Lauren Hertzler

Executive Communications Manager

Designing a more equitable Philadelphia

Dating back 165 years, most of the neighborhoods in Philadelphia were their own municipalities. In 1854 they merged, creating the consolidated City and County of Philadelphia. Tasked with brainstorming ideas to make Philadelphia a more equitable city, a group at a design workshop at Penn earlier this week suggested getting rid of that very Consolidation Act.

Lauren Hertzler

Staff Q&A with Jason Erdman

One day Jason Erdman might be leading a hiking group at Nockamixon State Park, the next he could be stand-up paddle boarding at Cape Henlopen. He might be biking the Lehigh Gorge trail or rock climbing at Safe Harbor. Every workday is different, which makes it an exciting job.

Lauren Hertzler

Nearly 20 years of research on the AIDS epidemic in Malawi

It was 1998 when demographer Hans-Peter Kohler first got involved with a research project in rural Malawi. Nearly two decades later, the project, dubbed Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health, which explores the AIDS epidemic, is still in full swing. So is Kohler’s commitment to it.

Lauren Hertzler