Lauren Hertzler

Executive Communications Manager

Student groups’ noble efforts to help refugees

Recent reports from the United Nations note an unprecedented 65.6 million people around the world currently displaced from their homes. Often fleeing conflict, religious persecution, and extreme poverty, among them are nearly 22.5 million refugees—half of whom are under the age of 18.

Lauren Hertzler

Penn professors talk immigration and the U.S. city

An interdisciplinary panel discussion about immigration—especially as it relates to U.S. cities—brought together nearly 40 people from all walks of life at a recent event hosted by International House Philadelphia and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, a West Philadelphia Arab arts and education nonprofit.

Lauren Hertzler

For the Record: A model for a women’s campus

In the early 1950s, Penn had already been years into discussions about a “much-needed campus for women students,” wrote R. Damon Childs for the Pennsylvania Triangle, a student publication, then of the University’s engineering and fine arts schools.

Lauren Hertzler