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Changing lives in refugee communities through access to clean water
Two people in Uganda fill jugs from water taps.

The water tank for the Olua I community is now installed and fully operational, with 10 filling stations where community members can obtain clean water. In the coming weeks, Maji aims to finish fencing the area around the water tank and installing additional irrigation equipment. (Images: Martin Leet)

Changing lives in refugee communities through access to clean water

As winners of the 2021 President’s Engagement Prize, May graduates Martin Leet and Leah Voytovich co-founded Maji, a nonprofit organization dedicated to projects that support refugee initiatives in Uganda.

Erica K. Brockmeier

The pandemic’s psychological scars
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(Homepage image) “What we needed to do for our physical health—quarantining, staying away from other people and social situations—even when that kind of avoidance is the right thing to do, it makes people more anxious,” says Elizabeth Turk-Karan of the Center for the Study and Treatment of Anxiety. What remains to be seen is how these emotions and many others will play out as the pandemic recedes.

The pandemic’s psychological scars

It’s been a long and uncertain road, with some groups shouldering a disproportionately greater burden of mental anguish from COVID-19. Yet now there’s a glimmer of hope. Has the page finally turned?

Michele W. Berger

Improving access to at-home health care
Aris Saxena and Yiwen Li

Improving access to at-home health care

With their company Mobility Health, President’s Innovation Prize winners Aris Saxena and Yiwen Li have created a program which connects patients with on-demand health care at their homes.

Dee Patel

How a class of ‘brilliant graduates’ shaped modern Chinese architecture
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(Homepage image) A protestant church designed by Tung Chuin in 1928 and awarded the Beaux Arts Institute of Design 1st place medal. This rendering and the works of more than 20 architecture student alumni from China are currently on display as part of the “Building in China” exhibition. (Image: Ming Tong)

How a class of ‘brilliant graduates’ shaped modern Chinese architecture

The ‘Building in China’ exhibition showcases the work of the ‘first generation’ of Penn architecture alumni from China and how striking a balance between modern and traditional continues to shape the country’s expression of its national identity.

Erica K. Brockmeier

From wearable light to tech startup
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From wearable light to tech startup

Lumify Care, supported by the 2021 President’s Innovation Prize and co-founded by May graduate Anthony Scarpone-Lambert and NICU nurse Jennifferre Mancillas, launched an app in January and expects version 2.0 of its uNight Light later in 2022.

Michele W. Berger

People and Places at Penn: Winter solace
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(Homepage image) From the Class of 1923 Ice Skating Rink to La Casa Latina, four Penn students speak to what motivates them through the season. Clockwise from top left: Abdul-Rakeem Yakubu, a junior majoring in math and biology; Gloria Lee, a junior in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research; Ángel Gutiérrez, a sophomore majoring in philosophy and anthropology; and Emma Ronzetti, a graduate student in the Master of Behavioral and Decision Science Program.

People and Places at Penn: Winter solace

From the Class of 1923 Ice Skating Rink to La Casa Latina, four students speak to what motivates them through the season.

Kristina García

Black histories and Black futures
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Homepage image: Chinaza Okonkwo of Los Angeles was one of 65 students enrolled in the 2018 Africana Studies Summer Institute, now in its 36th year. The Institute is one of the hallmarks of the Africana Studies Department. 

Black histories and Black futures

Professors and students reflect on 50 years of Black studies at Penn.

Kristina García

Penn announces new tuition-free program to recruit, train, and deploy nurse practitioners to underserved communities across the U.S.
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Homepage image: The Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program will recruit and prepare nurse practitioners to provide primary care to individuals and families in underserved communities across the U.S.

Penn announces new tuition-free program to recruit, train, and deploy nurse practitioners to underserved communities across the U.S.

$125 million gift from Leonard A. Lauder to transform nursing care

Ed Federico , Ron Ozio