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Who, What, Why
Who, What, Why: Oulaya Louaddi on building community for nursing students
The fourth-year nursing student, who is about to graduate and start work in a cardiac intensive care unit, has been heavily involved in the Minorities in Nursing Organization all four years at Penn.
Laying the groundwork at Penn before taking to the air
Amanda Yagerman, a fourth-year student is majoring in history and English in the College of Arts and Sciences while training to be a naval officer in the Naval ROTC program. She says her experience at Penn has been “the best of both worlds.”
Who, What, Why: Ara Patvakanian
The fourth-year mathematical economics and political science double-major describes how our understanding of economic and political phenomena can have far-reaching consequences and highlights the importance of embracing different intellectual perspectives.
Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt
Luke Godsey, a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, has created a quilt for the Penn Women’s Center as part of a new art series.
Who, What, Why: Penn Grad Talks winner Andrés Oliveros González
The Penn Grad Talks 2024 winner discusses the three stories everyone should be able to tell about themselves.
Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians
A Penn student choir and Roberts’ baroque orchestra will perform a Vivaldi oratorio premiered by women and girls in Venice 300 years ago.
Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health
The fourth-year sociology major’s research looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women.
Who, What Why: Om Manghani
With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. But it’s about more than fractions and decimals, he says.
Who, What, Why: Andre Rosario on nursing and immigration policies
Nursing Ph.D. student Andre Rosario’s research examines how Filipino immigrant nurses in the U.S. have influenced policies related to recruiting nurses from other countries.
Who, What, Why: John Button on a neglected tropical disease
The second-year student in the School of Dental Medicine is working to raise awareness of a gangrenous infection called noma and map where cases happen.