, according to a new report that localized data to create a snapshot of local climate change in Philadelphia.

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An ancient art form got a new twist from this engineering student, 7,000 miles from his home in China

PHILADELPHIA -- Drexel University engineering student Teng Zhang took up Chinese calligraphy recently, seeking a connection with family members in China whom he has not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Large investors are increasingly buying up homes in Philadelphia. Here’s what that means for owners and renters

In cities as different as Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida, large institutional investors are increasingly buying up single-family homes in distressed neighborhoods and turning them into rentals, which threatens home ownership and wealth building for residents, according to a report by researchers at Drexel University and Reinvestment Fund.

The Guardian - US

‘I felt like I failed’: inflation puts healthy food out of reach for millions of Americans

Public health experts worry rising grocery costs could increase the risk for diet-related diseases in the long run

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pa.'s Drexel University to offer 50% tuition break to community college transfers, as higher ed struggles with enrollment drop

Drexel University, like many schools, has offered financial aid to students, including those who transfer in from community colleges, for many years.

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Philly’s COVID cases are up since the mask mandate ended. Did the city make the right call?

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s COVID-19 case counts have steadily risen since the end of the city’s indoor mask mandate, but hospitalizations and deaths have not followed suit, a striking change to a pandemic-long pattern of infections leading to serious illness.

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