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When one of mural artist Isaiah Zagar’s beloved works was marked for demolition, the Philadelphia Magic Gardens assembled a team to help preserve what was left—and start exploring how to protect public art in the future.

A group of undergraduate students teamed up with the director of Makuu: The Black Cultural Center to create The Economic Justice Partnership, an initiative focused on teaching financial literacy to students throughout Philadelphia.

Upon graduating, PCI fellows go on to careers in technology commercialization in fields such as IP Law, technology transfer, medical writing, consulting, industrial research, and startup founding.

President Liz Magill recognized this year’s eight awardees, who she said ‘exemplify imagination, creativity, grit, and leadership.’

Swinergy wins $50,000 Perlman Grand Prize in Venture Lab Startup Challenge.

“The challenges that schools are facing go well beyond the schoolhouse, and the opportunity to collaborate with Nursing and SP2 was an important way to address the multiple challenges facing children and their families.” — Dean of Penn GSE Pam Grossman

Doctoral student and Philadelphia Writing Project scholar Barrett Rosser is expanding the notion of literacy and helping young Black women express self-love, build community and foster their identities at the same time.

Together, Penn undergraduate students and Philly school students get hands-on engineering experience in a fast-paced year long weekend program.

From taking urgent asylum cases to advocating for foster children, students use their knowledge to help Philadelphians.

WXPN Musicians On Call brings music to the people who need it most: hospital patients.