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Fostering kittens, plus more Side Gigs for Good
A dog sitting on a couch, with a kitten nuzzled in its lap.

This summer, Morgan Hoke in Penn’s Anthropology department fostered four kittens, including Finch seen here, cuddling with Hoke’s dog Nuna. (Image: Courtesy Morgan Hoke)

Fostering kittens, plus more Side Gigs for Good

Around nearly any corner, the Penn community’s selflessness shines through, despite months apart due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Katherine Unger Baillie , Michele W. Berger

What to know about this year’s Be in the Know campaign
person in exercise gear looking at their phone with earbuds in.

What to know about this year’s Be in the Know campaign

The 2020-21 Be in the Know campaign, an initiative with rewards that promotes well-being among Penn faculty and staff, welcomes Virgin Pulse as its new wellness platform partner.

Dee Patel

Nursing student volunteers play critical role at campus COVID-19 testing site
A person in a surgical gown, rubber gloves, face mask, and glasses holding hands in front of the face of a person whose back is to the camera. That person is also wearing a mask and has earbuds in.

Students from the School of Nursing like fourth year Gabbie Domingo assisted in conducting COVID-19 tests at a temporary site in Houston Hall’s Hall of Flags. Between early August and Sept. 12, 2020, the health care team completed 13,097 tests.

Nursing student volunteers play critical role at campus COVID-19 testing site

For two weeks, 37 fourth-year nursing students checked people in, conducted screenings, and swabbed noses, contributing to the more than 13,000 tests completed at Houston Hall since early August.

Michele W. Berger

The unique pandemic challenges faced by immunocompromised individuals
Three images that are part of a virtual gallery, on left are two printed-fabric face masks, top right is a hand holding a pen over a handwritten journal, bottom is a pink sky at sunset through a screen door.

Photos from the virtual exhibit. (Image: Courtesy Penn LDI/Capturing Well-being While Immunocompromised During COVID-19.)

The unique pandemic challenges faced by immunocompromised individuals

A photo-elicitation study funded by a Leonard Davis Institute (LDI) COVID-19 Rapid-Response grant has found that immunocompromised patients face unique challenges as a result of both their heightened risk of infection and adherence to government pandemic guidelines.

Hoag Levins

Finding faith and fellowship in recovery
Three people with hands clasped sit around a dining table

True Light founder Tracey Long forms close bonds of support with the women in the Kensington Recovery House. (Image: Penn Medicine)

Finding faith and fellowship in recovery

True Light Recovery helps women who have survived sexual exploitation, abuse, or addiction, by providing them with a safe place to pursue sobriety and a healthy, holistic lifestyle.

Penn Medicine

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

COVID-19 testing site for Penn students up and running
Two people standing by a table in Houston Hall, one wears PPE and administers a nasal swab to a student.

COVID-19 testing site for Penn students up and running

Easy, quick, and safe testing is just one of several public health measures the University is undertaking to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus on—and off—campus.

Lauren Hertzler