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Penn Medicine and PHMC take over at Mercy hospital in West Philly

The University of Pennsylvania Health System is now running the emergency department at the former Mercy Hospital in West Philadelphia.

Mckayla Warwick and Kwaku Owusu wear face masks while walking down a street in West Philadelphia.

A pivot, from financial literacy to restorative justice

Collective Climb won a 2020 President’s Engagement Prize as a West Philadelphia-based financial literacy project, but shifted their focus to engage with young people around the issue of community violence.

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A Q&A with Trina Sokoloski, house director of New College House West

As New College House West prepares to welcome its inaugural residents this fall, House Director Trina Sokoloski talks with Penn Today about what to expect and what it means to build a new community

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How Penn Medicine is getting COVID-19 vaccines to communities that need it most

Direct outreach to elderly and vulnerable populations, and working with Philadelphia faith leaders has led to community-based clinics throughout West Philadelphia.

A partnership to help fight COVID and develop a STEM career pipeline

Working with the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, University City District’s workforce development program, Penn Medicine is creating pathways to science careers for local jobseekers.

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Q&A

Invested and engaged

In a Q&A, Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli reflects on the University’s latest Economic Impact Report and the new effort to include an account of Penn’s civic engagement and impact on Philadelphia, its residents, and surrounding communities.

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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.

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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.

Sadie T.M. Alexander in a graduaction cap and gown.

Honoring the life and legacy of a trailblazing civil rights activist

Penn Law is paying tribute to the legacy of Sadie T.M. Alexander, the first Black woman to graduate from the Law School, by launching three new full tuition scholarships created in her honor.

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Engaging faith communities to reduce vaccination disparities

In partnership with Mercy Philadelphia and community faith leaders, Penn Medicine held a vaccine clinic at the Church of Christian Compassion that reached 500 people in West Philadelphia. At least two more such events are planned.

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