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Wellness and well-being series looks at behavior and mental health services

Wellness and well-being are woven into the life of Penn’s campus, for students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. In the first part of a new series, Penn Today highlights University resources that support the campus community.

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What’s That? Penny the Pig

Penny the Pig makes occasional appearances around Penn’s campus. Who is she?

Members of the Penn Medicine community play basketball with kids at the Roberto Clemente Park.

Penn Medicine, 76ers restore community basketball court

The latest product of the partnership between two iconic Philadelphia institutions, a newly refurbished court at Roberto Clemente Park will support healthy behavior in the community.

This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others

Kenya Pitt, chief human resources officer for Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, devotes her time to workforce strategies from compensation to talent acquisition to employee retention for the nearly 4,000 employees at PPMC.

A person with a sledgehammer working on the Breathing Room courtyard.

An empty outdoor space is transformed into a social garden

A 2023 Project for Progress initiative, the Breathing Room at Sayre High School was unveiled this spring.

Protecting against burnout

Penn GSE’s Kandi Wiens’ latest book aims to help readers build resilience to stress and heal their relationship to work.

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The hidden costs and joys of being LGBT

LGBT people continue to face many hurdles to financial security, with a higher likelihood to slip below the poverty line.

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Adding (or subtracting) a spouse or partner? Changes can be made during Penn’s Open Enrollment

This year’s Open Enrollment period for reviewing and updating benefits is April 29 through May 10, with several new options offered for families and individuals.

Patricia M. Ruiz joins the Wellness team as executive director of Student Health and Counseling

Ruiz, a certified advanced practice nurse with expertise in college health, will lead the student-facing clinical team and will oversee the medical care and behavioral health services.

Depression in Black people goes unnoticed by AI models analyzing language in social media posts

Penn analysis found that models developed to detect depression using language in Facebook posts did not work when applied to Black people.

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