Outreach

After five years, the Lead-Free Families initiative is proving the impact of a health system investing in safe homes.

Raymond Tabak leads the Medical Emergency Response Team, helping keep Penn and the Philadelphia area safe through outreach, health workshops, and emergency medical care.

The new philanthropic partnership will provide flexible funding to accelerate high-impact ideas in health, sustainability, intelligent systems, and educational innovation over the next five years.

As a part of an ongoing Wallace Foundation funded initiative, Penn’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) brought district teams from across the country to Montgomery, Alabama for immersive learning at the Legacy Sites with founder Bryan Stevenson and GSE professor Howard Stevenson.

Nearly a year after being awarded the 2025 President’s Engagement Prize, President’s Innovation Prize, and President’s Sustainability Prize, the recipients—now alumni—provide updates on their projects.

Launched by three 2025 President’s Engagement Prize recipients, Nourish to Flourish is using a data‑driven, behavioral‑economics approach to help K–6 students in West Philadelphia build lasting healthy habits with access to fresh foods, nutrition and cooking classes, and more—all with an aim to reduce food insecurity and promote nutritional equity.

The Penn Medicine CAREs grant program has announced more than $54,000 across 26 projects this quarter to expand science education, support early literacy, and strengthen volunteer-led service efforts.

The University joins a select group of schools that are committed to expanding access to higher education for veterans and service members and supporting their academic and professional aspirations.

Even before she experienced cancer herself, Deborah Burnham had a knack for “magical” prompts to help patients write through their illness at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center.

New research from Penn Medicine finds that automated texts in the 14 days following emergency department discharge leads to higher enrollment in programs like SNAP and energy assistance.