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The story of Mercy-Douglass Hospital
WHYY (Philadelphia)

The story of Mercy-Douglass Hospital

A special examines the history of Philadelphia’s Mercy-Douglass Hospital and the role of race in health care, featuring interviews with Penn staff and faculty like Gerald DeVaughn of the Perelman School of Medicine, Patricia D’Antonio of the School of Nursing, and Hafeeza Anchrum of the School of Arts & Sciences.

Business and Black excellence
AAMBAA students in front of fisher fine arts (On homepage) AAMBAA’s members gather in front of Fisher Fine Arts Library. “You cannot understate the power of seeing yourself,” says Marques Stevenson, who is AAMBAA’s co-president. “AAMBAA helps increase the visibility of African American business leaders within the Wharton community and beyond.”

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Business and Black excellence

The African American MBA Association at the Wharton School celebrates its 50th anniversary.

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UPenn’s ‘Eidos’ project tackles LGBTQ+ health inequity, discrimination
INSIGHT Into Diversity

UPenn’s ‘Eidos’ project tackles LGBTQ+ health inequity, discrimination

The Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative, housed in the School of Nursing and directed by Jessica Halem, is engaging students and faculty across disciplines and organizations to improve public health and care resources for the LGBTQ+ community.

America’s top donors are helping to shape the future in an old-fashioned way
Chronicle of Philanthropy

America’s top donors are helping to shape the future in an old-fashioned way

Alumnus Leonard Lauder gave $177 million to the School of Nursing to address nursing shortages by recruiting students from underrepresented backgrounds and training more providers for disadvantaged communities.

FDA: Base blood donation policy on science, not stigma
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FDA: Base blood donation policy on science, not stigma

In an Op-Ed, Scott Jelinek of the Leonard Davis Institute and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia urges the FDA to remove its restriction on blood donation by gay and bisexual men.

Three Black women who shattered the academic ceiling
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Three Black women who shattered the academic ceiling

Penn Carey Law alumna Sadie Tanner Mossell is celebrated for standing against racism on campus and becoming the first Black woman to graduate from Penn.

Penn Med student highlights the untold stories of Black women in medicine
Jasmine Brown.

Penn Medicine student and author Jasmine Brown.

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Penn Med student highlights the untold stories of Black women in medicine

Jasmine Brown’s book “Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century” spotlights the experiences of Black women in medicine whose stories often go overlooked.

From Penn Medicine News

Patient advocate Jamil Rivers leads women of color to better breast cancer care
Jamil Rivers.

Jamil Rivers, founder of The Chrysalis Initiative. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

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Patient advocate Jamil Rivers leads women of color to better breast cancer care

During her time in treatment, Rivers, who is Black, also discovered that many women, particularly Black women and other women of color, were in urgent need of guidance.

From Penn Medicine News