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Who, What, Why: Nursing student and Peace Corps alum Eva Farrell
Eva Farrell.

“The Peace Corps really became the foundation for my approach in health care, in making sure it’s collaborative, patient-centered, and culturally competent,” says Eva Farrell, a master's student in the School of Nursing.

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Who, What, Why: Nursing student and Peace Corps alum Eva Farrell

Serving in the Peace Corps as a math and science teacher in Kenya from 2012 to 2014 inspired MSN student Eva Farrell to go into nursing.
Who, What, Why: Oulaya Louaddi on building community for nursing students
Oulaya Louaddi.

Oulaya Louaddi, a fourth-year student in the School of Nursing, has been heavily involved in the Minorities in Nursing Organization her four years at Penn.

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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 poses with arms crossed, surrounded by trees with bright green leaves on Penn's campus.

Fourth-year Amanda Yagerman is double majoring in history and English, while at the same time preparing to be a naval officer in the NROTC program.

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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.”

Kristen de Groot

Who, What, Why: Ara Patvakanian
Ara Patvakanian stands behind some trees with his arms crossed.

Ara Patvakanian says double majoring in mathematical economics and political science has given him “a deep understanding of the conditions that make economies run, why certain ones collapse while others thrive.”

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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.

Kristen de Groot

Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt
Luke Godsey holds a multicolored quilt up at the PWC

Luke Godsey and the in-progress quilt at the Penn Women’s Center

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.

Kristina García

Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 
five musicians standing and playing wind instruments

Gwyn Roberts (fourth from right) for three decades has been the director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles.

(Image: Courtesy of Tempesta di Mare)

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
Taussia Boadi stands on the mezzaine of the Wharton Academic Research building, with the lobby seen below and a floor to ceiling piece of art in various shades of green behind her.

Sociology fourth-year Taussia Boadi’s research looks at looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women. 

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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.

Kristen de Groot

Who, What Why: Om Manghani
Wearing glasses and a blue sweater, Om Manghani stands with crossed arms on a staircase

With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed.

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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.

Kristina García