News from

Outreach

Reset All Filters
629 Results
Building Penn Medicine’s Pavilion helped launch his career. Now, William Griffin is going places
Vice President, Kamala Harris stands at a ceremony with William Griffin and his wife, who is holding their son.

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, with William Griffin and his wife and son. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Building Penn Medicine’s Pavilion helped launch his career. Now, William Griffin is going places

Griffin participated in PennAssist, a program to help graduates of Philadelphia’s career and technical high schools and city residents enter the building trades, and made an impression on the construction management team for the Pavilion.

From Penn Medicine News

Cosmic Writers brings free creative writing education to school-aged children 
Manoj Simha and Rowana Miller standing on stairway

May graduates Rowana Miller (right) and Manoj Simha lead Cosmic Writers, a project supported by President’s Engagement Prize that provides free creative writing instruction to K-12 students virtually throughout the world, taught by college students. The new nonprofit is expanding to offer in-person workshops in Philadelphia and several other U.S. cities.

Cosmic Writers brings free creative writing education to school-aged children 

May graduates Rowana Miller and Manoj Simha lead Cosmic Writers, a project supported by President’s Engagement Prize that provides free creative writing instruction to K-12 students virtually throughout the world.
Lighting the way for rare disease
Magnolia Wang posing with Penn Pavilion with the roof lit up

To commemorate Rare Disease Day, Magnolia Wang organized a lighting of the Pavilion of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in support of the National Organization for Rare Disorders.

Lighting the way for rare disease

After finding out about STAC3, a rare disease without a cure, biology major Magnolia Wang of the College of Arts and Sciences set out to raise awareness and advocate for those struggling with the illness.

Luis Melecio-Zambrano

A vigil in response to recent losses to gun violence
A crowd of people on College Green at Penn’s gun violence vigil.

A vigil in response to recent losses to gun violence

In the shadow of the LOVE sculpture, campus ministers and artists offered prayers, readings, and songs, supporting the community and imploring action in the wake of the lives lost in the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, in Laguna Woods, California, and in Uvalde, Texas.
Reimagining the corner store to promote food justice
Eli Moraru, Charles Reeves, and Alex Imbot sit on Reeves' front porch in South Philadelphia

Eli Moraru (left) and Alexandre Imbot (right) have been working with community activist Charles Reeves (center) for two years. Their project, The Community Grocer, hopes to make nutrition accessible for all residents of Reeves’ South Philadelphia neighborhood.

Reimagining the corner store to promote food justice

With a 2022 President’s Sustainability Prize, Eli Moraru and Alexandre Imbot will take raw ingredients payable with EBT and turn them into hot, heathy meals while providing nutritional education resources.

Kristina García

Lauder donates $125M for tuition-free program to recruit and deploy NPs in underserved communities

Lauder donates $125M for tuition-free program to recruit and deploy NPs in underserved communities

Dean Antonia Villarruel of the School of Nursing is quoted on the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program, which will recruit and prepare a diverse cadre of expert nurse practitioners to provide primary care to individuals and families in underserved communities across the U.S.

Nurse case manager supports her Ukrainian homeland from afar
Left: Alena Blain in a medical white coat. Right: Alena Blain at a table video chatting.

Nurse case manager supports her Ukrainian homeland from afar

As Russia continues its war on Ukraine, Alena Blain, a nurse case manager at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, collects and packages much needed medical supplies to send to hospitals in Ukraine for treating people injured in the war.

From Penn Medicine News

A matter of trust: Community health workers in West Philly
Norma Gerald.

Norma Gerald is a a senior community health worker at Penn Medicine. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

A matter of trust: Community health workers in West Philly

As part of the Penn Medicine at Home enterprise, community health workers are one element of Penn’s initiatives to deliver quality care and improve health outside hospital walls.

From Penn Medicine News

In the Galápagos, training community scientists to monitor water quality
Group poses in a tropical marine landscape holding a sign that reads Allianza para la Educaion e Investigacion en Galapagos

Under the umbrella of the Galápagos Education and Research Alliance, Penn Vet professor Daniel Beiting (far right) and others from Penn visited San Cristóbal Island in March, where they engaged students and scientists in water quality testing. (Image: Courtesy of Daniel Beiting)

In the Galápagos, training community scientists to monitor water quality

Both dense human populations and a plethora of wildlife can pose a challenge to marine and public health in the Galápagos Islands. With portable, user-friendly PCR technology, Penn faculty and students are training local scientists and school children to perform water quality research.

Katherine Unger Baillie