Renee Andrea Mills, of Nursing Administration at HUP. Photo by Sally Sapega.
Renee Andrea Mills, of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, thinks every community needs exposure to art, and outlets for creativity. For 25 years, she has worked toward that goal, creating programs and spaces for children and teens to make art.
Motivated to help homeless communities while in a leadership training program at CHOP, Mills created an artist-in-residence program for teens living in shelters. Currently, Mills, who works specifically in HUP Nursing Administration, volunteers for Forget Me Knot Youth Services, and Youth Emergency Services, where she leads art classes.
“I want to help them capture and maintain tranquility while creating their works of art, regardless of their housing situation,” says Mills.
For her work and dedication, Mills is slated to receive a Penn Medicine CAREs grant, which will fund future art supplies.
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.
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.
Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
