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37th annual Women of Color Day at Penn
Valerie Dorsey-Allen poses with Colleen Winn, who holds her award

Valerie Dorsey-Allen (left) poses with Colleen Winn (right), who won the Joann Mitchell Outstanding Legacy award.

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37th annual Women of Color Day at Penn

The annual Women of Color at Penn awards honored students, staff, faculty and community members for their research, leadership, and service.

Kristina García

Who, What Why: Om Manghani
Wearing glasses and a blue sweater, Om Manghani stands with crossed arms on a staircase

With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed.

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Who, What Why: Om Manghani

With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. But it’s about more than fractions and decimals, he says.

Kristina García

Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort
Chaz Howard stands with the recipients of the 2023 Projects for Progress awards.

Charles “Chaz” Howard (left) honored the recipients of the 2023 Projects for Progress Awards: UCC; Positioned for Success; and The Breathing Room teams.

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Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort

At an event on Jan. 30, three winning project groups were honored for ‘choosing to help make lives better.’
Penn & Philly shines light on community partnerships
View of Philadelphia skyline from campus

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Penn & Philly shines light on community partnerships

The Office of the Executive Vice President launched the initiative in January, highlighting important service work across the University, the Health System, and Philadelphia.

Penn Today Staff

Getting creative to communicate science
(from left to right) Yidi Wang, Yi Wang, Deependra Singh, and Marielle Ong.

Graduate students (from left to right) Yidi Wang, Yi Wang, Deependra Singh, and Marielle Ong. The volunteers helped Ong carry out her vision for the first iteration of the math circles—interactive, puzzle-based sessions—with a group of eight students at West Philadelphia High School.

(Image: Courtesy of Marielle Ong for OMNIA)

Getting creative to communicate science

Across Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, students and professors are devising imaginative ways to bring their scientific work to the public.

From Omnia

Netter Center holiday book parties
Two college students lean over a table to talk with elementary school students

Penn students and district staff with students at Lea Elementary.

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Netter Center holiday book parties

At annual events hosted by the Netter Center’s Community School Student Partnerships, Penn students partner with K-12 West Philadelphia students.

Kristina García

The 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award
Ira Harkavy, Paulette Branson, Andy Tan, and John L. Jackson Jr. pose together at an award ceremony. Branson and Tan both hold plaques.

From left to right: Ira Harkavy, Paulette Branson, Andy Tan, and John L. Jackson Jr. 

(Image: Tarah Paul)

The 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award

Andy Tan, an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, and community partners Cross-Grade Sports and OurSpace were honored for their work in the West Philadelphia community.

Kristina García

Holiday giving at Penn
Isabel Sampson-Mapp sits on a table piled with colorful knitwear

Around the holidays, “Penn folks, they really, stretch out, from giving gifts to feeding people,” says Isabel Sampson-Mapp of the Netter Center, who runs annual drives for food and clothing. “We have amazing volunteers. There’s no way I could do it without help.”

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Holiday giving at Penn

From shoes and coats to Hot Wheels and Paw Patrol, the Netter Center’s Isabel Sampson-Mapp coordinates holiday giving.

Kristina García

Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research
Brittany Zulkiewicz teaches at a blackboard in a high school classroom.

Brittany Zulkiewicz discusses group dynamics and the process of working together.

(Image: Thandi Lyew)

Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research

Annenberg School doctoral students Thandi Lyew and Brittany Zulkiewicz worked with local teens through a Penn Graduate Community-Engaged Research Fellowship.

From Annenberg School for Communication