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Five Philadelphia high school students gained experience in activism, leadership, and mentorship as part of Students Organizing for Access to Reproductive Health (SOAR), a summer internship program founded by Penn undergraduates to equip interns to become advocates in their own communities.

This oasis in West Philadelphia, supported by Penn, is a designated National Historic Landmark District and one-of-a-kind 18th-century English pleasure garden.

Students and faculty studied changes in neighborhood real estate markets in West Philadelphia, to identify ways to increase equitable housing.

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

A team of undergrads and physicians are partnering with community clinics and other organizations as part of a Projects for Progress-supported program to offer medical care to people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations.

Philadelphia has a rich tradition of jazz, soul, and hip hop that influenced the contemporary music scene. Within this tradition, professional jazz musicians living and working in the city taught music and mentored youth in the music business.

“My mother’s whole crowd she used to hang with died of cancer. Like come on. No way … Her, my step-dad, the neighbors around the side, the neighbors across the street … everybody was dying back to back …”