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2023 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?
Sonura team

Recipients of the 2023 President’s Innovation Prize, team Sonura, five bioengineering graduates from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, have created a device that filters out disruptive environmental noises for infants in neonatal intensive care units. Their beanie offers protection and fosters parental connection to newborns while also supporting their development.

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2023 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?

Nearly a year after the winners of the President’s Innovation Prize (PIP) and President’s Engagement Prize (PEP) began their projects, the winners—now alumni—discuss their progress. 
37th annual Women of Color Day at Penn
Valerie Dorsey-Allen poses with Colleen Winn, who holds her award

Valerie Dorsey-Allen (left) poses with Colleen Winn (right), who won the Joann Mitchell Outstanding Legacy award.

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37th annual Women of Color Day at Penn

The annual Women of Color at Penn awards honored students, staff, faculty and community members for their research, leadership, and service.

Kristina García

Saving lives by distributing Narcan
Members of MERT and Wellness at Penn hand out Narcan on Locust Walk.

Trainor Macrone, a substance use specialist at Wellness at Penn’s Substance Use, Prevention, Education, and Recovery Program, hands out Narcan on Locust Walk.

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Saving lives by distributing Narcan

Wellness at Penn and MERT partnered for a Narcan giveaway and training last week on Locust Walk.
Using data to inform a safer, more supportive campus environment
spring trees architecture

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Using data to inform a safer, more supportive campus environment

Penn is one of 10 universities participating in the Higher Education Sexual Misconduct and Awareness survey this spring, building upon similar undertakings in 2015 and 2019.

Lauren Hertzler

Wharton created a free series for entrepreneurs to learn about gen AI
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Wharton created a free series for entrepreneurs to learn about gen AI

A free virtual discussion series from the Wharton School offers a space for the business community to learn about developments with generative AI, featuring remarks from Mary Purk.

Archiving materials that reflect a ‘shared history’
Three students looking at gender, sexuality, and women’s studies archival material.

(On homepage) Students pore over items from the 1990s, including a city proclamation for Penn Women’s Center Day.

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Archiving materials that reflect a ‘shared history’

How 50 years of material from the Program in Gender Studies and Women’s Studies and the Penn Women’s Center becomes more accessible for students, faculty, and researchers.

Kristina García

Passport drive opens up the world to undergrads
Two people face each other at a table, filling out paperwork, with a tower of blue and yellow balloons in the background

Penn Abroad offered students the chance to get a fully funded passport at a recent passport drive on campus.

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Passport drive opens up the world to undergrads

Penn Abroad provided fully funded passports to undergraduates who have never held a passport before, with priority given to students who receive financial aid.

Kristen de Groot

Building a more diverse health care workforce across the Delaware Valley
A person addressing a crowd at the 2023 Pathways to Excellence Med Immersion Day.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News.

Building a more diverse health care workforce across the Delaware Valley

Iris Reyes, who founded the Alliance of Minority Physicians in 2012, is working to expand the program to underrepresented students and professionals across the region.

From Penn Medicine News

Helping Black families to grow and thrive
talicia sitting on her door step with children

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Helping Black families to grow and thrive

To reverse the nationwide trend of serious harm and death before, during, and after childbirth for Black and other parents from marginalized groups, Penn Medicine is taking bold action to improve maternal health and eliminate racial disparities.

Christina Hernandez Sherwood for Penn Medicine Magazine