Design and build, but first, collaborate Students and community members celebrated the Lex Street Garden’s completion on May 4, 2023. nocred Design and build, but first, collaborate The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia.
Putting biomedical research advances within reach Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine Magazine Putting biomedical research advances within reach Treatments and vaccines are only useful in the hands of the people who need them, and Penn Medicine is working toward better access and equity for biomedical innovations.
Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community Participants of Tiempo Juntos with community health promoter, Ruby Rivera and Adriana Perez. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Memory Center) 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.
Remote blood pressure monitoring may stave off postpartum health issues for those with preeclampsia Image: iStock/x-reflexnaja 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.
The Prison Legal Education Project aids those fighting their own incarceration The Prison Legal Education Project co-founder Felicia Lin, right, with Marco Maldonado and Theophalis Wilson (left) in the stacks of the Penn Law Library. Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law 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.
A time to celebrate for inaugural SNF Paideia Fellows nocred 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 nocred 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 Image: Eric Sucar 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 Combining her background in materials engineering with her medical degree, Tiffany Yeh opted not to pursue a residency. Instead, she is launching a startup business designing cold therapy wearables. (Image: Penn Medicine News) 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 John Jarboe of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret performed as “the last polar bear on Earth” at WHYY headquarters. (Image: Emily Kaufman/PPEH) 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.