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Abriana Stewart-Height, a Philly native and 2023 alum from the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab at Penn Engineering, connects K–12 students with robotics and other STEM opportunities through her volunteer work.

In early 2024, Penn’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) hosted nearly 175 local high school students to foster discussions surrounding the root causes of mass incarceration.

Penn Engineering’s Community Outreach Team and the American Heart Association brought high schoolers from across the city to the home of the Philadelphia Eagles for a hands-on STEM experience.

This Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) course complements what students are already learning, while promoting a lifelong interest in science and boosting their test scores on the state exams.

Pennovation Works is a leading entrepreneurial hub where innovators, mentors, and visitors collaborate. Their technological achievements this past year continue to advance Philadelphia’s innovation ecosystem.

A community-based research partnership invites Philadelphia community members to conduct their own research into the educational issues they face as a way of catalyzing change.

Two West Philadelphia-based high school internship programs, Cross-Grade Sports and OurSpace, received $5,000 grants and recognition for engagement, impact, and sustainability through the Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award.

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

A Projects for Progress team from the Abramson Cancer Center takes colorectal cancer screenings out of clinics and into the Philadelphia communities where they’re most needed.

Middle schoolers and beyond are introduced to hands-on engagement with Penn Engineering students through its GEMS camp, with the goal of making science fun.