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‘Communities for Childbirth’ in action
Image of a brick building with signs out front pointing to "Antenatal MCH, Labour ward PNC, YCC, Pharmacy, Laboratory, OPD"

A Ugandan health center, August 2022.

(Image: Seungwon “Lucy” Lee)

‘Communities for Childbirth’ in action

President Engagement Prize winner and  fourth-year Seungwon ‘Lucy’ Lee is creating a coordinated referral system of first responders, emergency dispatchers, and systemized hospital networks to improve emergency maternal health care in Uganda.

Kristina García

The Sachs Program announces 2023 grants
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The Sachs Program announces 2023 grants

Now in its sixth year of supporting creative practice at Penn and in the surrounding community, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced grants totaling $170,000 at its annual Sachs Grants Awards ceremony.
Beyond the pipette and the stethoscope, students explore biology’s societal impacts
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Health equity was the focus of Stanford’s talk in the Levin building.

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Beyond the pipette and the stethoscope, students explore biology’s societal impacts

The new Biology and Society course, supported by SNF Paideia, gave biology majors the chance to explore how scientists must contend with subjects such as health equity and vaccine hesitancy.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Extending male contraceptive care to uninsured patients
Patient sitting at a desk speaking with a doctor.

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Extending male contraceptive care to uninsured patients

Penn Medicine urology and Puentes de Salud are working to ensure men have the same patient-care experience as anyone else coming to Penn Medicine, regardless of whether they are documented, have insurance, or speak English.

From Penn Medicine News

A conversation on community with Wharton Women in Business
Nine Wharton students on Penn’s campus

WWIB’s annual pitch competition creates equitable opportunities for underrepresented founders, who are comfortable in a space centering around women’s experiences.

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A conversation on community with Wharton Women in Business

For Wharton MBA women, WWIB serves as a guide for confident future leaders. Madeline Donoghue, WWIB’s vice president of admissions, and Krishna Shah, WWIB’s co-president, discuss how the group fosters relationships and community.

From Wharton Stories

A talk with ALOK: Inaugural Scholar of the Endowed LGBTQ+ Scholar-In-Residence Program
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.

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    • A talk with ALOK: Inaugural Scholar of the Endowed LGBTQ+ Scholar-In-Residence Program

    The author, poet, comedian, and public speaker spoke to Penn Today about challenging gender binary ahead of their residency with Penn’s LGBT Center.

    Kristina García

    Thabo Lenneiye on PennPraxis, global outreach, and cross-discipline collaboration
    Thabo Lenneiye on Penn’s campus.

    Managing director of PennPraxis Thabo Lenneiye.

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    Thabo Lenneiye on PennPraxis, global outreach, and cross-discipline collaboration

    The new managing director of The Weitzman School’s PennPraxis is a Penn alum who has worked for years on complex mixed-use development and urban planning projects and spearheading DEI initiatives.

    From the Weitzman School of Design

    Hospitals would see Medicaid funds slashed if Hill fails to act
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    Hospitals would see Medicaid funds slashed if Hill fails to act

    Paula Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute says that the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program provides around $19.5 billion in funding to hospitals each year.

    Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America
    A line of people waiting outside a polling place.

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    Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America

    President Liz Magill moderated the third Forum on Social Equity and Community, which featured Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Lisa Fairfax, Michael Jones-Correa, and Liz Theoharis.

    Lauren Hertzler