David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post explores five ways that we can help those who are struggling--and three things we should never, ever do.  
Ph.D. student Laurencia Bonsu (Environmental and Global Health) presented on collaborative research with Erika Marquez, Kwame Obeng, and Jefferson Totimeh, Blessing Gbadago, Louisa Messenger, and Josh Garn (all Public Health) titled "LEAD Exposure in Groundwater Drinking Sources Between a Mining and a Non-Mining Community in Kumasi,…
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Global Health) presented collaborative research with Laurencia Bonsu, Kwame Obeng, Totimeh Totimech, Gbadago Gbadago, Louisa Messenger, and Josh Garn (all Public Health) titled “Assessment of Heavy Metals in Groundwater and Proximity to Illegal Artisanal Mining Sites in Ghana” at the International Conference on…
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Emma Hwang, Billy Bai, and Mehmet Erdem (all Hospitality) have published their study titled 'Service robot technologies as social actors: a systematic review' in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology. The study aimed to explore service robotic technologies from a social actor’s perspective and examine the role of service robots in the…
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