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New office supports the Penn postdoc experience
postdocs sitting at tables, raising hands

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New office supports the Penn postdoc experience

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was established this past spring as a boost to the general postdoc community, providing centralized resources, information, and events.

Lauren Hertzler

Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response
Two police officers knocking on the door of a house.

Image: iStock/Jacob Wackerhausen

Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response

Many cities co-deploy police officers alongside health professionals when responding to mental health threats. A study from Penn’s School of Nursing analyzes the perspectives and preferences of these programs among residents.

From Penn Nursing News

Somber vigil
university chaplain embraces hillel rabbi

University Chaplain Chaz Howard embraces Rabbi Gabe Greenberg at a vigil in support of the Israeli community held Oct. 10 at the LOVE sculpture.

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Somber vigil

The Tuesday gathering on College Green offered the Penn community a chance to grieve, pray, and offer comfort in the wake of the deadly attacks on Israel.

Penn Today Staff

Stevens Center unveils app made for teens, by teens
High school senior Robert King uses a laptop at the Stevens Center.

Robert King, a Big Picture High School student, utilizes the Stevens Center Program as his internship placement for course credit.

(Image: James Blocker, Shira Yudkoff Photography)

Stevens Center unveils app made for teens, by teens

For over a year, 35 high school students who are interns at the Center developed an app that helps college-bound adolescents calculate the cost of higher education.

From Wharton Stories

PennPraxis Design Fellows help reimagine New Orleans highway corridor
A group of people posing for the cameria in New Orleans.

Design Fellow and MArch student Cheyenne Yamada (front row, at right) with members of the Colloqate team and community members in New Orleans.

(Image: Courtesy of the Weitzman School)

PennPraxis Design Fellows help reimagine New Orleans highway corridor

A collaboration with members of PennPraxis Design Fellows program and design firm Colloqate Design tackles a ‘design justice’ project, working with residents of the Tremé since 2017 on new visions for the corridor.

From the Weitzman School of Design

SNF Paideia Program at Penn receives $13M to promote informed dialogue and civic engagement
A group of people including Penn President Liz Magill and Michael Delli Carpini.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) co-president Andreas Dracopoulos, (front left), Penn President Liz Magill (front center), and SNF Paideia founding faculty director Michael X. Delli Carpini (front right) gathered with students and alumni in the rare book collection of the National Library of Greece at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, as a part of the SNF Nostos Conference, held in Athens in June 2023.

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SNF Paideia Program at Penn receives $13M to promote informed dialogue and civic engagement

The support is the third such grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Wharton’s Latinx community
members of Wharton Latino outside a Wharton building on campus.

Members of Wharton Latino’s board.

(Image: Ariana Bedoya Mansilla)

Wharton’s Latinx community

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Wharton Latino president Leah Mizrachi and board member Ariana Bedoya Mansilla share their favorite experiences and opportunities with the organization.

From Wharton Stories