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Nursing schools offer loan forgiveness programs to offset nurse shortage
Medscape

Nursing schools offer loan forgiveness programs to offset nurse shortage

A $125 million endowment to the School of Nursing will allow its students that are nurses to apply to become nurse practitioners through the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program.

ALOK named first Scholar in Residence at Penn’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center
ALOK in a flower field.

ALOK is the creator of #DeGenderFashion, an initiative to degender fashion and beauty industries. They have been honored as one of HuffPost’s Culture Shifters and NBC’s Pride 50, and have appeared in HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness, The Trans List, and Netflix’s Getting Curious.

(Image: Kohl Murdock)

ALOK named first Scholar in Residence at Penn’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center

The residency is made possible by an anonymous $2 million gift.
Transformative change starts with responsible research
Times Higher Education

Transformative change starts with responsible research

In a co-authored Op-Ed, Dean Erika H. James of the Wharton School says that business scholars have a duty to teach the next generation about inclusivity, sustainability, and corporate responsibility.

A mural in the ARCH celebrates Black history
The Celebrate Black History mural in Penn’s ARCH building.

The mural is nearly 50 feet long, and features several Black Penn alumni who made notable historic contributions to society.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

A mural in the ARCH celebrates Black history

The new work is uplifting, says Makuu Director Brian Peterson, but also “a reminder of the stories that we still need to tell.”

Sarah Punderson

New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship
An illustration whose background is the Constitution. The words "We the people" are visible in the background, and the words "13th Amendment," "14th Amendment," and "15th Amendment" are visible in the foreground.

A still from the new documentary “Juneteenth” from Annenberg Classroom.

(Image: Annenberg Public Policy Center)

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    • New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship

    An exclusive Penn screening of the film produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), plus a conversation with activist Opal Lee and Penn’s Mary Frances Berry, moderated by APPC’s Director of Outreach and Curriculum Andrea (Ang) Reidell, takes place on Feb. 28. Registration with a Penn email is required.

    Michele W. Berger

    A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry
    resident Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left: Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League.

    (Image: AP Photo)

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    • A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry

    The Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history emerita shares the origins of the term, discusses the practice’s early champions and highlights the ensuing controversies.

    Kristen de Groot

    ‘A sense of obligation’: College of Physicians and Penn Medicine start program to inspire young Black men to practice medicine
    WHYY (Philadelphia)

    ‘A sense of obligation’: College of Physicians and Penn Medicine start program to inspire young Black men to practice medicine

    The Hinkson and Holloway Mentorship Program, a collaboration between the Perelman School of Medicine and the College of Physicians, will support Black men entering med school through mentors like Steven Handler and Horace DeLisser.