Lauren Hertzler

Executive Communications Manager

Penn professors talk immigration and the U.S. city

An interdisciplinary panel discussion about immigration—especially as it relates to U.S. cities—brought together nearly 40 people from all walks of life at a recent event hosted by International House Philadelphia and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, a West Philadelphia Arab arts and education nonprofit.

Lauren Hertzler

A Quarter-century of Community Partnerships

Glen Casey will be the first to admit it: He wasn’t the perfect student in high school.“I was always doing the dumbest things; getting into fights, getting arrested,” he says.A student then at University City High, Casey failed ninth grade, and barely passed 10th.“I just really wasn’t into school,” he says.

Lauren Hertzler

A quarter-century of community partnerships

Glen Casey will be the first to admit it: He wasn’t the perfect student in high school.“I was always doing the dumbest things; getting into fights, getting arrested,” he says.A student then at University City High, Casey failed ninth grade, and barely passed 10th.“I just really wasn’t into school,” he says.

Lauren Hertzler