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Engaging teens in the art of design

Through the PennPraxis program Design to Thrive, high schoolers are paired with Penn graduate students to learn the design process, from planning to welding and all parts in between.
3 students engage in art projects as part of design to thrive
High school students Layla and Nadia work with fabric during free time at a Design to Thrive workshop at Pennovation Center, one of several locations in Philadelphia and New York where the PennPraxis progam took place this past summer.

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