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1920-2020: Profiles of women in medicine
Grid of eight historical women who were Penn Medicine students with 1920-2020 superimposed over their portraits.

1920-2020: Profiles of women in medicine

Between 1920 and 2020, women rose from second-class citizenship to take the reins as pioneering leaders in medicine, among all other areas of public life

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Why Match Day has more meaning in 2021
Perelman School of Medicine students sit masked and socially distanced surrounded by balloons and streamers and confetti as they open envelopes.

Why Match Day has more meaning in 2021

This year, 147 medical students from the Perelman School of Medicine celebrated the reveal of their residency placements on Match Day in hybrid celebration of virtual and small number of in-person students.
Celebrating women of color ‘At the table’
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Undergraduate nominee Sciaska Ulysse thanked the Netter Center for her nomination and said, "I'm so excited to see how we can give back to communities after graduation."

Celebrating women of color ‘At the table’

The annual Women of Color award ceremony celebrated its 34th year in an online event led by the Women of Color at Penn Planning Committee and the African American Resource Center.

Kristina García

COVID-19 and women in the workforce
teacher leaning on desk speaking to student

Homepage image: During Women’s History Month, researchers across the University examine what we know today about how COVID-19 has affected women in the workforce, from education to STEMM fields.

COVID-19 and women in the workforce

Experts across Penn explain how the pandemic has exacerbated gender inequality and challenged female career advancement in the STEMM fields, education, and business.

Michele W. Berger , Kristina García , Dee Patel , Louisa Shepard

Study finds an increased risk of dementia from decades-old head injuries
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Study finds an increased risk of dementia from decades-old head injuries

New Penn Medicine research reveals stronger associations between head injuries and dementia among women compared to men, and among white participants as compared to Black participants.

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