Diversity News

Brent Jules of New York City (far left) and Semi Ibikunle of York, Pa., were part of a Wharton class that analyzed the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges.

College senior Emily Goshey is conducting research that chronicles the cultural experiences of African-American Muslim women living in Philadelphia.

Junior biology major Shadrack Frimpong (far left), a native of Ghana, spent his summer in Switzerland, working to find an efficient treatment for HIV/AIDS.

At an Education Writers Association meeting in Boston, GSE’s Shaun Harper presented research on black and Latino male high school achievers and their success.

Spending a summer break in Switzerland may conjure images of scaling snow-covered Alps. For University of Pennsylvania student Shadrack Frimpong, however, the weeks he spent in Lausanne this past summer were directed at surmounting an even greater challenge: finding an efficient treatment for HIV/AIDS.

The Penn Women’s Center was born from a 1973 campus sit-in. Director Felicity “Litty” Paxton says it is still working to foster “momentum and good energy.”

Students Hit the Books and the Halls of the Hospital in Penn Medicine's Unique Career Prep Program for Students in West Philadelphia High Schools

Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence made a commitment to create a fund in support of interdisciplinary research on topics related to equity, inclusion and diversity. This Penn Excellence through Diversity Fund was established in the 2012-2013 academic year. Seven projects were funded in its inaugural cycle, in support of both faculty research and initiatives to advance the pipeline to the professoriate of members of historically underrepresented groups.

Should an Adult Hospital Act and Feel More Like a Pediatric Hospital?  Penn Medical Student Mark Attiah Discusses in JAMA Why a Pediatric Approach to Adult Patient Care and Hospital Environment Makes More Sense.

Poetry helps Chaplain Chaz Howard process difficult issues he faces as a spiritual advisor and counselor. His poems are now compiled in The Awe and The Awful.