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The Mobile CPR Project takes lifesaving training on the road
Josh Glick instructing a course on hands-only CPR at the Boys & Girls Club.

Josh Glick instructing a course on hands-only CPR at the Boys & Girls Club in Wissahickon.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

The Mobile CPR Project takes lifesaving training on the road

When cardiac arrest hits outside the hospital, the odds of survival are long. The Mobile CPR Project is driving to increase those odds with free trainings all around Philadelphia and beyond.

From Penn Medicine News

2 min. read

Fostering a culture of service

Fostering a culture of service

The Toll Public Interest Center stewards Penn Carey Law’s pro bono legacy and houses many of the School’s foundational public interest programs and scholarships.

Reimagining philanthropy and supporting everyday givers
Five people having a group all hands in on three moment.

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Reimagining philanthropy and supporting everyday givers

Founded in 2012 as a movement to encourage generosity on the Tuesday after Black Friday, GivingTuesday has blossomed into a global initiative and an independent nonprofit.

3 min. read

A quarter-century of supporting Asian Pacific Islander students
Students relax in the PAACH space.

Penn students relax in the PAACH space recently. Alumni and students say PAACH is a "home away from home" for many from the Asian Pacific Islander community.

(Image: Courtesy of PAACH)

A quarter-century of supporting Asian Pacific Islander students

The Pan-Asian American Community House is marking 25 years of fostering community, inspiring leaders, and providing a home away from home.

4 min. read

Processing grief through goats and accessibility
Grace Freund with a goat from the Philly Goat Project.

Grace Freund, an oncology nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, with a goat from the Philly Goat Project.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

Processing grief through goats and accessibility

A new Penn Medicine CAREs grant will make accessibility updates to a grief garden at the Philly Goat Project.

Eric Horvath

2 min. read

Fostering cats and dogs in Philadelphia
Candace Adams holds cat.

Candace Adams with Black Pearl, one of her foster cats.

(Image: Courtesy of Candace Adams)

Fostering cats and dogs in Philadelphia

Outside of her day job at Penn’s Institutional Review Board, Candace Adams works with different organizations in Philadelphia to give temporary shelter and care to cats and dogs.

2 min. read

Government cash transfer programs linked to major health gains for women and children

Government cash transfer programs linked to major health gains for women and children

A Penn study finds that more women receive health care early in their pregnancies, more babies are born in health facilities, and more births are attended by trained health workers when governments give money through cash transfer programs.

Eric Horvath

2 min. read

Teaching creative Philadelphia youth career and entrepreneurship skills
Meryl Krieger sits in a room of high school students.

Meryl Krieger mentors high school students as part of her volunteering with the Philadelphia nonprofit Project 440.

(Image: Courtesy of Meryl Krieger)

Teaching creative Philadelphia youth career and entrepreneurship skills

As a volunteer with the nonprofit after-school program Project 440, Meryl Krieger, a senior learning designer for the College of Liberal & Professional Studies, helps artistically minded high school students with life skills.

2 min. read