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Panel assesses federal cuts to LGBTQ+ health projects

Panel assesses federal cuts to LGBTQ+ health projects

Health care experts gathered for a panel titled Breaking Barriers, Advancing LGBTQ+ Health Equity Through Policy, led by LDI senior fellow and director of Penn’s Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative José Bauermeister, to discuss how funding for grants and programs canceled by the White House might be restored from other sources.

An online resource for learners across the Italian language community
Blurred figures of people walk across a public square in Milano, Italy.

The Italian language learning tool PRIMA was developed by faculty at Penn to help show students the diversity in Italian language and culture.

(Image: iStock/LeoPatrizi)

An online resource for learners across the Italian language community

The Pedagogical Repository for Italian Media Activities, or PRIMA, helps students and faculty explore Italian language and culture by using voices and imagery that better represent the culture.
Eric Anglero at the LGBT Center
Eric Anglero stands in the hallway of the LGBT Center, a rainbow flag to their right

As part of University Life, connections and partnerships exist across the cultural centers, Anglero says. “There is so much infrastructure here we can strive to work with,” they say, noting that those intercultural connections can be impactful for students.

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Eric Anglero at the LGBT Center

Almost one year into their new role as director of the LGBT Center, Eric Anglero looks to support students and community with robust programming and a place where “you can just be.”

Kristina García

$50M legacy gift to Penn Arts & Sciences funds undergraduate aid
Penn students on Locust Walk in winter.

The William J. Levy Endowed Scholarship Fund will support over 40 civic-minded students in the Penn’s College of Arts & Sciences annually.

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$50M legacy gift to Penn Arts & Sciences funds undergraduate aid

With an estate gift of more than $42 million, William J. Levy, a graduate of the Wharton School and Penn Carey Law School, has contributed $50 million in support of undergraduate students in the College.
Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art
jonathan katz sitting in his living room

Jonathan Katz, an associate professor of practice in the Department of the History of Art, pictured inside his West Philadelphia home. Katz led the effort to launch the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship at Penn.

(Image: Scott Spitzer)

Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art

In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art.

Kristina García

Gender-affirming care at Penn Medicine: A future ‘not in the shadows’
A group of people posing and smiling in front of a polka dot backdrop.

Mattie Chaya Kimberly “Kimi” Klauser (in hat second from right) with her bandmates.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

Gender-affirming care at Penn Medicine: A future ‘not in the shadows’

The Penn Medicine Program for LGBTQ+ Health and gender-affirming care at Penn Medicine has helped Mattie Chaya Kimberly “Kimi” Klauser and others get the right care in an open, safe, and nurturing environment.
2024 Sachs awardees
Stylized speakers and a blue silhouette of a person.

Justin Gotzis of University Life received an award from The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation to develop “Puck,” a sculptural speaker system that reflects on the “Freetekno” movement.

(Image: Justin Gotzis)

2024 Sachs awardees

At a reception on April 30, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation recognized the 21 projects awarded grants for the 2023-24 cycle, totaling $210,000 in support.