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A mural to honor a civil rights pioneer
A. Leon Higginbotham.

The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.

A mural to honor a civil rights pioneer

The unveiling of the design of a new mural honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. was held last month, a collaboration between Penn Carey Law, Mural Arts Philadelphia, and The Philadelphia Citizen.

From Penn Carey Law

Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom
Nursing student Aman Uppal assists a student from the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy during art class. She holds up a painting, and painting supplies are all around.

Nursing student Aman Uppal (standing) with one of the students at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, where she did a clinical rotation this summer. (Image: Courtesy of HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy)

Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom

Penn Nursing students Aman Uppal and Michelle Tran spent the summer before their final semesters in a clinical rotation at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Marilyn Perkins , Michele W. Berger , Ed Federico

Who, What, Why: Annenberg doctoral student Ava Irysa Kikut
Ava Kikut in front of the Annenberg School for Communication

Ava Kikut, a 2020-22 Provost’s Graduate Academic Engagement Fellow, focuses on health communication. 

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Annenberg doctoral student Ava Irysa Kikut

    Through a Netter Center ABCS course, Kikut worked with high school students and Penn undergrads to develop media messages that speak to the health needs and inequalities pertinent to adolescent Philadelphians.

    Kristina García

    Commemorating Juneteenth
    Person dancing at a Juneteenth celebration wearing a t-shirt that reads BREAKING EVERY CHAIN SINCE 1865.

    Image: USAG-Humphreys

    Commemorating Juneteenth

    As Penn observes Juneteenth as an official University holiday, Penn Today chronicles events and resources across campus.

    Penn Today Staff

    Penn Dental’s Penntorship connects with the West Philadelphia community
    Two smiling women stand in blue medical scrubs on a sunny day.

    Kylie Schlesinger (left) and Julie Berenblum (right) founded the Penntorship program to connect mentors from the Penn Dental school to students from West Philadelphia High School. (Image: Courtesy of Kylie Schlesinger and Julie Berenblum)

    Penn Dental’s Penntorship connects with the West Philadelphia community

    Amid the COVID lockdown, Penn Dental Medicine students Kylie Schlesinger and Julie Berenblum founded a mentorship program for high schoolers in West Philadelphia.

    Luis Melecio-Zambrano

    A matter of trust: Community health workers in West Philly
    Norma Gerald.

    Norma Gerald is a a senior community health worker at Penn Medicine. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

    A matter of trust: Community health workers in West Philly

    As part of the Penn Medicine at Home enterprise, community health workers are one element of Penn’s initiatives to deliver quality care and improve health outside hospital walls.

    From Penn Medicine News

    New health center opens at PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar
    A doctor with a stethoscope checks a patient’s back heartbeat.

    New health center opens at PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar

    PHMC Health Center on Cedar, staffed by Penn Medicine clinicians, offers comprehensive primary and behavioral health care for residents in the West and Southwest Philadelphia community.

    Brandon Lausch

    Penn and Lea School celebrate signing of $4.1 million commitment
    Grossman and Pritchett celebrate at Lea School

    Penn and Lea School celebrate signing of $4.1 million commitment

    The Henry C. Lea Elementary School, the University of Pennsylvania, Penn GSE, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, and the School District of Philadelphia celebrated the formalization of Penn’s deepened commitment to supporting the West Philadelphia K-8 school.

    From Penn GSE

    Tangen Hall brings together aspiring entrepreneurs across the University
    students working in tangen hall lab

    Penn students working on the first floor of Tangen Hall. The first floor of the building is home to three of the five innovation spaces operated by Penn Engineering, which are intended to teach students to use physical tools to prototype and test their ideas. 

    Tangen Hall brings together aspiring entrepreneurs across the University

    At seven stories and 68,000 square feet, the Wharton-led Tangen is the largest student entrepreneurship hub in the world.

    Dee Patel