Emergency care can help patients get health insurance and unclaimed benefits for food, rent Image: iStock/Dragos Condrea Emergency care can help patients get health insurance and unclaimed benefits for food, rent Penn Medicine faculty and LDI fellows are working to design the kind of interventions that will connect patients with eligible care coverage.
Penn’s Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo offered networking and resources to area businesses At the expo, lil Pop Shop passes out popsicles to guests. nocred Penn’s Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo offered networking and resources to area businesses The annual Penn Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo showcases the University's commitment to community. The University spent approximately $170 million with diverse suppliers in 2023 and is on track to exceed that number in 2024.
‘Toll the Bell’ project asks Philadelphians to be ‘called back into caring’ about gun violence nocred ‘Toll the Bell’ project asks Philadelphians to be ‘called back into caring’ about gun violence Led by Penn Live Arts, more than 50 partnering organizations in Philadelphia will “toll the bell” on June 7 for National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Text reminders help connect health care workers to care and improve their mental health Image: iStock/Chainarong Prasertthai Text reminders help connect health care workers to care and improve their mental health Nationwide, health care workers are facing strains to mental health, but Penn Medicine’s regular reminders about its mental health platform lead to significant improvements of symptoms.
Positioned for Success Cheryl Nnadi (left) and Taussia Boadi (right) created Positioned for Success, a 2023 winner of Projects for Progress.nocred Positioned for Success The program, launched by recent College of Arts and Sciences grads Taussia Boadi and Cheryl Nnadi, was a 2023 Projects for Progress winner and provides academic support to middle school students affected by gun violence.
Colleges reinstating the ACT/SAT should add a program like this too Forbes Colleges reinstating the ACT/SAT should add a program like this too Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences and professors at the Wharton School are participating in the National Education Equity Lab to prepare low-income and traditionally underserved students to enroll and succeed in college. Offering both colonoscopy and at-home tests doubled colorectal cancer screening Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News Offering both colonoscopy and at-home tests doubled colorectal cancer screening In a Penn Medicine trial analyzing how messages were framed in an underserved population, offering colorectal cancer screening options resulted in the highest screening rate. A Class like no other Forthcomingnocred A Class like no other As three fourth-year students look forward to Commencement, a look back at their Penn journey, which started during a global pandemic. A shared passion for community engagement (Left to right) Penn GSE’s Vicki Swanson, Hongyang Zhao, and Toby Johnson share how their how community engagements deepen their connection with West Philadelphia.(Image: Scott Spitzer) A shared passion for community engagement The Graduate School of Education helps students put their knowledge into practice through community engagement. Three soon-to-be graduates speak with Penn Today about how their service enabled them to deepen their connection with West Philadelphia. Making life easier for students with learning differences nocred Making life easier for students with learning differences Fourth-year students Yash Dhir and Rahul Nambiar were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for their web-based education management tool, Jochi, to help middle and high school students.
Offering both colonoscopy and at-home tests doubled colorectal cancer screening Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News Offering both colonoscopy and at-home tests doubled colorectal cancer screening In a Penn Medicine trial analyzing how messages were framed in an underserved population, offering colorectal cancer screening options resulted in the highest screening rate.
A Class like no other Forthcomingnocred A Class like no other As three fourth-year students look forward to Commencement, a look back at their Penn journey, which started during a global pandemic.
A shared passion for community engagement (Left to right) Penn GSE’s Vicki Swanson, Hongyang Zhao, and Toby Johnson share how their how community engagements deepen their connection with West Philadelphia.(Image: Scott Spitzer) A shared passion for community engagement The Graduate School of Education helps students put their knowledge into practice through community engagement. Three soon-to-be graduates speak with Penn Today about how their service enabled them to deepen their connection with West Philadelphia.
Making life easier for students with learning differences nocred Making life easier for students with learning differences Fourth-year students Yash Dhir and Rahul Nambiar were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for their web-based education management tool, Jochi, to help middle and high school students.