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Guiding emergency medicine toward a North Star of racial justice
Eugenia South standing in a wooded area with arms folded surrounded by tree branches.

Eugenia South, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Guiding emergency medicine toward a North Star of racial justice

Eugenia South, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and vice chair for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Emergency Medicine, highlights the need to connect and act in support of equity and inclusion on many fronts.

From Penn Medicine News

Reviving Philadelphia’s nighttime economy
Philly cityscape at night.

Reviving Philadelphia’s nighttime economy

Even before COVID-19 curtailed public nightlife in Philadelphia, members of the Weitzman School’s PennPraxis have been working on a civic engagement project to articulate a better, more progressive Philly nightlife.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Vaccine house calls bring COVID protection home
A masked health care worker give a vaccine to a person in the upper arm who is wearing a face mask.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine Service in Action

Vaccine house calls bring COVID protection home

In an effort to reach residents who are elderly or disabled, Penn Medicine has put its COVID-19 vaccination efforts on wheels, taking shots directly to patients’ homes.

From Penn Medicine Service in Action

Fighting poverty with cash
Illustration depicting basic needs like food, shelter, transportation, and dollar signs.

Image: Stephen Schudlich

Fighting poverty with cash

Amy Castro Baker has helped deliver promising data out of Stockton, California, about the effects of giving people no-strings-attached money every month. Now boosted by a new research center at Penn that she’ll colead, more cities are jumping on board.

How to engage academic wellness services
Students and staff sitting and eating at round tables. A screen in the back reads, "let's talk!"

Ryan Miller (left front) meets with students in August 2019, when the Weingarten Center collaborated with PennCAP to host students participating in the Pre-Freshman Program. (Image: Steve McCann) 

How to engage academic wellness services

The Weingarten Center provides disabilities services, tutoring, and learning resources for students across all 12 schools. The Center employs an integrative approach connecting students with the resources they need to perform at the highest level.

Kristina García

Helping salons safely reopen in West Philadelphia
A person wearing a face mask gets their hair buzzed by a barber also wearing a face mask in a West Philly barbershop.

Image: Penn Medicine Community Impact Stories

Helping salons safely reopen in West Philadelphia

A Penn Medicine program called SHARP, or Safe Haircuts As We Reopen Philadelphia, helped refine plans for hair salons and barbershops to safely reopen.

From Penn Medicine Service in Action

An approach to COVID-19 vaccination equity for Black neighborhoods
A person receives a vaccination at a Penn Medicine vaccine site by a masked professional while other masked people wait on folding chairs in the room.

Iris Reyes, a professor of clinical emergency medicine, vaccinates a Philadelphian at a West Philadelphia COVID-19 vaccine clinic. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

An approach to COVID-19 vaccination equity for Black neighborhoods

A new paper centers racial equity and address the structural barriers that have prevented Black and other underrepresented minority communities from being vaccinated against COVID-19 at equitable rates.

From Penn Medicine News

Student financial ambassadors promote financial wellness
A pig drawn with thought bubbles of a bag, car, and house with a banner reading "finance your future"

Lydia Ko, a junior in the Weitzman School of Design, designed the graphics for the financial education campaigns.

Student financial ambassadors promote financial wellness

A new team of student financial ambassadors offer peer one-on-one counseling and workshops on personal finance basics as part of the program launched this spring.

Kristina García