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STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS- ACADEMIC COMPONENT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ("PENN"UNIVERSITY") IS ONE OF THE OLDEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. IT TRACES ITS ORIGINS BACK TO A CHARITY SCHOOL FOUNDED IN 1740, WAS CHARTERED AS A COLLEGE IN 1755, AND ON MAY 17, 1757, HELD ITS FIRST COMMENCEMENT, GRADUATING A CLASS OF SEVEN STUDENTS. FROM THESE EARLY AND MODEST BEGINNINGS, PENN HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE LEADING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE WORLD. PUBLIC SERVICE IS A TOP INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITY FOR PENN. AS SUCH, THE UNIVERSITY AIMS TO PROVIDE A RICH AND DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS STUDENTS; TO PIONEER RESEARCH THAT PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF CURRENT HUMAN KNOWLEDGE; AND TO PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT AND HIGHEST QUALITY IN PATIENT CARE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM. THE UNIVERSITY IS HOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, THE INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, AND THE ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE VITALLY TO ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE OF PHILADELPHIA. IN ADDITION, THE UNIVERSITY IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE WEST PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ITS HOME. I. EDUCATION PENNS FIRM BELIEF THAT EXCELLENCE AND DIVERSITY GO HAND-IN-HAND IS EVIDENCED BY FY 2019S CONCOMITANT INCREASES IN ADMISSIONS SELECTIVITY AND CAMPUS MULTICULTURALISM. OF 44,961 STUDENTS WHO APPLIED, ONLY 3,446, OR 7.7 PERCENT, WERE OFFERED ADMISSION INTO THE CLASS OF 2023. FIFTY-THREE PERCENT OF THE CLASS IS FEMALE, AND 47 PERCENT IS MALE. THIS EXCEPTIONAL CLASS HAS, AT THE SAME TIME, CONTRIBUTED TO PENNS ONGOING GROWTH IN DIVERSITY: AMONG UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS AT PENN, 53 PERCENT SELF-IDENTIFY AS STUDENTS OF COLOR, UP FROM 43 PERCENT THE YEAR BEFORE. THIRTEEN PERCENT OF STUDENTS IDENTIFY AS FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE CLASS OF 2023, 7 PERCENT WERE FROM AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, 46 PERCENT FROM ASIA, 4 PERCENT FROM AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC, 15 PERCENT FROM CANADA AND MEXICO, 8 PERCENT FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AND 19 PERCENT FROM EUROPE. THIS PROGRESS CAN BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE UNIVERSITYS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO INCREASING ACCESS THROUGH GRANT-BASED AID PACKAGES THAT MEET THE FULL FINANCIAL NEED OF UNDERGRADUATES, EXPANDING THE PENN WORLD SCHOLARS PROGRAM, AND STRENGTHENING GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL AID AND SUPPORT, SUCH AS THROUGH THE NEW WELLNESS AT PENN AND OFFICE FOR PENN FIRST PLUS STUDENTS. PENN IS THE NATIONS LARGEST UNIVERSITY WITH A PROGRAM THAT ENABLES FACULTY/STAFF, DEPENDENT UNDERGRADUATES ELIGIBLE FOR AID TO RECEIVE GRANT-BASED FINANCIAL AID PACKAGES FOR EIGHT ACADEMIC SEMESTERS. PENNS AID PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES THE UNIVERSITYS COMMITMENT TO INCREASE ACCESS FOR QUALIFIED STUDENTS FROM ALL ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. IN FY 2019, THE AVERAGE FRESHMAN AID PACKAGE WAS $54,314, AN INCREASE OF 5 PERCENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND 74 PERCENT OVER THE AVERAGE AID PACKAGE OF $29,752 IN FY 2008, WHEN THE GRANT-BASED FINANCIAL AID POLICY WAS ANNOUNCED. RANKED NO. 6 AMONG ALL NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, PENN IS CONSISTENTLY RECOGNIZED FOR HAVING SOME OF THE TOP ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. PENNS UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAM IS RANKED NO. 1 NATIONALLY, WHILE PENNS MEDICAL SCHOOL AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN BUSINESS AND NURSING ARE CONSISTENTLY RANKED IN THE TOP SIX