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Outreach
Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community
Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community
Penn Nursing’s Adriana Perez engages the Latino community in fitness classes through Tiempo Juntos Por Nuestra Salud.
The Prison Legal Education Project aids those fighting their own incarceration
The Prison Legal Education Project aids those fighting their own incarceration
Co-founded by Penn Carey Law alumni Felicia Lin and Miriam Nemeth, PLEP supports incarcerated individuals in leading their own successful legal advocacy.
Remote blood pressure monitoring may stave off postpartum health issues for those with preeclampsia
Remote blood pressure monitoring may stave off postpartum health issues for those with preeclampsia
Penn Medicine’s remote heart-monitoring program, Heart Safe Motherhood, is likely to drive down total health care costs for the new mothers.
A time to celebrate for inaugural SNF Paideia Fellows
A time to celebrate for inaugural SNF Paideia Fellows
The first cohort of fellows is set to graduate, taking with them the pillars of the SNF Paideia Program—dialogue, citizenship, service, and wellness—on their next life adventures.
2023 Projects for Progress recipients announced
2023 Projects for Progress recipients announced
Three interdisciplinary teams of faculty, staff, and students at Penn will be awarded up to $100,000 each to grow their respective initiatives.
To spread important messages about teen mental health, make community connections
To spread important messages about teen mental health, make community connections
After creating memes and TikToks with Philly high schoolers, Jeffrey Fishman’s honors thesis explores how those messages can effectively reach their audience.
A decade of medicine, business, and technology at PennHealthX
A decade of medicine, business, and technology at PennHealthX
PennHealthX, started as a traditional extracurricular club, has grown into an influential student-driven creative hub for projects and programs at the intersection of medicine with other disciplines.
Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration
Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration
More than 150 Philadelphia high schoolers came together at WHYY in a climate storytelling event organized by the public media company and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.
Extending male contraceptive care to uninsured patients
Extending male contraceptive care to uninsured patients
Penn Medicine urology and Puentes de Salud are working to ensure men have the same patient-care experience as anyone else coming to Penn Medicine, regardless of whether they are documented, have insurance, or speak English.
Penn School of Social Policy & Practice names New Social Innovation Scholars Program
Penn School of Social Policy & Practice names New Social Innovation Scholars Program
The Randi and Brian Schwartz Social Innovation Scholarship will provide full-tuition support for students seeking to generate impact in such areas as economic security, immigration, and global conflict.
In the News
Black Enterprise
Jay-Z’s Shawn Carter Foundation launches HCU champions for financial legacy program
The Wharton School has partnered with Jay-Z’s Shawn Carter Foundation to launch the Champions for Financial Legacy program to boost students’ financial literacy and equip them with the skills to build wealth within their communities.
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CBS Philadelphia
Philadelphia doctors and scientists encourage young women to pursue STEM careers at Penn event
The STEM Goes Red event hosted at Penn Medicine showed young Philadelphia women in high school how to program miniature computers, with remarks from Helene Glassberg of the Perelman School of Medicine.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Free West Philly community clinic, which provided care to hundreds, is closed
Penn Medicine resident Noor Shaik and Michael Rubenstein of the Perelman School of Medicine discuss a West Philadelphia clinic that became a model for collaborations between academic health systems and community organizations.
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Broadway World
Musicians On Call raises over $340,000 during 25th anniversary celebration in NYC
Sue Berkowitz was honored for visiting almost 6,000 people at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania as a volunteer for Musicians On Call.
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Bloomberg Law
How law schools are preparing students for the new world of work
Penn Carey Law is noted for offering a leadership course and a crisis-management bootcamp, as well as a week-long intensive “Business Management for Lawyers” certificate with the Wharton School.
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NPR
For some artists, a guaranteed income program has been a lifesaver
Kalen Flynn of the School for Social Policy & Practice says that guaranteed income programs give artists creative freedom and allow them to take risks with their art.
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