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Penn’s Field Center advocates on behalf of abused and neglected children
The abuse of children is an American crisis, with more than 3 million annual reports of child abuse, and 1,500 to 2,000 children killed by their caretakers each year. More than half of these children are killed after they have come to the attention of child welfare agencies.
Netter Center at Penn Announces Community Partnership Award Recipients
The Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania has announced that Richard Pepino and the School District of Philadelphia are the recipients of the second annual Netter Center Faculty-Community
Population Association of America Honors Penn Prof With Irene B. Taeuber Award
Jere R. Behrman, a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Population Studies Center, has received the biennial Irene B. Taeuber Award of the Population Association of America.
At Penn, Sophomore Anea Moore Finds Purpose and Community Amid Loss
Halfway through Anea Moore’s first semester as a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, she lost her mother to a heart attack, just months after losing her father to lung disease. Through that grief, she has found a way to heal by reaching out to help others.
Penn Student Theater Sparkles at Platt Student Performing Arts House
Under the umbrella of the Theater Arts Council, TACe, students at the University of Pennsylvania, have the opportunity to bask in the limelight, both behind and in front of the curtain.
Penn Professor Diana Mutz Awarded 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Diana Mutz, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected to receive a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
President Amy Gutmann Salutes Naval ROTC at Penn During Pass-in-Review Ceremony
At the April 21 Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps’ Pass-in-Review ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania, President Amy Gutmann praised the NROTC students for “service to ot
Field Center at Penn Identifies Risk Factors Making Homeless Youth Vulnerable to Sex Trafficking
The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania joined forces with Covenant House, an agency dedicated to helping homeless youth, and Loyola University’s Modern Slavery Research Project to conduct a
Antoinette Zoumanigui and Selamawit Bekele of Penn to Educate Youth in Senegal
In the streets of Senegal, young boys beg for food and money, but two students from the University of Pennsylvania are working to address this issue through Project Y.V.E.T.A.,
Penn’s Alliance for Understanding Retraces Civil Rights History in the South
Earlier this spring, a group of Penn students immersed themselves in history in order to gain a deeper understanding of the struggle for civil rights and equality.