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A postpartum person and their newborn on a couch.

Improving maternal care for new moms in the Hispanic community

Penn Medicine’s Chester County Hospital’s latest patient care initiative focuses on improving postpartum outcomes and decreasing health care disparities.

panoramic view of Penn and Philadelphia.

By the Numbers

Penn’s Way campaign 2023: By the Numbers

The annual workplace giving campaign, ‘Going the Distance for Our Community,’ concluded on Nov. 24, and the numbers are in.

Two women help a child balance building blocks

Philanthropy and social change

With its free annual toolkit, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy helps donors create a bigger impact.

Aiming to build community on campus, new Presidential Commission takes shape

Reporting to Interim President J. Larry Jameson and co-chaired by deans Vijay Kumar and Katharine Strunk, the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community unveils its charge and members.

Volunteers dance during a kickoff breakfast on MLK Day

A day to ‘love the service that we’re giving’

Penn’s MLK Day of Service featured a robust kickoff with speakers and performances, followed by volunteer initiatives on campus and in the community.

Boura Zerbo Reads a book to her newborn in the ICU.

Books, babies, and bonding: How a passion for literacy benefits the hospital’s smallest patients

Whitney Zachritz, an intensive care nursery clinical practice leader at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, spends part of her week in the 38-bed neonatal intensive care unit curating books for parents to read to their newborns.

When young people seem to make threats on social media, do they mean it?

A new app from SAFELab helps teachers, police, and journalists interpret social media posts by BIPOC youth and understand which threats may be real.

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

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.

Two college students lean over a table to talk with elementary school students

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.

Dedicating time to side gigs for good in the community

The 11th piece in this series highlights a museum educator who also teaches people through an Afrocentric storytelling group, a research coordinator volunteering with an LGBTQ+ band, a nurse collecting children’s books, and a Spanish lecturer picking up trash.

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