Who, What, Why: Annenberg doctoral student Ava Irysa Kikut Ava Kikut, a 2020-22 Provost’s Graduate Academic Engagement Fellow, focuses on health communication. Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Annenberg doctoral student Ava Irysa Kikut Through a Netter Center ABCS course, Kikut worked with high school students and Penn undergrads to develop media messages that speak to the health needs and inequalities pertinent to adolescent Philadelphians.
How Penn’s School of Medicine supports students starting families How Penn’s School of Medicine supports students starting families Juggling parenthood and studying is a lot easier with the formal support structures that the Perelman School of Medicine offers.
How the Medical Laboratory Science Program impacts patient care Alison Steinmiller enrolled into the MLS program in her final year at the University of the Sciences. (Image: Penn Medicine News) How the Medical Laboratory Science Program impacts patient care Penn Medicine’s outreach program ensures that patients and physicians can rely on the best-trained medical laboratory scientists is the goal.
Video experiment brokers peace among ex-FARC combatants and locals in Colombia An image from the intervention video shown to promote peace between everyday Colombians and ex-FARC members (Image: Pirata Films) Video experiment brokers peace among ex-FARC combatants and locals in Colombia A new study from the Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab explores the impact of media interventions on brokering peace among former members of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and non-FARC Colombians.
Debate as social empowerment Members of the Penn Debate Society discuss notes during their round against the Bard Prison Initiative Debate Union at Eastern New York Correctional Facility in April. (Image: Courtesy of Karen Pearson/BPI) Debate as social empowerment From debating a team in an upstate New York prison to helping the formerly incarcerated in Philadelphia, the Penn Debate Society sees debate as a tool to help others help themselves
New gift brings design education to underserved youth Design to Thrive gathers students ages 13 to 18 four days a week for an intensive design and making studio, where PennPraxis Design Fellows teach design skills and approaches, including welding with blowtorches, creating ceramic molds for porcelain bells, and building a precise topographic model. (Image: Gaja Papa for The Fresh Air Fund.) New gift brings design education to underserved youth Lori Kanter Tritsch and William P. Lauder, University of Pennsylvania Trustee, have created a new program for PennPraxis, the practice arm of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Penn.
Commemorating Juneteenth Image: USAG-Humphreys Commemorating Juneteenth As Penn observes Juneteenth as an official University holiday, Penn Today chronicles events and resources across campus.
SNF Paideia Program expands, thanks to new grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation During a celebration in May 2022, current fellows in the SNF Paideia Program welcomed the 2025 cohort. SNF Paideia Program expands, thanks to new grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Increased funding will enable the SNF Paideia Program at Penn to strengthen a commitment to the civic mission of higher education on campus and beyond with enhanced course offerings, an expanded fellowship program, and more event programming.
Penn Dental’s Penntorship connects with the West Philadelphia community Kylie Schlesinger (left) and Julie Berenblum (right) founded the Penntorship program to connect mentors from the Penn Dental school to students from West Philadelphia High School. (Image: Courtesy of Kylie Schlesinger and Julie Berenblum) Penn Dental’s Penntorship connects with the West Philadelphia community Amid the COVID lockdown, Penn Dental Medicine students Kylie Schlesinger and Julie Berenblum founded a mentorship program for high schoolers in West Philadelphia.
How Penn Family Medicine forms a foundation of LGBTQ+ primary care How Penn Family Medicine forms a foundation of LGBTQ+ primary care The first primary care appointment for a patient who identify as LGBTQ is exactly like any appointment for any patient — clinicians are focused on treating them holistically and on listening to the concerns that brought them in for care.