NATIONWIDE. THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN RANKED AMONG THE TOP MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, ACCORDING TO U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORTS SURVEY OF RESEARCH-ORIENTED MEDICAL SCHOOLS. IN FY 2019, PENN RECEIVED $582 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH). OF THE $582 MILLION, THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RECEIVED $494 MILLION. THE SCHOOL IS CONSISTENTLY AMONG THE NATIONS TOP RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING FROM NIH. II. RESEARCH WITH MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN ANNUAL R&D EXPENDITURES, PENN IS ONE OF THE NATIONS TOP RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES, NOT ONLY GENERATING IMPORTANT NEW KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELDS OF MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, SCIENCE, AND BEYOND, BUT APPLYING THIS KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD. REUTERS EVEN NAMED PENN AMONG THE TOP FOUR "WORLD'S MOST INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITIES." PENN HAS LONG BEEN A CRADLE OF INGENUITY DEDICATED TO SERVING THE PUBLIC GOOD. THE PENNOVATION CENTER, THE FLAGSHIP FACILITY OF THE PENNOVATION WORKS, LEVERAGES THIS LEGACY BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT NURTURES NOVEL IDEAS AND ACCELERATES THEIR EVOLUTION INTO NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THERAPIES, PRODUCTS, AND, ULTIMATELY, COMPANIES THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. IT WAS AUGUST 30, 2017, WHEN PENN SECURED FDA APPROVAL FOR THE FIRST-EVER GENE THERAPY TREATMENT FOR CANCER. JUST MONTHS LATER, THE FDA WOULD ALSO APPROVE THE FIRST GENE THERAPY FOR CONGENITAL BLINDNESS, A NOVEL TREATMENT FOR INHERITED BRCA BREAST CANCER, AND, MOST RECENTLY, A CAR T-CELL THERAPY TO TREAT LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA - ALL FOUR APPROVALS BASED ON RESEARCH BY PENN SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS MAKING A MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF CANCER RESEARCH. MOREOVER, IN NOVEMBER 2019, BENJAMIN GOBRECHT ARRIVED AS THE SECOND BABY IN THE NATION TO BE BORN FOLLOWING TRANSPLANTATION OF A UTERUS FROM A DECEASED DONOR. HE WAS THE FIRST BABY BORN AS PART OF A PENN TRIAL LAUNCHED IN 2017 TO HELP WOMEN WITH UTERINE FACTOR INFERTILITY. ONE MEASURE OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC STUDIES CONDUCTED AT PENN IS THE NUMEROUS PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN CONFERRED ON PENN FACULTY. THE FACULTY, ACTIVE AND EMERITI, INCLUDES 91 MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 110 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, 43 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 31 MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 177 GUGGENHEIM FELLOWS, AND 16 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING. TEN MACARTHUR AWARD RECIPIENTS, ONE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE RECIPIENT, ONE NOBEL PRIZE RECIPIENT, AND FOUR PULITZER PRIZE RECIPIENTS CALL PENN HOME. PENNS RENOWNED RESEARCH COMMUNITY COMPRISES 190 RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTES, 4,316 FACULTY, MORE THAN 1,333 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS, 6,899 ACADEMIC SUPPORT STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENT TRAINEES, AND A RESEARCH BUDGET OF $1.05 BILLION. RESEARCH GRANTS WON BY PENN FACULTY MAKE IT ONE OF THE HIGHEST RANKED RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY. THE OCTOBER 2016 OPENING OF THE PENNOVATION CENTER AT THE PENNOVATION WORKS SITE STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE VALUE PENN PLACES ON BIG IDEAS. IT IS A PLACE WHERE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS, DOERS, AND PROBLEM-SOLVERS, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE PENN ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND COLLABORATIVE HUB, ARE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH IT, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ROBOTICS