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Outreach
Building community, one meal and conversation at a time
Building community, one meal and conversation at a time
The Conversations for Community and Dinners Across Differences programs, launched last fall, foster spaces conducive for difficult conversations while recognizing shared humanity.
Restoring the public purpose of America’s urban universities
Restoring the public purpose of America’s urban universities
A new Netter Center white paper written in collaboration with eight universities highlights mutually beneficial university-community partnerships.
Catalyzing reform in health care payment
Penn’s Parity Center engages an interdisciplinary team of experts to collaborate with health insurers, health systems, physician practices and policymakers. Deputy director Austin S. Kilaru describes the Center’s mission, success, and future.
Supporting vital immigrant defense
Supporting vital immigrant defense
Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic students spent a semester with the Southern Poverty Law Center, learning immigration law while serving clients seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief.
An empty outdoor space is transformed into a social garden
An empty outdoor space is transformed into a social garden
A 2023 Project for Progress initiative, the Breathing Room at Sayre High School was unveiled this spring.
How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households
How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households
A new study by Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice examines the potential of a joint program between Bradley Cooper’s One Family Foundation and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity on health care and economic insecurity.
From English learners to English teachers
From English learners to English teachers
An initiative from Penn’s Graduate School for Education provides an opportunity for TESOL students to practice their teaching with language learners across the University and around the world.
Supporting sustainable startups and underrepresented entrepreneurs
Supporting sustainable startups and underrepresented entrepreneurs
Penn Carey Law’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic contributes to economic development with a focus on underrepresented entrepreneurs and social impact startups.
Connecting the West Philadelphia community to careers
Connecting the West Philadelphia community to careers
The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative is a workforce development partnership between the University City District, Penn Medicine, and the University committed to develop career opportunities for local residents.
Celebrating Penn GSE’s pilot elementary math tutoring elective
Celebrating Penn GSE’s pilot elementary math tutoring elective
The academically based community service elective is supported by Penn’s Netter Center, with the aim to redefine traditional tutoring by designing its curriculum and approach.
In the News
CBS Philadelphia
Philadelphia doctors and scientists encourage young women to pursue STEM careers at Penn event
The STEM Goes Red event hosted at Penn Medicine showed young Philadelphia women in high school how to program miniature computers, with remarks from Helene Glassberg of the Perelman School of Medicine.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Free West Philly community clinic, which provided care to hundreds, is closed
Penn Medicine resident Noor Shaik and Michael Rubenstein of the Perelman School of Medicine discuss a West Philadelphia clinic that became a model for collaborations between academic health systems and community organizations.
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Broadway World
Musicians On Call raises over $340,000 during 25th anniversary celebration in NYC
Sue Berkowitz was honored for visiting almost 6,000 people at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania as a volunteer for Musicians On Call.
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Bloomberg Law
How law schools are preparing students for the new world of work
Penn Carey Law is noted for offering a leadership course and a crisis-management bootcamp, as well as a week-long intensive “Business Management for Lawyers” certificate with the Wharton School.
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NPR
For some artists, a guaranteed income program has been a lifesaver
Kalen Flynn of the School for Social Policy & Practice says that guaranteed income programs give artists creative freedom and allow them to take risks with their art.
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Los Angeles Times
Study details ‘transformative’ results from L.A. pilot that guaranteed families $1,000 a month
Amy Castro of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice and colleagues found that participants in a guaranteed income pilot program in Los Angeles experienced a host of financial benefits.
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