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Staff Q&A with Elsa Amaral

Staff Q&A with Elsa Amaral

Some might consider Elsa Amaral’s role as a physical therapist at Penn to be an accidental career. In 2001, while living in Hoboken, N.J., and working for Macy’s in Manhattan, she injured herself during a skiing trip and wound up in physical therapy.

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Dalits overcome caste barriers to become self-made entrepreneurs

Dalits overcome caste barriers to become self-made entrepreneurs

The dehumanizing system of racial segregation that flourished in the American South from the end of Reconstruction through the 1970s has a friend in the former caste system in India. Both were callous, heartless, and cruel, and marginalized an oppressed people.
How can I nominate my co-worker for a Model of Excellence Award?

How can I nominate my co-worker for a Model of Excellence Award?

Dear Benny,I’ve heard of the Models of Excellence program and have known people who have won awards—but is anyone at Penn eligible for this? How do I nominate a deserving colleague?—Supporting Staffer

Prepping the best to learn and lead

Prepping the best to learn and lead

Growing up in Brooklyn, Collin Williams got plenty of attention for being a smart, motivated student. Sometimes, that attention wasn’t great: Being a self-described kid who “had all the answers” got him bullied by his classmates.
Q&A with Dorothy Roberts

Q&A with Dorothy Roberts

When Dorothy Roberts was 3 months old, she moved with her parents from Chicago to Liberia, where her mother, Iris, had worked as a young woman after leaving Jamaica.
Penn’s Field Center to Host Annual Field of Dreams Luncheon

Penn’s Field Center to Host Annual Field of Dreams Luncheon

The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania will host its fourth annual Field of Dreams Luncheon, Friday, Oct. 24, at the College of Physicians, 19 S. 22nd St., Philadelphia.