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  • For Kennett Square’s mushroom farmworkers, healthy interventions come directly to the workplace

    With the President’s Engagement Prize, seniors José Maciel and Antonio Renteria plan to bring subjects like nutrition and sleep to the workers, reinforcing preventive screenings already provided by a local, federally qualified health center.
    Two men sitting cross-legged on a wooden bench.
    Penn Nursing seniors José Maciel (left) and Antonio Renteria were awarded a 2019 President’s Engagement Prize for their project Cultivando Juntos, a 10-week community-based curriculum aimed at alleviating the social determinants of health for the mushroom farmworkers of Kennett Square.

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  • A world shaped by water and access
    Three people test water below a sand dam.

    Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.

    (Image: Courtesy of Griffin Pitt)

    A world shaped by water and access

    Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.

    Oct 8, 2025