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Field Center at Penn Identifies Risk Factors Making Homeless Youth Vulnerable to Sex Trafficking

The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania joined forces with Covenant House, an agency dedicated to helping homeless youth, and Loyola University’s Modern Slavery Research Project to conduct a

Antoinette Zoumanigui and Selamawit Bekele of Penn to Educate Youth in Senegal

In the streets of Senegal, young boys beg for food and money, but two students from the University of Pennsylvania are working to address this issue through Project Y.V.E.T.A.,

Penn’s Alliance for Understanding Retraces Civil Rights History in the South

Earlier this spring, a group of Penn students immersed themselves in history in order to gain a deeper understanding of the struggle for civil rights and equality.

KIPP Scholar at Penn Advocates for Other Immigrant Students

As an immigrant, University of Pennsylvania junior Pamela Fuentes was assisted in her journey to become the first in her family to attend college. Now, she is helping others to access higher education.

Abundance of A Cappella at Penn Strikes Harmony and ‘Dischord’

A cappella is in the midst of a renaissance at the University of Pennsylvania. With 17 individual, student-run organizations, 14 of which make up the A Cappella Council, known by the more tonal acronym “ACK,” the genre is thriving at Penn.

Penn’s Tír na nÓg Troupe Highlights Irish Culture Through Dance

Even though it is not a part of her own cultural heritage, University of Pennsylvania junior Kristen Pearson began learning the art of Irish stepdance when she was 11.

Through PRISM, Penn Student Helps Others to Gain Religious Understanding

At the University of Pennsylvania, dual-program student Nayab Khan is creating a new level of understanding between people of different faiths.

Penn Undergrad from West Philly Helps Others Achieve College Access

Growing up at 52nd Street and Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia, Glen Casey did not believe he belonged at the nearby University of Pennsylvania.

Penn Researcher Traces U.S. Political Perspectives of Latino Immigrants

When political scientist Michael Jones-Correa of the University of Pennsylvania began looking at public opinion data published in the American National Election Study, he noticed one population missing: Latino immigrants.

Penn Researcher Outlines the Path to Compromise in UKEXIT

Last summer Brendan O’Leary, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was in Ireland researching and writing his forthcoming book, tentatively titled Understanding Northern Ireland: Passages from Colonialism to Consociation and Confederation, 1603-201

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