Penn Nursing seniors Farzana Talukdar (left) and Anna Chin hand out a mask kit to a passerby, part of an initiative to work with and educate the community about the importance of wearing masks. When a Lucy Green Loop bus stopped nearby a moment later, the driver waved to Talukdar, who got on and quickly distributed bags.
Engaging the community, one mask at a time
At 10 sites across campus for 10 weeks, Penn Nursing students made 400 weekly observations about mask usage, part of MASCUP, a nationwide initiative spearheaded by the CDC that includes 53 colleges and universities.
The Penn Cares COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic is offering one of the greatest tools in the fight against the pandemic to faculty, staff, postdocs, and students.
The School of Nursing’s Anthony Scarpone-Lambert of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, earned a 2021 President’s Innovation Prize for Lumify Care. The company’s first product, uNight Light, is a battery-powered, hands-free light device that magnetically clips onto scrubs, has three modes, and is easily cleanable with hospital-grade disinfectant wipes. It offers nurses an alternative to turning on overhead lights overnight, helping patients rest and making a hospital stay more conducive to healing.
With its flagship light device, Lumify Care improves patient experience from the frontline
Penn Nursing senior Anthony Scarpone-Lambert earned a 2021 President’s Innovation Prize for his company and its first trio of products: uNight Light, the Sleep-First Education Initiative, and the uNightShift Community.
Junior Jelani Williams of the men’s basketball team and senior Michae Jones of the women’s basketball team are leaders among Penn’s student-athlete community in the fight for social justice and racial equality.
At the Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational on Saturday at Franklin Field, Penn’s track and field teams were victorious in more than a dozen events.
Looking towards the future through an interdisciplinary lens
Senior Yasmina Al Ghadban was able to connect her undergraduate education in bioengineering and psychology with her passion for public health through teaching, research, and extracurricular activities.
Penn is the only Ivy League university with a campus that is an accredited arboretum. This recognition underscores a commitment to rigorously care for the University’s thousands of trees, representing hundreds of species.
The stories trees tell
In a photo essay, Penn Today highlights some of campus’s most iconic trees.
Insights into new ‘dials’ for controlling a material’s magnetism
New research demonstrates how small amounts of strain can be used to control a material’s properties, with possible applications ranging from spintronic devices to faster hard drives.
Nina Morris, Penn's sustainability director, hopes to engage more members of the campus community by “meeting people where they are, showing up to support them and their interests, and then finding out how their passions connect to sustainability.”
A ‘human-focused approach’ to sustainability
Sustainability Director Nina Morris, who started at Penn in October, aims to build on the University’s strengths in creating a more sustainable campus and community.
Penn Nursing seniors Farzana Talukdar (left) and Anna Chin hand out a mask kit to a passerby, part of an initiative to work with and educate the community about the importance of wearing masks. When a Lucy Green Loop bus stopped nearby a moment later, the driver waved to Talukdar, who got on and quickly distributed bags.
Penn is the only Ivy League university with a campus that is an accredited arboretum. This recognition underscores a commitment to rigorously care for the University’s thousands of trees, representing hundreds of species.
