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A climate expert’s return to Penn
Portrait of Jen Wilcox

Jen Wilcox has returned to the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and to the School of Engineering and Applied Science following three years in at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she served in the Biden Administration as the principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management.

(Image: Courtesy of Jen Wilcox)

A climate expert’s return to Penn

Jen Wilcox, an expert on direct-air capture, is the inaugural faculty appointment in the Kleinman Center and served for three years as principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy. She discusses her time away and her return to Penn.
With NSO preceptorials, a chance to be curious
A stairwell and mural next to a group of students sitting in chairs.

A scene from a fall 2023 preceptorial.

(Image: Courtesy of New Student Orientation)

With NSO preceptorials, a chance to be curious

Preceptorials, a New Student Orientation tradition for first-year undergraduates, run this Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
University of Pennsylvania Health System and Doylestown Health sign definitive agreement
Kevin Mahoney and four others celebrate signing a contract between Penn Medicine and Doylestown Health.

Celebrating the signing of the definitive agreement are, from left, Kevin Mahoney, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System; Jonathan Epstein, interim executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Kathleen Krick, president of the Village Improvement Association of Doylestown; Marianne Chabot, chair of the boards at Doylestown Hospital and Doylestown Health Foundation and vice president of Health Services at Village Improvement Association of Doylestown; and Jim Brexler, president and CEO of Doylestown Health.

(Image: Carol Berman)

University of Pennsylvania Health System and Doylestown Health sign definitive agreement

Bucks County system’s integration into UPHS will expand access to advanced health care for patients and families in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

John Lines

Restoring the public purpose of America’s urban universities
Two college students lean over a table to talk with elementary school students

Penn students and district staff with students at Lea Elementary.

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Restoring the public purpose of America’s urban universities

A new Netter Center white paper written in collaboration with eight universities highlights mutually beneficial university-community partnerships.

Kristina García

Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster
Ashlee Rineer (right) is holding Eleanor who is two years old this month and her partner Lauren (left) is holding Edie.

Ashlee Rineer (right) is holding Eleanor who is two years old this month, and her partner Lauren (left) is holding Edie, who was born in February 2024.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster

The Penn Fertility Care practice is the first and only fertility clinic in Lancaster County that has an embryology lab, allowing patients outside of the Philadelphia metro area equal access to the full range of Penn Fertility services and treatments.

From Penn Medicine News

Connecting the West Philadelphia community to careers 
west philly skills initiative med worker

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Connecting the West Philadelphia community to careers 

The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative is a workforce development partnership between the University City District, Penn Medicine, and the University committed to develop career opportunities for local residents.

From Penn Medicine Service in Action

Penn’s Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo offered networking and resources to area businesses
A group of people standing in front of a woman giving out popsicles. In the background, a large sign reading "BOX OFFICE" and advertisements for Annenberg performances.

At the expo, lil Pop Shop passes out popsicles to guests. 

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Penn’s Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo offered networking and resources to area businesses

The annual Penn Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo showcases the University's commitment to community. The University spent approximately $170 million with diverse suppliers in 2023 and is on track to exceed that number in 2024.

Kristina García