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Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care
From left to right: Justin Wang, Janine Haros, and Eric Lee in a clinical room at the Scheie Eye Institute, holding documents and smiling together

Justin Wang (left), Janine Haros (center), and Eric Lee (right) in a clinical room at the Scheie Eye Institute, holding documents and smiling together.

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Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care

Penn fourth-years Eric Lee, Janine Haros, and Justin Wang will use a President’s Engagement Prize to elevate vision health in unhoused individuals across Philadelphia through free eye screenings, tailored care coordination, and interactive patient education.

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Penn’s community engagement progress at the turn of the century
An elementary school student (left) and Penn affiliate (right) are interacting while the student writes in his booklet, in a classroom setting.

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Penn’s community engagement progress at the turn of the century

The third installment in the limited series “Chapters of Change” explores how Penn has led community engagement efforts in public education, economic development, and neighborhood prosperity during a time of widespread change in the nation’s cities.

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Fueling local business growth

Fueling local business growth

Vendor Matt Nam, founder of ViaNexta and Win Win Coffee, counts on Penn support to help sustain and grow his local businesses.

Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
High school students in a science class.

Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.

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Penn receives national distinction for community engagement

The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.

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From calves to canines, Penn Vet shines at Pennsylvania Farm Show
Andrew Hoffman shaking hands with Gavi Burton alongside her dad at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Penn Vet Dean Andrew Hoffman chats with undergraduate Gavi Burton and her father Dan at the School’s booth at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Burton hopes to become a large animal veterinarian.

(Image: Ashley Hinton)

From calves to canines, Penn Vet shines at Pennsylvania Farm Show

At the nation’s biggest indoor agricultural exposition, Penn Vet faculty, staff and leadership met with young people interested in becoming veterinarians, staffed the “Calving Corner“ exhibit, and showed off the expertise of the animals at Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center.

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Sizing up Pennsylvania’s creative workforce
Alex Watrous throwing pottery on a wheel.

Waterhouse Pottery focuses on handmade functional wares for home and garden. Alex Watrous earned her BFA in Ceramics at Edinboro University and has since worked professionally in the ceramics industry through manufacturing, retail supply, gallery management and sales, as well as arts administration.

(Image: Courtesy of Bridge Perspective)

Sizing up Pennsylvania’s creative workforce

A new report prepared by Weitzman faculty for the Pennsylvania Creative Industries, powered by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, shows a large and diverse creative workforce in the state.

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Penn nurse manager brings health resources to her tribal community
Sherry Caputo in front of the Lenape Tribal Grounds building.

Image: Courtesy of Sherry Caputo

Penn nurse manager brings health resources to her tribal community

Outside of her day job as a nurse manager for Penn Medicine at Home, Sherry “Strong Sun Spirit” Caputo has helped bring mental health education, COVID resources, and nutrition programming to her tribal community, the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation in New Jersey.

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Inspiring interest in water quality at Cobbs Creek
Two people in waders in Cobbs Creek getting water samples.

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Inspiring interest in water quality at Cobbs Creek

Faculty and staff, high school and Penn students, and community members are working together to collect and analyze the most detailed water quality data to date at the West Philadelphia stream.

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A new Penn Vet study is finding where the wild things are
A deer by a river in nature.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Vet

A new Penn Vet study is finding where the wild things are

The Accessing Urban Nature Initiative is gathering data on how urban wildlife is using the Philadelphia region’s ecosystem with motion-triggered cameras around Philadelphia parks, cemeteries, forest preserves, and private land.

From Penn Vet

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