STARTUPS, FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, AND A HOST OF TECHNOLOGISTS, RESEARCHERS, AND VENTURE CAPITALISTS TO EXPLORE AND PUSH NEW IDEAS INTO REALITY AND EXPAND THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE. HTTPS://WWW.PENNOVATION.UPENN.EDU/ III. PUBLIC SERVICE MISSION COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PENN HAS CALLED WEST PHILADELPHIA HOME SINCE 1871, AND MAKES SERVING THE COMMUNITY A TOP INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITY. THE UNIVERSITY REMAINS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO MAKING WEST PHILADELPHIA AN EVER MORE VIBRANT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. 2019 MARKED THE 12TH YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE PENN CONNECTS and PENN CONNECTS 2.0 CAMPUS PLANS TO CREATE AN INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND BEAUTIFUL URBAN CAMPUS THAT REINVIGORATES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF WEST PHILADELPHIA. HTTP://WWW.PENNCONNECTS.UPENN.EDU/ SINCE 2006, PENN HAS ADDED 27.25 ACRES OF NEW OPEN SPACE, 6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND 2.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RENOVATION, REPRESENTING A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT OF $3.8 BILLION. THE EASTERN SIDE OF UNIVERSITY CITY, ONCE DOMINATED BY THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE'S SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HEADQUARTERS - A 24 ACRE MIX OF MAIL PROCESSING AND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES HAS BEEN REVITALIZED BY PENNS STRATEGIC APPLICATION OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. MODERNIZING THIS LAND USE UNLOCKS ITS POTENTIAL FOR GENERATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; WHILE CONNECTING UNIVERSITY CITY TO PHILADELPHIAS CENTER CITY (CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT) AND AROUND ITS TRANSPORTATION HUB AT 30TH AND MARKET STREETS (AMTRAKS STATION, SEPTAS COMBINATION OF PUBLIC RAIL AND BUS TRANSIT, AND INTERSTATE 76). THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN INCLUDED REPLACING THE POST OFFICES SURFACE PARKING LOT AND TRUCK DEPOT WITH THE UNIVERSITYS PENN PARK, A 14-ACRE OPEN SPACE AND MIX OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES THAT INTRODUCED BOTH A NEW GATEWAY TO UNIVERSITY CITY AND A NEW GREENWAY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS SUCH AS ADDING MORE THAN 500 NEW INDIGENOUS TREES AND PLANT LIFE AND CAPTURING AND REUSING STORM WATER TO MITIGATE RUNOFF INTO THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER. |
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NORTH OF PENN PARK, IS CIRA CENTRE SOUTH. ONCE THE POST OFFICES TRUCK TERMINAL ANNEX, THE UNIVERSITY LEASED THE LAND TO BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST WHO PRIVATELY DEVELOPED IT INTO A THREE STRUCTURE COMPLEX INCLUDING: EVO, AN 850-BED GRADUATE STUDENT AND YOUNG PROFESSIONAL APARTMENT BUILDING; CIRA GREEN, A MIXED-USE BUILDING INCLUDING A 1,662 SPACE PARKING GARAGE, 9,000 SQUARE FEET OF STREET LEVEL RETAIL BUSINESSES, AND A ONE-ACRE ROOFTOP GREEN AND OPEN SPACE; AND FMC TOWER, A 49-STORY, 730-FOOT SKYSCRAPER AND GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE SPECIALTY CHEMICAL COMPANY, FMC CORPORATION. THE UNIVERSITY IS LEASING back from Brandywine 125,000 SQUARE FEET FOR Penn ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES. THE TOWERS UPPER MOST FLOORS CONTAIN 260 LUXURY HOTEL SUITES AND A CONFERENCE CENTER TARGETED TO PROFESSIONALS AND OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY HOUSING SPECIALIST. THE STREET LEVEL LOBBY HOSTS A RESTAURANT. LEARN MORE ABOUT PENN CONNECTS INCLUDING PROJECT DETAILS AT HTTP://WWW.PENNCONNECTS.UPENN.EDU/ SOUTH OF PENN PARK, IS THE 23-ACRE PENNOVATION WORKS PROPERTY, ADJACENT TO PENNS CAMPUS; WHICH IS ANCHORED BY THE PENNOVATION CENTER, A 52,000 SQUARE FOOT BUSINESS INCUBATOR THAT PROVIDES LAB SPACE AND is A HUB FOR COLLABORATION AND THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS FOR INNOVATORS FROM ALL