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Four Pennsylvania Higher-ed Institutions to Launch ‘Foster Care to College’ Programs Backed by Field Center at Penn

To help college-bound youth who have lived in foster care Cabrini University, Community College of Philadelphia, Temple University and West Chester University have partnered with the Field Center for Children

George Demiris Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

George Demiris has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 22nd Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor.

Attracting International Students, Penn Welcomes the World

Today, more than 5,000 international students call the University of Pennsylvania’s campus their academic home. This year, the number of undergraduate international student applications increased by 10 percent and on Aug.

Houstonian, Penn Undergraduate Nursing Student Writes About Hurricane Harvey

by Anita Söne ItamanEvery year Texas has its annual storm season, and every year we underestimate it.

University of Pennsylvania Names Calvin Bland Fellows

The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Futures Project (PFP) has named three Calvin Bland Faculty Fellows to collaborate on research for boys and young men of color.

In New Role at Penn, a GSE Alum and Formerly Homeless Teen, Finds a Way to Support Vulnerable Youth Across Pennsylvania

Seth Morones-Ramírez, an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, grew up in and out of the foster-care system. At times, he was homeless: staying in a motel, car, group home or shelter or sleeping on the couches of kind-hearted friends.

Penn Nursing Undergrad Seeks Enlightenment, Better Health Through Service at Buddhist Retreat

This summer, Stephanie Tran Rojas, an undergraduate nursing student at the University of Pennsylvania, is exploring a new approach to healthy living at a tranquil Tibetan Buddhist retreat in California.

Pediatric Nurses Miss Necessary Care More Often in Poor Work Environments, Penn Study Finds

In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia examined the factors influencing the likelihood of missed nu

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Creates New Fellowships for the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Futures Project

The University of Pennsylvania will establish the Calvin Bland Faculty Fellowships for the Penn Futures Project.

Q&A with Diane Spatz

Diane Spatz, the Helen M. Shearer Term Professor of Nutrition at the School of Nursing, discusses the benefits of human milk and breastfeeding, a few of her research projects, the CHOP Mother’s Milk Bank, her recent Lifetime Achievement Award, and much more.

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