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Programs aim to help teach youth about building wealth

Programs aim to help teach youth about building wealth

Bridges to Wealth is a financial literacy organization founded by Keith Weigelt of the Wharton School and Jill Bazelon of the Graduate School of Education. Operated out of Penn’s Netter Center, the organization provides access to investment opportunities as well as housing, job training, early childhood education, and financial education to people experiencing homelessness.

Historic move ushers in new era of care
exterior of penn patient pavilion

The opening of the Pavilion marks the completion of the University’s largest capital building project, and culmination of a planning and design process years in the making. (Image: Eric Sucar)

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Historic move ushers in new era of care

Over eight hours, 310 patients moved to the Pavilion, a 17-story, 1.5-million-square-foot addition to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania campus.

Katherine Unger Baillie , Michele W. Berger

Philadelphia artist Odili Odita’s Pavilion mural is a ‘kaleidoscope landscape’
Odili Odita stands in front of his mural in the Penn Medicine Pavilion.

Philadelphia-based artist Odili Donald Odita aimed to transport viewers to a colorful, outdoor scene. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Philadelphia artist Odili Odita’s Pavilion mural is a ‘kaleidoscope landscape’

The mural, titled “Field and Sky” spans two floors of the Pavilion, with rich bright colors evocative of nature to generate the idea of being in different stages of daylight.

Lauren Ingeno

Supporting Philadelphia newcomers and longtime residents through Palms Solutions
Person holds up sign that says "Free Food" at a distribution event

Wil Prall, a biology doctoral student, volunteered as part of Palm It Forward, an event organized by Palms Solutions to support the West Philadelphia community during the pandemic. (Image: Courtesy of Mecky Pohlschröder)

Supporting Philadelphia newcomers and longtime residents through Palms Solutions

Founded by a Penn alum, the West Philadelphia-based nonprofit connects members from area African and Caribbean immigrant communities with students through mentoring and tutoring alongside social and cultural exchanges.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Al Filreis dwells in possibility
Al Filreis standing in front of the Kelly Writers House

Al Filreis, an English professor at Penn since 1995, founded the Kelly Writers House on Locust Walk in 1995 and has since served as the faculty director.

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Al Filreis dwells in possibility

Celebrating poetry and literature at Penn since 1985, Al Filreis continues to create community at the home for writers he founded in a Locust Walk house a quarter-century ago.
A pandemic year, in photos
peter coyle and kyle cassidy exhibit

Annenberg’s Kyle Cassidy, with Pete Coyle, an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School. Together they came up with the idea for this exhibit, which Cassidy says can be adapted to almost any group and many kinds of spaces.

A pandemic year, in photos

‘Apart Together,’ a new photography exhibit at the Annenberg School, shows that despite not being physically in the same place the past 18 months, our shared experiences kept us connected.

Michele W. Berger , Julie Sloane

Meshing academics and fun for a summer program like no other
gse student give a presentation in the front of a classroom

Most of the teachers recruited for the program had trained in some capacity with Penn GSE’s Philadelphia Writing Project and Responsive Math Teaching project, which enabled them to practice their craft and receive further coaching if they wanted.

Meshing academics and fun for a summer program like no other

An inaugural Projects for Progress award helped bring to light a Penn Graduate School of Education and Netter Center for Community Partnerships initiative that readied young learners returning to in-person school this fall, and boosted teachers’ confidence.

Lauren Hertzler

Building (and hiring) for the future at Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion
A group of people walking through the Pavilion wearing face masks, hard hats, and safety vests.

Before the Pavilion officially opens, staff have taken part in “dress rehearsals” and walk-throughs. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Building (and hiring) for the future at Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion

In the months leading up to the Pavilion debut, a massive recruitment effort is underway to hire more than 600 employees.

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Understanding the pandemic classroom

In the latest episode of Penn Today’s ‘Understand This ...’ podcast series, Caroline Watts of the Graduate School of Education and Philip Gressman of the School of Arts & Sciences discuss the return to the classroom.
Masked students at desks