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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

A unique photographic exploration of the impact of flooding on communities around the world due to climate events opens Saturday, May 1 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia and Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany and The Philippines (2013),?England?and

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

Flooding on the Schuylkill River from Hurricane Irene, 2011. Today the Flood Management Program combines the efforts of more than 15 City agencies as well as state and federal partners, and it is led by the City’s Floodplain Manager who was hired in 2018. Courtesy Philadelphia Water Department. Courtesy Philadelphia Water Department.

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Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence

Physics World

In 2011, during her undergraduate degree at Georgia Institute of Technology, Ghanaian-US computer scientist Joy Buolamwini discovered that getting a robot to play a simple game of peek-a-boo with her was impossible – the machine was incapable of seeing her dark-skinned face. of all undergraduate students in 2018, but only 1.7%

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PennFuture Announces Winners Of Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards From Southeast PA

PA Environment Daily

She came to Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership in 2011, after serving as the senior district staff member for Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz. . -- Woman of the Watershed: Julie Slavet, Philadelphia County - Julie has 40 years of experience in building organizations and serving communities.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Stansbury’s undergraduate degree is in human ecology and natural science and her master’s degree is in developmental sociology. She has worked as an environmental policy expert in the White House and Congress, as well as an ecology instructor at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Wolf: Proposed EPA Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards To Help Pennsylvanians Breathe Easier, Save Money -- New Conservative Energy Network Poll: 84% Support Govt. They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support! -- Be Inspired By Hundreds Of Environmental Stewardship Leaders From 2019! -- Be Inspired!