4/22
Impact: Engage Locally, Nationally, Globally
Class of 2022 President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prize winners announced
Class of 2022 President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prize winners announced
Six prize-winning teams will design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
New health center opens at PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar
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.
Penn and Lea School celebrate signing of $4.1 million commitment
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.
Seeking justice, support for incarcerated Pennsylvanians
Seeking justice, support for incarcerated Pennsylvanians
As winners of the 2021 President’s Engagement Prize, Carson Eckhard, Natalia Rommen, and Sarah Simon provide hope for wrongfully convicted people and a roadmap for inmates set for release.
Hands to hold on the path to surgery
Hands to hold on the path to surgery
The first-of-its kind Center for Surgical Health provides navigation and support to help under- and uninsured patients receive surgical treatment before it becomes an emergency.
Exploration awaits as Penn Abroad ramps up student trips
Exploration awaits as Penn Abroad ramps up student trips
Two years after the pandemic forced Penn Abroad to brings students home, trips are back on and a busier-than-normal abroad schedule is coming in fall 2022.
Ph.D. candidate’s initiative brings refugees out of Ukraine and supplies in
Ph.D. candidate’s initiative brings refugees out of Ukraine and supplies in
When Sam Finkelman’s yearlong research trip to Russia, Hungary, and Ukraine was interrupted by war, he went into action.
Changing lives in refugee communities through access to clean water
Changing lives in refugee communities through access to clean water
As winners of the 2021 President’s Engagement Prize, May graduates Martin Leet and Leah Voytovich co-founded Maji, a nonprofit organization dedicated to projects that support refugee initiatives in Uganda.
Coming together for Ukraine
Coming together for Ukraine
In an event hosted by Penn Global and the Office of the Chaplain, Ukrainian students, faculty, and staff, as well as American and international members of the Penn community gathered at Perry World House in a show of solidarity.
For Meghan Garrity, experience plus academics equals policy
For Meghan Garrity, experience plus academics equals policy
Garrity worked with the International Rescue Committee in Jordan and Turkey from 2012 to 2016. Now she’s exploring ways to prevent some refugee crises, by examining what causes states to expel mass groups of people.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
What we learned from Philadelphia’s vaccine lottery
In an op-ed, Katy Milkman and Linnea Gandhi of the Wharton School and Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences explain what policy answers they learned by developing the Philly Vax Sweepstakes, a citywide regret lottery.
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Forbes
$50 million gift to University of Pennsylvania for autoimmune disease research
A $50 million gift from Wharton School alumni Judy and Stewart Colton will further develop the work of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at the Perelman School of Medicine, with a statement from President Liz Magill.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn Medicine teams with Independence Blue Cross on primary care venture
Penn Medicine is investing in Independence Blue Cross subsidiary Tandigm Health and adding primary care doctors to Tandigm’s systems, with a statement from CEO Kevin Mahoney.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
International Institute of Minnesota launches guaranteed income pilot program for refugees
The Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice is noted as having more than 50 pilot programs running nationwide in cities of varying size.
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Philadelphia Business Journal
Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia names new board chair in continued leadership transition
President Liz Magill is announced as a new member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia.
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