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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

A Penn team’s push to make research more inclusive
A doctor and patient.

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A Penn team’s push to make research more inclusive

Penn’s Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center is working to bring more underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds into their research, and to train AI models to be free from bias.

From Penn Medicine News

The multifaceted Mya Gordon
Mya Gordon stands on the walkway near the Bio Pond with hands in her pockets

Mia Gordon at the Bio Pond.

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The multifaceted Mya Gordon

With a passion for community engagement, Mya Gordon balances her drive with hobbies, friends, and finding beauty in imperfection.

Kristina García

Who, What, Why: Ariana Jimenez and the High School Voter Project
high School and college students pour decant colorful bottles of shampoo and shower gel to make hygiene kits for students

To work on providing basic care for classmates, the Sayre students decided to provide easy access to hygiene products—deodorant, shampoo, bodywash, lip balm, tampons, and pads—to their peers.

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Who, What, Why: Ariana Jimenez and the High School Voter Project

As part of a student-run, nonpartisan, Netter Center initiative, Ariana Jimenez focuses on youth voter registration, civic engagement, and education in West Philadelphia.

Kristina García

An ambassador for accessibility
Leslie Vallhonrat.

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An ambassador for accessibility

How Leslie Vallhonrat is helping to make the Penn Libraries web presence more useable for everyone.

From Penn Libraries

Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy
A cancer doctor and patient looking at medical forms.

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Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy

Penn Medicine researchers have assessed the percentage of patients from minority health populations and reveal inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy.

Meagan Raeke

Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt
Luke Godsey holds a multicolored quilt up at the PWC

Luke Godsey and the in-progress quilt at the Penn Women’s Center

Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt

Luke Godsey, a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, has created a quilt for the Penn Women’s Center as part of a new art series.

Kristina García

Adding diversity to your research process: A new system
A patient having their heartbeat checked by a doctor.

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Adding diversity to your research process: A new system

A Penn team has created guidelines and a best practices overview for incorporating equity and diversity into the research process.

Hoag Levins

Powwow at Penn
In the foreground, female dancers with shawls. In the background, a young man in warrior regalia.

An intertribal dance. In the background, a young man wears regalia made from birds of prey.

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Powwow at Penn

With drumming, dancers, and the cascading voices of musicians, the 13th annual Powwow at Penn welcomed more than 100 people.

Kristina García

Women and leadership at Wharton
Silhouettes of businesswomen in modern office near a window.

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Women and leadership at Wharton

The latest episodes of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, ‘Ripple Effect,’ explore the gendered workplace, women’s leadership, and equality.

From Knowledge at Wharton