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ARTSY -- Hospital Art Helps People Heal, but the Artworks Need Care Too

BY DYLAN KLEMPNER (FGJ ‘19) --  New York City’s largest public art collection is in its hospitals. NYC Health + Hospitals, the biggest public healthcare system in the United States, manages a collection of more than 7,000 works, including pieces by important 20th-century artists such as Ellsworth Kelly, Andy Warhol, and Robert Rauschenberg. READ MORE.

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NEWS-DECODER--Shedding light on the dark side of teen dating: dating violence

BY DYLAN KLEMPNER (FGJ ‘19) - In the summer of 2002, a month after graduating from high school, Donecia Middleton was physically assaulted by an ex-boyfriend after she called off their relationship. “He almost killed me,” she said. READ MORE

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TVO--Using music to help fight loneliness in long-term care

BY DYLAN KLEMPNER (FGJ ‘19) - In the summer of 2017, staff at the Fenelon Court Long Term Care Centre, in Fenelon Falls, an hour away from Peterborough, made a surprising discovery about a 99-year-old resident who had resisted leaving the dining room after meals. When ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” started playing on the loudspeakers, she spontaneously stood up. READ MORE

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DALLAS NEWS--How domestic abusers use household finances to trap their victims

BY DYLAN KLEMPNER (FGJ ‘19) - One day, after 23 years in an abusive marriage, Rhonda Voss' ex-husband told her he had closed their checking account and credit cards, withdrawn all of their money, and she had two weeks to leave their home. READ MORE