DISCIPLINES. PENN RESEARCHERS AND ENTREPRENEURS WORK WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES TO SOLVE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS AND TRANSLATE INVENTIVENESS INTO VIABLE VENTURES. BY GROUPING FACILITIES FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, PENN ENVISIONS A MULTIFACETED WORKSHOP FOR HARNESSING AND COMMERCIALIZING THE TREMENDOUS CREATIVE POTENTIAL IN THE REGION. HTTPS://WWW.PENNOVATION.UPENN.EDU/ PENN FURTHER ADVANCES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE PROSPERITY OF THE COMMUNITY VIA ITS NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES, A FIVE PART STRATEGY INCLUDING: 1) PURCHASING GOODS AND SERVICES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HIRING LOCAL RESIDENTS; 2) INCENTIVIZING FACULTY AND STAFF TO RELOCATE TO THE AREA VIA HOMEOWNERSHIP; 3) RETAIL DEVELOPMENT; 4) ENHANCED SAFETY AND SECURITY; AND 5) IMPROVED PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HTTP://WWW.EVP.UPENN.EDU/STRATEGIC-INITIATIVES/COMMUNITY-AND-ECONOMIC-DEVE LOPMENT.HTML ON THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEMS (UPHS) CAMPUS, CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ON THE PAVILION A 1.5 MILLION SQUARE FOOT BUILDING HOUSING 500 PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS AND 47 OPERATING ROOMS. THIS 17-STORY FACILITY IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ADJACENT TO THE PERELMAN CENTER FOR ADVANCED MEDICINE, WHICH WAS ONCE THE PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART BUILDING INCLUDES ADAPTABLE PATIENT ROOMS THAT CAN FLEX BETWEEN INTENSIVE CARE AND A STANDARD ROOM AS PATIENTS RECOVER. THE PAVILION WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH THAT WILL FACILITATE AND IMPROVE CARE TEAM COLLABORATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE BUILDING EMBODIES PENNS COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE PAVILION WAS DESIGNED TO BE ECO-FRIENDLY AND IS BEING CONSTRUCTED WITH INNOVATIONS LIKE THE RE-USE OF WATER, 100 PERCENT OUTSIDE AIR, AND PARK-LIKE, OUTDOOR GREEN SPACE FOR PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND STAFF. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART PAVILION WILL BETTER ENABLE UPHS TO CONTINUE ITS LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO ITS COMMUNITY. HTTPS://WWW.PENNMEDICINE.ORG/FOR-PATIENTS-AND-VISITORS/PENN-MEDICINE-LOCAT IONS/HOSPITAL-OF-THE-UNIVERSITY-OF-PENNSYLVANIA/NEW-HOSPITAL-PAVILION ECONOMIC IMPACT: EACH DAY PENN IS STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY CONTRIBUTING $10.8 BILLION, OR $30 MILLION PER DAY, TO THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ACCORDING TO THE 2015 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT. HTTP://WWW.EVP.UPENN.EDU/PDF/PENN_ECONOMIC_IMPACT_POWERING _PHL_PA.PDF IN FY 2019, PENN CONTINUED ITS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE UNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT, WHICH WAS CREATED IN 1997 BY A COALITION OF 11 KEY INSTITUTIONS IN UNIVERSITY CITY. THIS INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR A 2.2 SQUARE-MILE AREA IN UNIVERSITY CITY THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN 50,000 RESIDENTS, 75,000 EMPLOYEES, AND 40,000 STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON CLEAN AND SAFE PROGRAMS WITH UNIFORMED AMBASSADORS PROVIDING PUBLIC SPACE MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING; AND MARKETING. HTTP://WWW.EVP.UPENN.EDU/STRATEGIC-INITIATIVES/NEIGHBORHOOD-SERVICES.HTML SEE SCHEDULE H, PART VI FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING SOME OF THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY. ECONOMIC INCLUSION: PENN IS USING ITS CONSIDERABLE PURCHASING AND CONSTRUCTION CAPACITY, AS WELL AS ITS ACADEMIC EXPERTISE, TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL BUSINESS GROWTH AND TO EMPOWER DIVERSITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS. IN PURCHASING SERVICES, THE FY 2019 RESULTS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY A NUMBER OF TARGETED PURCHASING SERVICES INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO EXPAND BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND OWN BUSINESSES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. IN FY 2019, PENN PURCHASED $111.8 MILLION IN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM THE WEST PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY BUSINESSES, WHILE SPENDING $138.7 MILLION FROM DIVERSITY AND WOMEN OWNED SUPPLIERS. HTTPS://CMS.BUSINESS-SERVICES.UPENN.EDU/PURCHASING/ECONOMIC-INCLUSION/BY-T HE-NUMBERS.HTML SUSTAINABILITY: IN 2007, PENN PRESIDENT AMY GUTMANN SIGNED THE AMERICAN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS CLIMATE COMMITMENT (ACUPCC). THIS PLEDGE COMMITTED PENN TO DEVELOPING PLANS FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS OF EMISSIONS OF CLIMATE-ALTERING GREENHOUSE GASSES. HTTPS://WWW.SUSTAINABILITY.UPENN.EDU/ PENNS INITIAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, LAUNCHED IN 2009 AND IS REISSUED EVERY FIVE YEARS. IN OCTOBER OF 2019 PENN SUSTAINABILITY ISSUED THE THIRD ITERATION OF THE PLAN TITLED THE CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN 3.0 (CSAP 3.0). THE CSAP 3.0 DESCRIBES THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS THE CSAP 2.0 GOALS AND SETS NEW, CHALLENGING GOALS FROM MITIGATING CLIMATE IMPACTS, ADAPTING TO EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, AND PREPARING OUR UNIVERSITY AND STUDENTS TO LEAD IN A RAPIDLY EVOLVING WORLD. BUILDING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF GOALS OUTLINED IN THE 2009 TO 2014 PLANS, THE GOALS SET FORTH IN THE CSAP 3.0 WILL TEST THE INGENUITY OF THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY AS WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCY. THE CSAP 3.0 IS ORGANIZED AROUND SEVEN INITIATIVES, EACH DEVELOPED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ESAC) SUBCOMMITTEE. BELOW ARE CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CSAP 3.0 HIGHLIGHTS. ACADEMICS: ACHIEVEMENTS: 400 SUSTAINABILITY RELATED COURSES ARE CURRENTLY OFFERED ACROSS VARIOUS SCHOOLS SINCE 2014, 14 NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED ACROSS SIX SCHOOLS SINCE 2009, AND THERE ARE EIGHT NEW CENTERS THAT FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ACROSS FIVE SCHOOLS SINCE 2014. GOALS: SUPPORT CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND COORDINATION OF WORK BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIC CENTERS, IMPROVE CLIMATE LITERACY OF PENN STUDENTS, SUPPORT THE CITYS REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES, PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS, AND IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A COHESIVE SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AT PENN. UTILITIES AND OPERATIONS: ACHIEVEMENTS: 30% NET REDUCTION OF BUILDING-RELATED EMISSIONS IN FY 2019 WHEN COMPARED TO FY 2014 AND 22% REDUCTION IN NET TOTAL CAMPUS EMISSIONS IN FY 2019 WHEN COMPARED TO FY 2014. GOALS: REDUCE PENNS BUILDING-RELATED CARBON EMISSIONS BY 40% BY 2024, USING 2009 AS THE BASELINE YEAR. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: ACHIEVEMENTS: 34 GREEN ROOFS ON CAMPUS; 25+ LEED DESIGNED BUILDINGS; AND 28% OF CAMPUS IS UNPAVED AREA, COMPRISED OF GARDENS, LAWNS, AND PERVIOUS PAVING. GOALS: UPDATE CAMPUS DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT STANDARDS AND INTEGRATE OCCUPANT HEALTH AND WELLNESS INTO PENNS BUILDING STANDARDS; IMPROVE PENNS LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY PRACTICES AS WELL AS WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT ON CAMPUS; AND IMPROVE EDUCATION AROUND PENNS PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS, RESILIENCY, AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE. WASTE MINIMIZATION AND RECYCLING: ACHIEVEMENTS: 80% REDUCTION IN LANDFILL WASTE DUE TO USE OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY INCINERATION, 28% TOTAL WASTE DIVERSION RATE, 65 TONS OF MATERIAL COLLECTED AS PART OF PENNMOVES FY 2019, AND 15 TONS OF ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTED ACROSS