At a community event held at Irvine Auditorium, West Philadelphia residents were welcomed to receive FIT kits to screen for colon cancer, have their blood pressure taken, and more.
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Decentralizing cancer screenings
A Projects for Progress team in the Abramson Cancer Center continues to work with the West Philadelphia community to bring cancer screenings out of clinical settings.
Introducing the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Online Learning Initiative have merged to become one unit for the support of instructors, graduate students, and staff.
Penn Leads the Vote volunteers pose with Penn President Liz Magill, Cory Bowman of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, and Dawn Deitch of the Office of Government and Community Affairs.
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A healthy turnout for an off-year, mayoral election
Penn Leads the Vote was on hand at the Houston Hall polling location, one of several polling places on campus where voters made their voices heard for the 2023 general election.
The Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club features drop-in sessions from 6-7 p.m. on Fridays at the ARCH Fireside Lounge.
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Chinese Calligraphy Club makes an old art new again
The Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club, formed during the pandemic, endures as a meeting ground for amateur calligraphers who value the practice as meditation and art.
From left to right, clockwise: “After Sappho,” by Selby Wynn Schwartz and published by W.W. Norton; “City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves,” by Marc Stein and published by Temple University Press; “Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand,” by Samuel R. Delany and published by Wesleyan University Press; “Just Above My Head,” by James Baldwin and published by Dial Press.
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Reading recommendations from Penn experts for LGBT History Month
The LGBT Center, Penn Libraries, and others put forward their literary picks for LGBT History Month.
Adapting translation: A reimagined ‘The Odyssey’ at Penn Live Arts
“Odyssey,” produced by The Acting Company, travels to the Annenberg Center Sept. 30 to Oct. 1. The performance is a reimagining of Professor of Classical Studies Emily Wilson’s translation of “The Odyssey.”
