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Down to the wire with Penn Leads the Vote
Students meet virtually on BlueJeans with Pritchett and Gutmann

Down to the wire with Penn Leads the Vote

The student organization’s leaders reflect on a whirlwind of a semester and provide helpful tips for voters on Election Day.

Lauren Hertzler

Penn Engineering and Steppingstone Scholars launch a STEM equity and innovation lab
two middle school-age students work on a robotics project.

(Pre-pandemic image) In the Blended Learning Initiative, Steppingstone Scholars use Arduino based robotics, coding and design thinking to ready themselves for Java certification and AP computer science as well as prepare for college or careers in STEM fields. (Image: Penn Engineering Today)

Penn Engineering and Steppingstone Scholars launch a STEM equity and innovation lab

Penn Engineering and Steppingstone will begin developing a new blended AP Computer Science course for the fall 2021 semester, in which engineering students will create online content modules to supplement high school classroom instruction.

From Penn Engineering Today

Penn Nursing’s innovation ecosystem
marion leary shows off a nursing prototype This is the fifth time Marion Leary, Penn Nursing’s first director of innovation, has taught Innovation in Health: Foundations in Design Thinking. Each semester, students use the design-thinking methodology to solve a real-world challenge. They start by empathizing with those facing the struggle and end by creating a prototype, like the one here meant to protect young, active people with irritable bowel syndrome against accidental bowel movements.

Penn Nursing’s innovation ecosystem

In the past five years, the school has been intentional about creating an atmosphere that rewards risk-taking and supports failures. It’s led to story slams and accelerators and a shift to an innovation-centric mindset.

Michele W. Berger

Penn Medicine votes, and so should you: How to vote safely in 2020
Medical worker in a cap and face mask holding up a sign that reads I Vote Because It Matters.

Penn Medicine votes, and so should you: How to vote safely in 2020

The Penn Medicine Votes initiative, and Penn Medicine’s partnership with VotER helps staff and patients navigate a safe way to vote either before or on Election Day.

From Penn Medicine News

Away from the lab bench, Khoa Tran is a ‘science superhero’
Three-panel comic strip called E. Coli Chronicles, A Magical Friendship

Away from the lab bench, Khoa Tran is a ‘science superhero’

The research fellow in the Berger Lab and co-founder of JKX Comics makes science and STEM disciplines more accessible by translating abstruse concepts into approachable comics.

The Pennsylvania Gazette

An update on COVID-19’s impact on the University
a person with a bike walking in front of college hall on a sunny day

An update on COVID-19’s impact on the University

At the October University Council meeting, key milestones in Penn’s reopening process were discussed, as well as the role of testing, contact tracing, and compliance with the Campus Compact in Penn’s COVID-19 mitigation strategy.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Taking on HIV and oral health
Temitope Omolehinwa in an exam room Temitope Omolehinwa came to Penn in 2013 as a trainee, seeking to improve her skills in clinical practice. Now as a faculty member she’s leading an NIH-funded research project on HIV and oral health with both basic science and clinical components.

Taking on HIV and oral health

Embarking on a new study of people living with HIV, the School of Dental Medicine’s Temitope Omolehinwa hopes to build data on an understudied issue.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Contact tracing: A piece of a multilayered campus public health strategy
two people wearing masks talking in front of a tent entrance to a covid testing site

Contact tracing: A piece of a multilayered campus public health strategy

With the goal of mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and supporting the community with health guidance and information, contact tracing is part of Penn’s systemic approach to keeping the campus healthy during the pandemic.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Housing initiative fuels cooperation between cities during pandemic
Philadelphia aerial cityscape

Housing initiative fuels cooperation between cities during pandemic

Vincent Reina and Amy Castro Baker are working with the U.S. cities, including Philadelphia, through the Housing Initiative at Penn to design a housing assistance plan both during the pandemic and after.

From the Weitzman School of Design