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The factors that lead to eviction by default
Entrance to Philadelphia Municipal Court.

The factors that lead to eviction by default

A new study from Penn Law’s David Hoffman links tenant evictions with long courthouse commute times, and finds that adopting video technology in court significantly reduce barriers to justice.

From Penn Carey Law

Penn Dental’s Penntorship connects with the West Philadelphia community
Two smiling women stand in blue medical scrubs on a sunny day.

Kylie Schlesinger (left) and Julie Berenblum (right) founded the Penntorship program to connect mentors from the Penn Dental school to students from West Philadelphia High School. (Image: Courtesy of Kylie Schlesinger and Julie Berenblum)

Penn Dental’s Penntorship connects with the West Philadelphia community

Amid the COVID lockdown, Penn Dental Medicine students Kylie Schlesinger and Julie Berenblum founded a mentorship program for high schoolers in West Philadelphia.

Luis Melecio-Zambrano

Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days
Guobin Yang and the cover of the book called "The Wuhan Lockdown by Guobin Yang." The image shows a person fully covered in what appears like a hazmat suit next to a person in a hospital bed. They are outside.

Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days

In his new book, “The Wuhan Lockdown,” Guobin Yang uses personal diaries from that city’s residents to recreate how it felt at the epicenter of what was then a scary and unknown new virus.

Michele W. Berger

SCOTUS limits federal court review in immigration cases
Small child being detained by U.S. Border Patrol.

Migrants are detained while being processed by US Border Patrol before boarding a bus to a detention center on June 1, 2022 in La Joya, Texas. (Image: John Lamparski/SIPA US/Sipa via AP Images)

SCOTUS limits federal court review in immigration cases

Penn Carey Law School’s Sarah Paoletti says the recent Supreme Court decisions will have a “devastating impact on non-citizens and their family members.”

With summer’s return, a guide to avoiding drowning
Young child wearing a life vest in the pool with two adults behind them.

With summer’s return, a guide to avoiding drowning

Zaffer Qasim of the Perelman School of Medicine analyzed the mortality data of drowning victims in the United States to prescribe treatment measures. Among other recommendations, he encourages everyone to get training in basic life support.

From Penn Medicine News

Is workplace loyalty gone for good?
Person carrying a cardboard box of belongings leaving an office.

Is workplace loyalty gone for good?

The modern workplace has become increasingly transactional, a marked transformation from the post-war era when employees stayed put until they retired with a party, a gold watch, and a nice pension.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Following the trail of Elizabeth Thomas, fossil hunter
Person standing in a large green field.

(Homepage photo) Locals advised Sabel and Pentecost-Farren (seen here) to look in this field between Hampnett and Northleach, where the pair found several fossilized sea urchins.

Following the trail of Elizabeth Thomas, fossil hunter

Claire Conklin Sabel, a doctoral student in Penn’s History and Sociology of Science department, uncovers the findings of 18th-century amateur naturalist Elizabeth Thomas, along with illustrator Alix Pentecost-Farren, who brings Thomas’ work to life.

Kristina García

How Penn Family Medicine forms a foundation of LGBTQ+ primary care
A masked doctor and patient speaking at a desk.

How Penn Family Medicine forms a foundation of LGBTQ+ primary care

The first primary care appointment for a patient who identify as LGBTQ is exactly like any appointment for any patient — clinicians are focused on treating them holistically and on listening to the concerns that brought them in for care.

Alex Gardner

Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit
Thrower Cam Landis stands in front of the Penn Museum, where the anthropology museum is based.

Cam Landis, thrower, football player, anthropology major, and Midwesterner, explored his Jewish roots at Hillel, culminating in a bar mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. 

Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit

May graduate Cam Landis, an anthropology major from Madison, Ohio, played on the offensive line for the football team, walked on to the track team as a thrower—and delved into his Jewish roots at Hillel.

Kristina García