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A FAST approach to helping food insecurity
Onika Washington-Johnson hands a box of food to David Cabello in a parking lot.

Onika Washington-Johnson hands a box of food to David Cabello, founder of Black and Mobile food delivery service, outside of Share Food Program’s facility. (Image: Penn Medicine Service in Action)

A FAST approach to helping food insecurity

FAST (Food Access Support Technology) is a new platform created by Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Equity Advancement (CHEA) that connects health systems, food access community-based organizations and minority-owned small businesses to fight food insecurity.

From Penn Medicine Service in Action

A Black-owned radio station, a physician, and a quest to prevent colon cancer
A pair of hands holding a cancer screening kit vial in one hand and paperwork in another extended to a person standing in a park.

A FIT Kit comes in an envelope and includes instructions, a prepaid return mailing envelope, and a small tube to contain a probe that the user will insert into a stool sample to capture a tiny particle. In the lab, the small sample is tested for signs of blood in the stool, which may not be visible. (Image: Penn Medicine Service in Action)

A Black-owned radio station, a physician, and a quest to prevent colon cancer

A unique community-based campaign by Penn Medicine, WURD, Philadelphia’s Black-owned and -operated talk radio station, and other organizations provide free colon cancer testing kits and follow-up support to Philadelphia residents.

From Penn Medicine News

Cities: ‘Where all the good stuff happens’
A person in jeans, a blue button down shirt and a blazer stands with hands in pockets in front of an ornate white-iron stairwell.

Mark Alan Hughes is founding faculty director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and a professor of practice in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

 

Cities: ‘Where all the good stuff happens’

In his new book, Mark Alan Hughes of the Kleinman Center and Weitzman School of Design argues that cities don’t need to change to be livable. Rather, their unique qualities are the very origins of livability itself.

Michele W. Berger , Lindsey Samahon

Penn Libraries’ new curator for Civic Engagement
Samantha Hill standing in a library.

Samantha Hill, curator for Civic Engagement. (Image: Penn Libraries News)

Penn Libraries’ new curator for Civic Engagement

Samantha Hill is the newest addition to the curatorial team in the Penn Libraries’ Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books & Manuscripts.

From Penn Libraries

Gun violence exposure increases mental health-related ED visits by children
Adolescent wearing a mask seated in a waiting room with an adult in a mask holding their hand.

Gun violence exposure increases mental health-related ED visits by children

A proximity to violence and multiple exposures increase the risk of pediatric mental health distress, according to research from Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

From Penn Medicine News

‘The Stories We Wear’ puts a spotlight on fashion spanning 2,500 years
three garments in glass cases in a museum

A new Penn Museum exhibition puts a spotlight on fashion,  featuring 250 items spanning 2,500 years, including clothing, jewelry, uniforms, weapons, even tattoos. “The Stories We Wear” will be on view through June 12.

‘The Stories We Wear’ puts a spotlight on fashion spanning 2,500 years

A new Penn Museum exhibition puts a spotlight on fashion featuring 250 items spanning 2,500 years, including clothing, jewelry, uniforms, weapons, even tattoos. “The Stories We Wear” will be on view through June 12.

Louisa Shepard

Rethinking resilience in the face of climate change
Hurricane satellite imagery

Rethinking resilience in the face of climate change

Hurricane Ida brought record-breaking rainfall and flooding, and stronger, more destructive storms will inevitably come. Being better prepared will require reconsidering how to protect people and their homes.

Michele W. Berger

Roberto Lugo brings his street graffiti and unique portraiture to the Arthur Ross Gallery  
Artist spray-painting graffiti on wall of art gallery

Guest curator Roberto Lugo has covered the walls of the Arthur Ross Gallery with the art of graffiti as part of the new exhibition “God Complex: Different Philadelphia,” on view through Dec. 19. In his interpretation, Lugo has divided the gallery, with portraits from the Penn Art Collection on one side, including Ben Franklin and George Washington, and his artworks on the other, including ceramic pieces featuring portraits of people of color. 

Roberto Lugo brings his street graffiti and unique portraiture to the Arthur Ross Gallery  

Guest curator Roberto Lugo has covered the walls of the Arthur Ross Gallery with the art of graffiti as part of the new exhibition “God Complex: Different Philadelphia,” on view through Dec. 19.

Louisa Shepard