PennPraxis Design Fellows help reimagine New Orleans highway corridor Design Fellow and MArch student Cheyenne Yamada (front row, at right) with members of the Colloqate team and community members in New Orleans. (Image: Courtesy of the Weitzman School) PennPraxis Design Fellows help reimagine New Orleans highway corridor A collaboration with members of PennPraxis Design Fellows program and design firm Colloqate Design tackles a ‘design justice’ project, working with residents of the Tremé since 2017 on new visions for the corridor.
SNF Paideia Program at Penn receives $13M to promote informed dialogue and civic engagement Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) co-president Andreas Dracopoulos, (front left), Penn President Liz Magill (front center), and SNF Paideia founding faculty director Michael X. Delli Carpini (front right) gathered with students and alumni in the rare book collection of the National Library of Greece at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, as a part of the SNF Nostos Conference, held in Athens in June 2023. nocred SNF Paideia Program at Penn receives $13M to promote informed dialogue and civic engagement The support is the third such grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Wharton’s Latinx community Members of Wharton Latino’s board. (Image: Ariana Bedoya Mansilla) Wharton’s Latinx community In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Wharton Latino president Leah Mizrachi and board member Ariana Bedoya Mansilla share their favorite experiences and opportunities with the organization.
GradFest celebrates its ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Melissa Kelly GradFest celebrates its ‘Sweet Sixteen’ The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and the Graduate Student Center offered a mix of programming, kicking off the 2023-2024 academic year.
Working to understand and prevent intimate partner violence Assistant Professor of Social Work Millan AbiNader. (Image: Courtesy of the School of Social Policy & Practice) Working to understand and prevent intimate partner violence Millan AbiNader, an assistant professor in Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, explains how she approaches social work as a “macro” social worker, and the importance of community and connection in addressing structural factors and social ecology of gender-based violence.
The best way to prevent HIV is often out of reach for women and marginalized people Image: niphon for Adobe Stock The best way to prevent HIV is often out of reach for women and marginalized people LDI fellows are working with local communities to increase PrEP use through improving the message about the drug, reducing stigma, and normalizing the conversation about HIV infection.
SNAP recipients are denied hot food. These Penn grads found a hack with a new kind of corner store Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer SNAP recipients are denied hot food. These Penn grads found a hack with a new kind of corner store Two recent graduates of the School of Arts & Sciences, Alex Imbot and Eli Moraru will be legally skirting federal rules that guide food stamps to offer healthy, hot food in a nonprofit corner store. Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day Image: Sabina Pierce Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day This year’s event, open to Penn faculty, staff, and postdocs and their families, will include lunch, DJs, bounce houses, photo booths, and more. The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise Image: Monica Fonorow The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise From picture books to 'The Poet X,' Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers. Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García The Penn Graduate School of Education student, who earned her bachelor’s from the College of Arts and Sciences in the Spring, talks about her work with the Penn Libraries Community Engagement team and her aspirations of becoming a teacher.
Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day Image: Sabina Pierce Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day This year’s event, open to Penn faculty, staff, and postdocs and their families, will include lunch, DJs, bounce houses, photo booths, and more.
The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise Image: Monica Fonorow The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise From picture books to 'The Poet X,' Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers.
Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García The Penn Graduate School of Education student, who earned her bachelor’s from the College of Arts and Sciences in the Spring, talks about her work with the Penn Libraries Community Engagement team and her aspirations of becoming a teacher.