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Engaging teens in the art of design
high school student working at design table

Engaging teens in the art of design

Through the PennPraxis program Design to Thrive, high schoolers are paired with Penn graduate students to learn the design process, from planning to welding and all parts in between.

Michael Grant

A week of building climate knowledge, awareness, and action
Person waters a row of crops at a farm

Hands-on events for Climate Week include a tour of Penn Park Farm, a bioblitz at the Biopond, and planting sessions at Penn Park and the Andrew Hamilton School.

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A week of building climate knowledge, awareness, and action

With nearly 30 events planned for Oct. 10-14, Penn’s Climate Week invites the Penn community to “find your place in the climate movement.”

Katherine Unger Baillie

Bolstering environmental education in Cobbs Creek
A group of students working on a project at Cobbs Creek.

Bolstering environmental education in Cobbs Creek

Through a Projects for Progress award and other University support, students in West Philadelphia are gaining greater access to STEM learning resources at the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Medicine to become official health care partner of the Philadelphia 76ers
Two men stand outside against Philadelphia backdrop both holding a basketball between them

UPHS CEO Kevin B. Mahoney and Tad Brown, CEO of the 76ers and Harris Blitzer Entertainment. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine)

Penn Medicine to become official health care partner of the Philadelphia 76ers

The multiyear partnership brings together two iconic brands with the shared goal of making an impact on health care in the Philadelphia community.

From Penn Medicine News

Sex workers’ rights
A woman wearing a mask and a white lab coat sits at a table covered in a colorful tablecloth, pills, and packages of medication

Ahealth professional surrounded by medication at one of the clinics for sex workers. (Image: Toorjo Ghose)

Sex workers’ rights

A Fulbright award augments Toorjo Ghose’s work to document and support the social movement happening among sex workers in India against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kristina Linnea García

Making an impact on National Voter Registration Day  
Penn President Liz Magill stands with members of Penn Leads the Vote in front of a voter registration table on College Green.

Making an impact on National Voter Registration Day  

Penn Leads the Vote conducted efforts across campus Tuesday to inform the Penn community about how to register to vote, check their registration status, and more.

Lauren Hertzler

The Lauder Fellows: Meet the first ten
A Penn Nursing student oversees a young student.

The Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program will recruit and prepare nurse practitioners to provide primary care to individuals and families in underserved communities across the U.S.

The Lauder Fellows: Meet the first ten

The Nursing School’s ten inaugural Fellows to the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner program will work with rural and urban underserved communities for the tuition-free program.

From Penn Nursing News

How health systems can help build Black wealth
Three African American medical professionals stand looking at a chart in a hospital setting.

How health systems can help build Black wealth

In a new commentary, Eugenia South and authors suggest that health systems are uniquely positioned in several ways to help Black patients, staff members, and neighborhoods in building wealth.

Kelsey Geesler

Advocating for labor rights
Three men in suits pose together in an office

Julian Lutz (far right) stands with Collin Clibon (far left), an attorney at Spear Wilderman, a firm that represents Local 19 along with other trade unions, and Marty Millz, attorney to Local 19. All three men were Peggy Browning fellows.

Advocating for labor rights

Through a Peggy Browning Fellowship, Penn Carey Law student Julian Lutz spent his summer working at Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 Philadelphia.

Kristina Linnea García