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Dedicating time to side gigs for good in the community
Paul Best performs at Penn Museum.

Paul Best performs at a Keepers of the Culture event at the Penn Museum in the fall of 2019.

(Image: Courtesy of Paul Best)

Dedicating time to side gigs for good in the community

The 11th piece in this series highlights a museum educator who also teaches people through an Afrocentric storytelling group, a research coordinator volunteering with an LGBTQ+ band, a nurse collecting children’s books, and a Spanish lecturer picking up trash.
Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala
Top row, left to right: Camilla Z. Charles, Ali Shapiro Cudby, and Judith Browne Dianis. Bottom row, left to right: Richard David Feintuch, Stanley H. Greene, and Brett Andrew Perlmutter.

Top row: Camille Z. Charles, Ali Shapiro Cudby, and Judith Browne Dianis. Middle: Richard David Feintuch, Stanley H. Greene, and Brett Andrew Perlmutter. Bottom: Ann Nolan Reese, Katherine Sachs, and Victor Anthony Scotti Jr. 

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Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala

At the 2023 Alumni Award of Merit Gala, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Creative Spirit Award, and the inaugural Penn Alumni Social Impact Award, and Camille Z. Charles will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
Reading recommendations from Penn experts for LGBT History Month
Various book covers of queer texts.

From left to right, clockwise: “After Sappho,” by Selby Wynn Schwartz and published by W.W. Norton; “City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves,” by Marc Stein and published by Temple University Press; “Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand,” by Samuel R. Delany and published by Wesleyan University Press; “Just Above My Head,” by James Baldwin and published by Dial Press.

(Image: Various publishers)

Reading recommendations from Penn experts for LGBT History Month

The LGBT Center, Penn Libraries, and others put forward their literary picks for LGBT History Month.
Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative connects community
Three people discussing a document at a table at a conference.

In June 2023, Penn Nursing hosted the Summer Innovation Institute at Tangen Hall. The five-day event connected people active in health equity, including LGBTQ+ issues.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Giving)

Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative connects community

Based in Penn’s School of Nursing, the Eidos Initiative provides innovators in LGBTQ+ health with access to resources, research, and support from all of Penn’s 12 schools.
Who, What, Why: Nathan Nyitrai on the LGBTQ Certificate
Nathan Nyitrai stands with hands on hips in the garden in front of the SP2 building

Nathan Nyitrai is a rising second-year student in the masters of social work program earning an LGBTQ certificate at the School of Social Policy & Practice. With an interest in criminal justice and trans activism, Nyitrai hopes his future work will impact LGBTQ+ communities.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Nathan Nyitrai on the LGBTQ Certificate

    The master of social work student discusses the School of Social Policy and Practice program which provides supplemental education about the legal, health care, and social service needs of LGBTQ+ communities.

    Kristina García

    Who, What, Why: Recent graduate of the College Justin Roberts
    Five people wearing red sweaters with an applique "P" holding clarinets. In front of them, three graduating bandmates sport gowns and regalia

    Justin Roberts (middle, front row) and fellow clarinetists in the Penn Band.

    (Image: Courtesy of Justin Roberts)

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Recent graduate of the College Justin Roberts

    May College graduate Justin Roberts, who will attend Penn Carey Law School in the fall, discusses his involvement with campus cultural centers and the meaning behind his graduation regalia.

    Kristina García

    Symposium at Penn aimed at improving healthcare for LGBTQ community
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    Symposium at Penn aimed at improving healthcare for LGBTQ community

    A weeklong symposium at Penn organized by José Bauermeister of the School of Nursing will brainstorm ways to educate medical providers about special needs in the LGBTQ community.