CAMPUS DURING PENNS RETHINK YOUR FOOTPRINT AND POWER DOWN CAMPAIGNS. GOALS: INCREASE PENNS OVERALL WASTE DIVERSION, MINIMIZE WASTE SENT TO LANDFILL, AND SUPPORT REGIONAL WASTE GOALS. PURCHASING: ACHIEVEMENTS: 500+ ITEMS, SINCE 2014, HAVE BEEN REPURPOSED THROUGH THE ONLINE EXCHANGE PROGRAM, BENS ATTIC; 6.9 MILLION SHEETS OF PAPER HAVE BEEN MOVED TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE SOURCE SAVING 828 TREES; AND 3,912 TONER CARTRIDGES HAVE BEEN DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL, SAVING 2,934 GALLONS OF OIL AND AVERTING 10,953.6 KG OF CO2. GOALS: INCREASE PROCUREMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTS; ENCOURAGE PURCHASING OF LOW- OR ZERO- EMISSION VEHICLES; EVALUATE MECHANISMS TO EFFECT PENNS EMISSIONS FROM AIR TRAVEL; AND EXPAND SUSTAINABLE OFFICE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, OPTIONS, STANDARDS, AND TECHNOLOGY. |
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TRANSPORTATION: ACHIEVEMENTS: 316 STAFF HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE BIKE COMMUTER EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM SINCE INCEPTION, 1,000 NEW AND UPDATED BIKE PARKING SPACES ADDED TO CAMPUS BIKE CORRALS SINCE FY 2014, AND 3,707 PARTICIPANTS IN THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE IN FY 2018, THE HIGHEST YEAR ON RECORD. GOALS: CREATE A CAMPUS SUPPORTED BY AN EFFICIENT, EASY-TO-ACCESS, INTEGRATED MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; ENABLE AN ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE CAMPUS FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS; AND IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES. OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT: ACHIEVEMENTS: 16 NEW GREEN FUND PROJECTS FROM DIVERSE PENN STAKEHOLDERS FUNDED SINCE 2014, 130 PARTICIPANTS IN THE STAFF AND FACULTY ECO-REPS PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM, 2,042 TREES GIVEN AWAY SINCE 2011, AND $1.24 MILLION DISTRIBUTED FROM THE GREEN FUND HAVE SUPPORTED IDEAS SINCE 2009. GOALS: EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN EXISTING OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND ENGAGE PENNS LEADERSHIP TO SERVE AS SUSTAINABILITY CHANGE AGENTS. THIS PROGRESS MADE SINCE THE INITIAL 2009 ACTION PLAN IS A TESTAMENT TO THE COMMITMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS CAMPUS TO LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE. A DOWNLOADABLE AND PRINTABLE COPY OF THE PENN CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN 3.0 IS AVAILABLE ON THE PENN SUSTAINABILITY WEBSITE. HTTPS://WWW.SUSTAINABILITY.UPENN.EDU/ NEIGHBORHOOD AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THE UNIVERSITY ENCOURAGES ITS STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND ALUMNI TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXTENSIVE OUTREACH THAT HELPS COMMUNITY MEMBERS LEAD HEALTHY, GAINFUL LIVES. IN FY 2019, PENNS NETTER CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 PENN STUDENTS THROUGH 74 ACADEMICALLY-BASED COMMUNITY SERVICE COURSES, MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS THROUGH FEDERAL WORK-STUDY POSITIONS AND INTERNSHIPS, AND OVER 500 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, ALL IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE NETTER CENTERS UNIVERSITY-ASSISTED COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WHICH FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WEST PHILADELPHIA, AND HAVE BEEN CREDITED WITH VISIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ATTENDANCE, AND STUDENT AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. IN TOTAL, AN ESTIMATED 13,000 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF PARTICIPATE IN MORE THAN 300 PENN VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. HTTPS://WWW.NETTERCENTER.UPENN.EDU/ ONE CRITICAL INITIATIVE THAT THE NETTER CENTER HELPS SUPPORT IS THE DR. BERNETT L. JOHNSON, JR. SAYRE HEALTH CENTER, A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED PROGRAM OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH-CARE