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Campus & Community
SP2 hosts health fair, PAWS supply drive
The Community Teamworks program brings together alumni, faculty, students, and staff at the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) for days of service and volunteer projects around the city.
Mental Wellness Week at Penn
In an environment of high achievers, University of Pennsylvania students can be so intensely focused on achieving excellence in everything they do that they don’t realize that their mental health also needs some attention.
Penn Preview Days looking for staff volunteers
Penn staff members who don’t often get a chance to interact with students and parents have an opportunity to introduce prospective students to the University by volunteering at Penn Preview Days.
Global Economic Crisis Topic of Peter Orszag Talk at Penn March 28
WHO: Peter Orszag
ASIS International Honors Penn Police Personnel
Four detectives and one officer in the University of Pennsylvania Police Department were honored for their work to catch a serial burglar.
Penn Students Encourage Lea School Children to Get in the Swim of Things
Philadelphia has the fourth-highest drowning rate among children, and drowning is the leading cause of death among those aged 1-4. In 2005-2009, African-American children aged 5-14 were three times more likely to drown than whites. Some students at the University of Pennsylvania are taking aim at those sad statistics by teaching life-saving skills in the pool to youngsters from Penn’s West Philadelphia neighborhood.
Penn’s Sarah Hughes: A United Nations Foundation ‘Champion’ for Vaccination
The University of Pennsylvania’s Sarah Hughes didn’t always consider herself an advocate. But she’s also not one to pass up an opportunity to help.
Transitioning back into society
Time and again they pleaded with him to make the phone call. He wouldn’t have to handle the drugs. All he had to do was set up the buy.He knew it was wrong, and probably a crime, too. Each time the friends of his college roommate mentioned it, Kirk James found the courage to say no. Until the one time he said yes.
Special collections, welcoming spaces, scenic views at Van Pelt
The sixth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, which recently reopened after a three-year renovation project, could become one of the most popular campus locations, with updated meeting and study spaces and breathtaking views.
Calling all artists
The Burrison Gallery is calling for artwork submittals to be considered for its third annual University Club Members Exhibit, a juried group show that will run from June 29 through Aug. 16.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
What’s it like to come home from prison? Reentry simulations let people experience it firsthand
With support from the STAR program, Aslam Ashari was able to enroll in an entrepreneurship course at Penn after his release from prison.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
He started college in prison. Now, he is Rutgers-Camden’s first Truman scholar
Tej Patel, a third-year in the Wharton School and College of Arts and Sciences from Billeria, Massachusetts, was one of 60 college students nationwide chosen to be a Truman Scholar.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
A collector donated 75,000 comic books to Penn Libraries, valued at more than $500,000
Alumnus Gary Prebula and his wife, Dawn, have donated a $500,000 collection of more than 75,000 comic books and graphic novels to Penn Libraries, featuring remarks from Sean Quimly of the Kislak Center and Jean-Christophe Cloutier of the School of Arts & Sciences.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
How did a white woman come to write the newest definitive text on Philadelphia’s Black history?
Penn alum Amy Jane Cohen is profiled for her new book “Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape,” which examines Black history through the lens of events, institutions, and individuals across the city. The book includes a reflection from Penn chaplain Charles Howard.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Homeward bound: When a Penn Medicine nurse was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she turned to the service dogs she helped to train
A profile highlights Maria Wright of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, from her volunteer work connecting people with service dogs to her cancer diagnosis and her own journey applying for a service dog.
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