City of Philadelphia

Gwendolyn DuBois of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the racism experienced by Black students of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts at the turn of the century.

Joni Finney of the Graduate School of Education says that Pennsylvania’s fierce competition for students stems from its large private higher education sector and declining numbers of Pennsylvanians.

A profile examines Cailyn Chow of Penn Medicine, a lifelong Phillies fan who’s now a ballgirl for the World Series.

A West Philadelphia mural has been dedicated to the late Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, formerly of Penn Carey Law, with a quote from Osagie Imasogie.

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.