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Chambrel Jones stands with her hands on her hips outside of the School of Engineering Building.

Penn service has provided millions of dollars in student loan forgiveness

In less than a year, 29 employees enrolled in the program have saved more than $2 million.

A group of students from Sayre with Latifah Wright in the hallway at TILT. Images from other teens are tacked on the drywall.

Your Food Story: A Sayre High School internship collaboration

With support from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, a Netter Center and Penn Museum internship encourages and displays the art and vision of Sayre High School students.

The Wharton program where MBA students are the teachers—and prisoners are the students

Damon Phillips of the Wharton School has partnered with nonprofit Resilience Education for the program Wharton WORKS, which helps formerly incarcerated people start businesses and get career-track, living-wage jobs.

Anya Bourne in the dental school's simulation lab.

Dental School inspiring high school students through Summer Mentorship Program

This summer, the School of Dental Medicine welcomed 16 high school students from the broader Philadelphia area for the Provost’s Summer Mentorship Program.

Two people holding up children’s books written in Spanish.

A Book a Day inspires young readers with inclusiveness and representation

A Book a Day, a nonprofit run by Penn GSE’s Sibylla Shekerdjiska-Benatova, has partnered with medical providers like the Puentes de Salud clinic to provide books to children, including titles in Spanish and other languages.

Rand Quinn appointed as faculty director of Civic House

Quinn, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and scholar of public education, will begin his appointment on Aug. 11.

Universities, nonprofits step up to aid depleted Philadelphia public school libraries

Gina Pambianchi discusses the Penn Libraries’ efforts to support Philadelphia public school libraries.

Drilling into a model of a skull: a ‘cool’ taste of doctoring for Philly high schoolers

The “Pipeline Plus” summer program at Penn Medicine, run by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, is designed to teach Philadelphia high school students about careers in the health sciences.

A group of people standing on the sidewalk in front of a fence with a Clean, Green & Serene sign.

Deeply Rooted Collaborative awards more than $59K in ‘Community Green Grants’

The joint initiative from Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has awarded 21 grants to fund initiatives to fight food insecurity, community garden cleanup, education programming, and more.

African American person kisses the head of their newborn baby.

New research eyes closer integration of doulas and hospital maternity care

Projects from Penn’s new Research Center for Advancing Maternal Health Equity help determine how non-medical birth support workers can be more a part of maternal care teams.

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