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Can more art equal less crime?
Maya Moritz giving a lecture in front of a mural.

Maya Moritz presenting at the 2024 Penn Grad Talks. She won first place in the Social Science category.

(Image: Brooke Sietinsons)

Can more art equal less crime?

Maya Moritz, a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminology, is building the case, studying the effect of Philadelphia murals on the city’s crime rate.

From Omnia

Wharton course helps Philly file taxes
Diego Resto helps a community member file their taxes.

Wharton student Diego Resto helps a community member file their taxes at Ebenezer Temple.

Diego Resto helps a community member file their taxes at Ebenezer Temple.(Image: Pragya Singh)

Wharton course helps Philly file taxes

A new Wharton course serves low-income taxpayers and provides students with experiential learning.

From Wharton Stories

How did a white woman come to write the newest definitive text on Philadelphia’s Black history?

How did a white woman come to write the newest definitive text on Philadelphia’s Black history?

Penn alum Amy Jane Cohen is profiled for her new book “Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape,” which examines Black history through the lens of events, institutions, and individuals across the city. The book includes a reflection from Penn chaplain Charles Howard.

Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant
four student photographs in a grid

The team of four students in the College of Arts and Sciences chosen for a 2024 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant for their summer community healthcare project in Philadelphia includes, clockwise from top left,  third-year students Annabelle Jin, Claire Jun, and Destiny Uwawuike, and second-year student Johana Munoz.

(Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant

Four students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen for 2024 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant of $10,000 for their summer community health care project in Philadelphia addressing reproductive justice and menstrual equity.

Louisa Shepard

Mayor Parker’s plan to ‘remove the presence of drug users’ from Kensington raises new questions

Mayor Parker’s plan to ‘remove the presence of drug users’ from Kensington raises new questions

Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing and Ashish Thakrar of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on the lack of specificity in Philadelphia’s plan to remove drug users from Kensington and on the current state of drug treatment in the city.

Philadelphia School District students are learning through dance
Donnell Powell in a gymnasium with young students.

Penn Live Arts teaching artist Donnell Powell.

(Image: Edward Epstein)

Philadelphia School District students are learning through dance

A residency from Rennie Harris Puremovement is part of a Penn Live Arts program which offers pre-performance visits to local schools.

Penn students react to rare East Coast earthquake
Students on Penn’s Locust Walk.

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Penn students react to rare East Coast earthquake

An earthquake with the preliminary magnitude of 4.8 centered in New Jersey was felt up and down the East Coast on Friday, including on Penn’s campus.

Kristen de Groot