Working to understand and prevent intimate partner violence Assistant Professor of Social Work Millan AbiNader. (Image: Courtesy of the School of Social Policy & Practice) Working to understand and prevent intimate partner violence Millan AbiNader, an assistant professor in Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, explains how she approaches social work as a “macro” social worker, and the importance of community and connection in addressing structural factors and social ecology of gender-based violence.
The best way to prevent HIV is often out of reach for women and marginalized people Image: niphon for Adobe Stock The best way to prevent HIV is often out of reach for women and marginalized people LDI fellows are working with local communities to increase PrEP use through improving the message about the drug, reducing stigma, and normalizing the conversation about HIV infection.
SNAP recipients are denied hot food. These Penn grads found a hack with a new kind of corner store Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer SNAP recipients are denied hot food. These Penn grads found a hack with a new kind of corner store Two recent graduates of the School of Arts & Sciences, Alex Imbot and Eli Moraru will be legally skirting federal rules that guide food stamps to offer healthy, hot food in a nonprofit corner store. Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day Image: Sabina Pierce Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day This year’s event, open to Penn faculty, staff, and postdocs and their families, will include lunch, DJs, bounce houses, photo booths, and more. The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise Image: Monica Fonorow The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise From picture books to 'The Poet X,' Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers. Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García The Penn Graduate School of Education student, who earned her bachelor’s from the College of Arts and Sciences in the Spring, talks about her work with the Penn Libraries Community Engagement team and her aspirations of becoming a teacher. Climate Week 2023 highlights the links between biodiversity and the climate crisis Wildfires are becoming increasingly common as a result of the climate crisis, endangering biodiversity and humans.(Image: iStock/Toa55) Climate Week 2023 highlights the links between biodiversity and the climate crisis The climate crisis impacts everyone. During Climate Week at Penn, which will be held from Sept. 18-22, everyone is invited to find their place in the climate movement. Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research 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. Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton Sharing a legacy of leadership and decades of service in Penn Engineering’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton had a transformative impact on academic life at the school. Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative The fourth-year is the founder and president of Penn’s chapter of the Brain Exercise Initiative, a service club that connects student volunteers with senior citizens to help combat social isolation and cognitive decline.
Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day Image: Sabina Pierce Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day This year’s event, open to Penn faculty, staff, and postdocs and their families, will include lunch, DJs, bounce houses, photo booths, and more.
The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise Image: Monica Fonorow The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise From picture books to 'The Poet X,' Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers.
Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García The Penn Graduate School of Education student, who earned her bachelor’s from the College of Arts and Sciences in the Spring, talks about her work with the Penn Libraries Community Engagement team and her aspirations of becoming a teacher.
Climate Week 2023 highlights the links between biodiversity and the climate crisis Wildfires are becoming increasingly common as a result of the climate crisis, endangering biodiversity and humans.(Image: iStock/Toa55) Climate Week 2023 highlights the links between biodiversity and the climate crisis The climate crisis impacts everyone. During Climate Week at Penn, which will be held from Sept. 18-22, everyone is invited to find their place in the climate movement.
Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research 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.
Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton Sharing a legacy of leadership and decades of service in Penn Engineering’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton had a transformative impact on academic life at the school.
Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative The fourth-year is the founder and president of Penn’s chapter of the Brain Exercise Initiative, a service club that connects student volunteers with senior citizens to help combat social isolation and cognitive decline.