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Campus public health measures help mitigate the spread of COVID-19

Alongside regular saliva-based COVID-19 testing, other tools such as contact tracing, quarantine and isolation facilities, and health and well-being monitoring platforms are critical for protecting and supporting the campus community.

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Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director

In 2020, SP2 alum Sherisse Laud-Hammond was named the new director of the Penn Women’s Center, a position in which she is the first Black woman and woman of color to serve.

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Black Law Students Association reaches out to support diversity in legal field

Since 2007, Penn Law’s BLSA has led an outreach program to inspire a diverse cohort of future lawyers.

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More chairs, new presence expand dental care access

A growing presence in community care centers has given Penn Dental Medicine more opportunities to serve Philadelphians and to train its students.

Person standing outside holding a brown lunch bag to distribute wearing a face shield and mask outside a building in West Philadelphia

Penn Med students create unexpected community outreach

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Medical School Government used its annual funding that usually goes to events in non-pandemic times to help the West Philadelphia community.

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Companionship that spans generations and reduces isolation for seniors

With the pandemic, Penn Memory Center’s social interaction and companionship program for seniors moved online.

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Mamta Motwani Accapadi ‘uplifts the student experience’

As vice provost for university life, Mamta Motwani Accapadi is dedicated to giving students the support they need to thrive.

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A patient-powered registry boosts the study of a rare disease

A registry for Castleman disease lets patients initiate enrollment, increasing enrollment rates as well as the amount of clinical data and samples available to researchers.

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$5M gift to fund endowed professorship, support establishment of Center for Integrative Global Oral Health

The gift from Penn Dental Medicine alumnus Garry Rayant and his wife, Kathy Fields, will create a new endowed professorship at the School and provide foundational support to establish the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health.

Public psychiatry’s mission: Providing mental health care to those who need it the most

Rachel Talley on public psychiatry, the impact of COVID-19 on community mental health, and how she went from an internship at the White House to championing public health at Penn’s department of Psychiatry.

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