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BC hosted a conference that dissected findings from a trial exploring the effectiveness of the four-day work week after the pandemic.

In Indiana’s schools, the available mental health resources for children vary.

Investing in Africa is profitable, African Development Bank President tells Japanese investors

On Friday evening, Megawati Sukarnoputri – the former-President and leader of the ruling PDI-P party...

The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, with the support of the African Programming and Research Initiative to End Slavery (APRIES) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is organizing the Regional Conference for ECOWAS Member States on Ending Human Trafficking, with the…

The use of the term ‘polycrisis’ has grown exponentially and it became a buzzword in 2023, reflecting its increasing relevance in describing today’s situation.

The Board of Trustees seems to have embraced the flawed strategy that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

Safety concerns related to the widely used painkiller diclofenac may be tied to a little-studied drug-metabolizing enzyme whose expression can vary as much as 3,000 times from one individual to the next, according to new research. Findings from the study could be used to develop ways to identify individuals at risk of serious side effects from diclofenac and to determine safer dosing standards for specific populations, including women, young children and people of certain ethnicities. Used to co...

As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize seven Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.