9/27
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Can the COVID playbook help end malaria?
Can the COVID playbook help end malaria?
In a Perry World House conversation, Matthew Laurens, Martina Mchenga, and Drew Weissman discussed how lessons from a global pandemic could help in the fight to eradicate malaria.
Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton
Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton
Sharing a legacy of leadership and decades of service in Penn Engineering’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton had a transformative impact on academic life at the school.
An introduction to undergraduate and graduate student resources
An introduction to undergraduate and graduate student resources
The New Student Resources Fair and Campus Express Center, hosted at Houston Hall, welcomed Penn’s newest undergraduate and graduate students with a one-stop-shop on vital information.
Survey finds gaps in knowledge about maternal health
Survey finds gaps in knowledge about maternal health
New survey data from the Annenberg Public Policy Center analyzes public knowledge of maternal health risks, vaccine safety, and mental health outreach options.
Desmond Patton and the science of being human
Desmond Patton and the science of being human
Penn Integrates Knowledge University professor Desmond Upton Patton discusses his research in social media and violence, finding an interdisciplinary career in social work, communication, data science, and psychiatry, and why his open-mindedness never stops.
The disability docket
The disability docket
Penn Carey Law professors Jasmine Harris and Karen Tani have published a paper in American University Law Review that highlights the disability through-line in the Supreme Court’s recent cases.
One year post-Dobbs, what’s actually happened?
One year post-Dobbs, what’s actually happened?
Four takeaways from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences researchers in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.
Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment
Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment
The inaugural Matt and Erika Nord Director of Weitzman’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites discusses her new role.
Who, What, Why: Nathan Nyitrai on the LGBTQ Certificate
Who, What, Why: Nathan Nyitrai on the LGBTQ Certificate
The master of social work student discusses the School of Social Policy and Practice program which provides supplemental education about the legal, health care, and social service needs of LGBTQ+ communities.
A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon
A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon
In collaboration with The Netter Center for Community Partnerships, ninth-grade students from Paul Robeson High School trained to become youth docents at the Paul Robeson House and Museum through a program funded by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
In the News
Huffington Post
Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director
Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn Medicine appoints first medical director of LGBTQ health
Kevin Kline speaks about his appointment as Penn Medicine’s first medical director of LGBTQ health and his concerns about politicization of care.
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Religion News Service
How a mysterious Indian religious figure united Hindus and Muslims
In an Op-Ed, Murali Balaji of the Annenberg School for Communication says that Shirdi Sai Baba’s influence in shaping Indian spirituality could be instrumental to building bridges between Hindus and Muslims.
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EdSurge
Why class diversity can be ‘invisible’ at colleges
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the socioeconomic diversity of Black students on college campuses.
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The Business Journals
Increasing health equity in Alzheimer’s disease research
The University of Pennsylvania is included in a national outreach and recruitment effort for a $46 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to assist in the inclusion and health equity of treating Alzheimer’s disease in Black patients.
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CBC Radio (Canada)
It was years before I ever saw a Black doctor. Now that I'm a doctor, not much has changed
A study by researchers from Penn Medicine found that racialized people are more satisfied with care when it's provided by physicians with the same racial or ethnic background as themselves.
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