Penn GEMS brings STEM to summer camp A team of GEMS campers working together on a group project. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Giving) Penn GEMS brings STEM to summer camp Penn GEMS, an annual engineering, math, and science camp for middle school students, is a weeklong dive into various engineering disciplines, made possible with philanthropic support for community partnerships.
Dental School inspiring high school students through Summer Mentorship Program SMP participant Anya Bourne in the advanced simulation lab. nocred Dental School inspiring high school students through Summer Mentorship Program This summer, the School of Dental Medicine welcomed 16 high school students from the broader Philadelphia area for the Provost’s Summer Mentorship Program.
Drilling into a model of a skull: a ‘cool’ taste of doctoring for Philly high schoolers Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Drilling into a model of a skull: a ‘cool’ taste of doctoring for Philly high schoolers The “Pipeline Plus” summer program at Penn Medicine, run by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, is designed to teach Philadelphia high school students about careers in the health sciences. A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon nocred A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon In collaboration with The Netter Center for Community Partnerships, ninth-grade students from Paul Robeson High School trained to become youth docents at the Paul Robeson House and Museum through a program funded by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation. Seeking solutions to a shortage of educators nocred Seeking solutions to a shortage of educators Penn’s Graduate School of Education contributes to the conversation about the scarcity of Black men as K-12 teachers. Schools in poorer neighborhoods struggle to keep teachers. How offering them more money and power might help Penn In the News CalMatters Schools in poorer neighborhoods struggle to keep teachers. How offering them more money and power might help Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education says that giving educators more authority at their workplace makes them feel like respected professionals. To spread important messages about teen mental health, make community connections Image: Eric Sucar To spread important messages about teen mental health, make community connections After creating memes and TikToks with Philly high schoolers, Jeffrey Fishman’s honors thesis explores how those messages can effectively reach their audience. Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration John Jarboe of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret performed as “the last polar bear on Earth” at WHYY headquarters. (Image: Emily Kaufman/PPEH) Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration More than 150 Philadelphia high schoolers came together at WHYY in a climate storytelling event organized by the public media company and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities. Netter Center marks 30 years of community partnerships Sayre High School students involved in the Netter Center’s After-School Cooking and Gardening Clubs tested a human-powered smoothie bike at the 30th Anniversary University-Assisted Community School spring celebration, pictured here with Netter Center’s nutrition education coordinators.(Image: Tommy Leonardi) Netter Center marks 30 years of community partnerships With science experiments, garden plantings, and twirling flags, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships celebrated its 30th anniversary at West Philadelphia High School. Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet Thomas Parsons of the School of Veterinary Medicine co-leads one of the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s research communities, on regenerative agriculture. The Initiative support synergizes with Penn Vet’s Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security. (Image: Penn Vet) Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet The Environmental Innovations Initiative announces a third round of funded research communities to catalyze interdisciplinary research at Penn, investigating issues from regenerative agriculture to project-based learning for global climate justice. Load More
A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon nocred A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon In collaboration with The Netter Center for Community Partnerships, ninth-grade students from Paul Robeson High School trained to become youth docents at the Paul Robeson House and Museum through a program funded by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
Seeking solutions to a shortage of educators nocred Seeking solutions to a shortage of educators Penn’s Graduate School of Education contributes to the conversation about the scarcity of Black men as K-12 teachers.
Schools in poorer neighborhoods struggle to keep teachers. How offering them more money and power might help Penn In the News CalMatters Schools in poorer neighborhoods struggle to keep teachers. How offering them more money and power might help Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education says that giving educators more authority at their workplace makes them feel like respected professionals. To spread important messages about teen mental health, make community connections Image: Eric Sucar To spread important messages about teen mental health, make community connections After creating memes and TikToks with Philly high schoolers, Jeffrey Fishman’s honors thesis explores how those messages can effectively reach their audience. Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration John Jarboe of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret performed as “the last polar bear on Earth” at WHYY headquarters. (Image: Emily Kaufman/PPEH) Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration More than 150 Philadelphia high schoolers came together at WHYY in a climate storytelling event organized by the public media company and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities. Netter Center marks 30 years of community partnerships Sayre High School students involved in the Netter Center’s After-School Cooking and Gardening Clubs tested a human-powered smoothie bike at the 30th Anniversary University-Assisted Community School spring celebration, pictured here with Netter Center’s nutrition education coordinators.(Image: Tommy Leonardi) Netter Center marks 30 years of community partnerships With science experiments, garden plantings, and twirling flags, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships celebrated its 30th anniversary at West Philadelphia High School. Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet Thomas Parsons of the School of Veterinary Medicine co-leads one of the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s research communities, on regenerative agriculture. The Initiative support synergizes with Penn Vet’s Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security. (Image: Penn Vet) Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet The Environmental Innovations Initiative announces a third round of funded research communities to catalyze interdisciplinary research at Penn, investigating issues from regenerative agriculture to project-based learning for global climate justice.
To spread important messages about teen mental health, make community connections Image: Eric Sucar To spread important messages about teen mental health, make community connections After creating memes and TikToks with Philly high schoolers, Jeffrey Fishman’s honors thesis explores how those messages can effectively reach their audience.
Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration John Jarboe of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret performed as “the last polar bear on Earth” at WHYY headquarters. (Image: Emily Kaufman/PPEH) Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration More than 150 Philadelphia high schoolers came together at WHYY in a climate storytelling event organized by the public media company and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.
Netter Center marks 30 years of community partnerships Sayre High School students involved in the Netter Center’s After-School Cooking and Gardening Clubs tested a human-powered smoothie bike at the 30th Anniversary University-Assisted Community School spring celebration, pictured here with Netter Center’s nutrition education coordinators.(Image: Tommy Leonardi) Netter Center marks 30 years of community partnerships With science experiments, garden plantings, and twirling flags, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships celebrated its 30th anniversary at West Philadelphia High School.
Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet Thomas Parsons of the School of Veterinary Medicine co-leads one of the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s research communities, on regenerative agriculture. The Initiative support synergizes with Penn Vet’s Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security. (Image: Penn Vet) Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet The Environmental Innovations Initiative announces a third round of funded research communities to catalyze interdisciplinary research at Penn, investigating issues from regenerative agriculture to project-based learning for global climate justice.