Wharton 5K returns for first time since the pandemic 2017 Wharton 5k run at Penn Park (Image: Wharton Student Life: Wharton Undergraduate Division) Wharton 5K returns for first time since the pandemic Undergraduates and MBAs get ready to run in the first Wharton 5K since the start of the pandemic.
Q&A with Penn’s Interim President Wendell Pritchett Q&A with Penn’s Interim President Wendell Pritchett Pritchett, who will serve as the University’s leader until the end of June, discusses his background, his goals, and what he is looking forward to most this semester.
Improving college access for Philadelphia’s Latinx community The 22 students in Emilio Parrado’s Academically Based Community Service course on Latinx in the United States will mentor high schoolers who are part of the Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educación (CCATE) college-readiness program. Here Parrado describes the next steps to the class, with CCATE’s Holly Link and Obed Arango in the background. Improving college access for Philadelphia’s Latinx community A collaboration between Penn and the nonprofit Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educación aims to enhance a thriving post-secondary success program, create mentoring opportunities, and more.
Rowana Miller and Cosmic Writers want to make writing education equitable Image: iStock Rowana Miller and Cosmic Writers want to make writing education equitable Along with a team of passionate fellow students, Miller runs a nonprofit called Cosmic Writers, which provides virtual and in-person writing workshops for young writers.
A chance to imagine memorials of tomorrow A chance to imagine memorials of tomorrow A history course taught by Jared Farmer looks at Philadelphia’s monuments past and present, and lets students envision what future memorials may be.
Hyperbaric treatment, carbon monoxide poisoning spiked amid COVID-19 Hyperbaric treatment, carbon monoxide poisoning spiked amid COVID-19 Penn Hyperbaric Medicine donated carbon monoxide detectors to patients who come in contact with carbon monoxide poisoning but don’t have a detector, and to families in transitional housing.
After the shutdown, what comes next for the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery? Flames and smoke emerge from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia, Friday, June 21, 2019. (Image: Matt Rourke/AP Images) After the shutdown, what comes next for the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery? Creating a greener, more equitable future at the site means understanding its complex history, its long-running public health impacts, and working in partnership with communities.
Penn Dental Medicine serves Afghani refugees with pop-up clinic Penn Dental Medicine serves Afghani refugees with pop-up clinic Responding to an immediate need for dental care in the community, Penn Dental Medicine students and faculty created a pop-up clinic for more than 60 Afghani refugees awaiting permanent placement in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
A FAST approach to helping food insecurity Onika Washington-Johnson hands a box of food to David Cabello, founder of Black and Mobile food delivery service, outside of Share Food Program’s facility. (Image: Penn Medicine Service in Action) A FAST approach to helping food insecurity FAST (Food Access Support Technology) is a new platform created by Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Equity Advancement (CHEA) that connects health systems, food access community-based organizations and minority-owned small businesses to fight food insecurity.
A Black-owned radio station, a physician, and a quest to prevent colon cancer A FIT Kit comes in an envelope and includes instructions, a prepaid return mailing envelope, and a small tube to contain a probe that the user will insert into a stool sample to capture a tiny particle. In the lab, the small sample is tested for signs of blood in the stool, which may not be visible. (Image: Penn Medicine Service in Action) A Black-owned radio station, a physician, and a quest to prevent colon cancer A unique community-based campaign by Penn Medicine, WURD, Philadelphia’s Black-owned and -operated talk radio station, and other organizations provide free colon cancer testing kits and follow-up support to Philadelphia residents.