City of Philadelphia

Bethany Wiggin of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the My Climate Story initiative, which enables people to document and share their personal experiences with climate change.

Penn is lauded for organizing a University-Assisted Community Schools Network and for offering roughly 80 academically-based community service courses through the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, with a quote from the Center’s founding director Ira Harkavy.

Sara Solomon of the Penn Injury Science Center hopes to work with Tyrique Glasgow in the Penn Community Scholars program to replicate his model of collective impact citywide.

As part of Penn’s Climate Week, students from eight Philadelphia high schools gathered on campus to discuss their own experiences with the impacts of climate change.

Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine explains why a new study on opioid overdoses likely doesn’t reflect the full picture of hospitalizations for Pennsylvania.

Jonathan Katz of the School of Arts & Sciences explains why he’s excited about Harriet Hosmer’s marble sculpture, Puck on a Toadstool, featured at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

A profile examines the life of Sadie Tanner Mossel Alexander, the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in economics, graduate from Penn Carey Law, and practice law in Pennsylvania.

A symposium on the history, prevalence, and preservation of the Philadelphia rowhouse has been organized by the Weitzman School of Design, with quotes from Frank G. Matero.

In a video interview, Lauren Overton, principal of the Penn Alexander School and a doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Education, discusses how she and her staff at PAS have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic.