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Side Gigs for Good endure amid a pandemic
Person with a mask sitting on a bench holding a bowl of green beans next to a sign that says Beth David

Inspired to make her synagogue community more sustainable, Jane Horwitz of the Science Outreach Initiative helped congregants grow green beans for distribution to a local food pantry. (Image: Courtesy of Jane Horwitz)

Side Gigs for Good endure amid a pandemic

The Penn community’s altruism shines as the pandemic’s effects stretch on.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger

Staying safe and cared for in the comforts of home
Two medical workers in full PPE standing outside a medical transit van.

Staying safe and cared for in the comforts of home

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a huge increase in patients to Penn Medicine at Home, a program that provides clinical care services in home settings, along with new safety protocols.

From Penn Medicine News

Mediation Clinic students as ‘problem-solvers and warriors’
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Mediation Clinic students as ‘problem-solvers and warriors’

Students at Penn Law’s Mediation Clinic learn to exercise unbiased lawyering judgment by facilitating real mediation sessions, which offer an alternative to litigation, and bring a more holistic and thoughtful process to legal issues.

From Penn Carey Law

Bringing green, healing spaces to the streets of West Philadelphia
Painted facade of One Art building in daylight in West Philadelphia

As part of her internship with One Art, rising junior Alice Cochrane collaborated with One Art Director Malaika Gilpin as well as members of BioPhilly, a local design network, to create renderings for a new, green facade for the West Philadelphia community center. (Image: Alice Cochrane, Maram Moushmoush/BioPhilly)

Bringing green, healing spaces to the streets of West Philadelphia

As part of a Summer Humanities Internship with One Art, rising junior Alice Cochrane helped design a new façade for the “urban eco arts village” and community center.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Poultry in a pandemic: Getting the facts on keeping backyard flocks
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Poultry in a pandemic: Getting the facts on keeping backyard flocks

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Penn Vet’s Sherrill Davison has seen an increase in phone calls from new flock owners looking for general management resources for their birds. Here, she offers health and safety advice for keeping flocks healthy.

From Penn Vet

Transnational Legal Clinic students ‘learn fast and work hard in a broken system’
Group of people inside a caged room in an immigration detention center in Texas.

(Pre-pandemic image) The Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. (Image: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Transnational Legal Clinic students ‘learn fast and work hard in a broken system’

Students at Penn Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic work directly with clients seeking entry into the U.S. who end up in detention centers, fighting for “the best possible legal outcomes” for their clients.

From Penn Carey Law

An improv class that enriches the mind and soul, even remotely
A person facing the camera shrugging with arms wide open. Another person is standing to the right, and two others are in the background.

Much like in traditional improv, participants in the Penn Memory Center’s Cognitive Comedy play off of each other, running scenes or throwing each other imaginary balls of varying sizes, for example. Though some facets changed as the sessions went virtual, the program remains well-loved and well-attended. (Pre-pandemic image: Terrance Casey)

An improv class that enriches the mind and soul, even remotely

The Penn Memory Center’s Cognitive Comedy program gives people with memory impairments and their caregivers a no-pressure space to think creatively, socialize, and be part of a community.

Michele W. Berger