News Archives

”The Nexus of Housing and Child Welfare” Is Subject of Penn Symposium

WHO: The University of Pennsylvania’s Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research, a collaboration between Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice, School of Law and School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Stefanie Cella of Public Safety Named to West Philadelphia YMCA Board

 PHILADELPHIA— Stefanie Cella, the director of operations and external affairs at the University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Public Safety, has been appointed to the board at the West Philadelphia YMCA.Cella will serve a three-year term, planning coordinating and evaluating the West Philadelphia YMCA’s programs, services and personnel.

Penn President Amy Gutmann to Introduce HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at April 7 Community Schools Forum

 WHO: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, keynote speaker at the 2010 national forum of the Coalition of Community schools, will be introduced by University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann. Also making remarks will be Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and Pennsylvania Education Superintendent Gerald Zahorchak.

Penn’s V.P. for Public Safety Appointed to the Board at the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College

 PHILADELPHIA— Maureen Rush, vice president for public safety at the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees at the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College.

Penn hosts Ivy Plus conference on sustainability

Julie McWilliams University athletic programs, arenas and recreation centers have their own sets of challenges when it comes to going green. Just getting people to recycle their water and sports drink bottles is a mammoth task, not to mention the carbon footprint created by the diesel buses used to transport sports teams.

High School Students Will Debate Benefits of Community Schools

Penn GSE Fellow Joins Philadelphia’s New Policy and Analysis Center

PHILADELPHIA— Heather Rouse, a Stoneleigh Public Policy Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, has been named deputy research director at the City of Philadelphia’s new Policy and Analysis Center, designed to improve health, education and social services for city residents.

Tree Planting on College Green Celebrates Penn’s Tree Campus USA Designation From Arbor Day Foundation

 WHAT: University of Pennsylvania students and community volunteers will plant 45 trees on campus to celebrate the University’s earning the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA designation. The trees will be planted on College Green.Since the Tree Campus USA program began in 2008, when 29 colleges and universities earned this honor, participation has more than doubled. To celebrate this success, tree-planting events are being held on five college campuses, including Penn’s.

Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy Creates Blueprint to Improving Teaching Quality, Education

Penn Law students help win recent Supreme Court case

Jeanne Leong