SERVICES TO THE WEST PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SERVICES EDUCATION. ESTABLISHED IN 2006, THE HEALTH CENTER GREW OUT OF A SAYRE-PENN PARTNERSHIP THAT BEGAN IN 1996 AT SAYRE HIGH SCHOOL, A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN WEST PHILADELPHIA THAT ENROLLS PREDOMINATELY LOW-INCOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS. PENN MEDICINE PHYSICIANS AND PENN STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, NURSING, SOCIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE, AND DENTISTRY, SUPPORT THE CLINICAL MISSION OF THE HEALTH CENTER. ALONG WITH STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, THEY WORK WITH THE HEALTH CENTER STAFF AS EDUCATIONAL MENTORS, TEACHING SAYRE STUDENTS SCIENCE AND HEALTH TOPICS WITH A GOAL OF RECRUITING MORE MINORITIES TO THE MEDICAL FIELD. AS A UNIVERSITY-ASSISTED COMMUNITY SCHOOL, SAYRE ALSO OFFERS AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, PEER HEALTH EDUCATION, AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE AGATSTON URBAN NUTRITION INITIATIVE (AUNI), A KEY COMPONENT OF THE NETTER CENTERS UNIVERSITY-ASSISTED COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROGRAM WORKS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY NUTRITION AND HEALTH BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ACTIVITIES IN TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS. AUNI SPECIFICALLY TARGETS OBESITY, POOR NUTRITION, AND RELATED DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES. IN FY 2019, AUNI DELIVERED NUTRITION EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN 16 SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS PROVIDED NUTRITION LESSONS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND HANDS-ON COOKING WORKSHOPS IN 22 COMMUNITY SITES FOR ADULT COMMUNITY MEMBERS. YOUNG QUAKERS COMMUNITY ATHLETICS (YQCA), A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NETTER CENTER AND PENN ATHLETICS, CREATES MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN PENN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC TEAMS AND WEST PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN FY 2019, YQCA ENGAGED APPROXIMATELY 122 BIG QUAKERS FROM PENN MENS AND WOMENS LACROSSE AND TRACK AND FIELD AND APPROXIMATELY 196 YOUNG QUAKERS IN GRADES 4-8 FROM FOUR WEST PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY-ASSISTED COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. ANOTHER ONE OF THE NETTER CENTERS OUTREACH INITIATIVES IS PENN VIPS (VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE). WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THIS STAFF AND FACULTY VOLUNTEER GROUP RESULTS EACH YEAR IN: SIX NON-TUITION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO WEST PHILADELPHIA STUDENTS; THE ADOPTION OF 55-60 LOCAL FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS; DONATION OF OVER 1,200 GIFTS AND TOYS, 100 WINTER COATS, AND 600 NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS DURING THE HOLIDAYS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH PENN VIPS, PENN VOLUNTEERS ALSO MENTOR LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO PROVIDE EXPOSURE TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES, EXPLORE THE IMPORTANCE OF AN EDUCATION, AND TO HELP STUDENTS GAIN EXPOSURE TO A VARIETY OF CAREERS. PENN VIPS WORKS UNIVERSITY-WIDE TO SHARE UNIVERSITY EXCESS LIKE OFFICE SUPPLIES, FURNITURE, COMPUTERS, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND LOCAL AGENCIES. PENN VIPS ALSO WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PENNS AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER AND THE PHILADELPHIA HIGHER EDUCATION NETWORK FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT (PHENND, HOUSED AT THE NETTER CENTER) TO EXAMINE THE ROLE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PLAY IN ADDRESSING REAL WORLD ISSUES LIKE EDUCATION AND POVERTY. HTTPS://WWW.NETTERCENTER.UPENN.EDU/PENN-VIPS HTTPS://WWW.PHENND.ORG ANOTHER PENN HUB FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SOCIAL ADVOCACY WORK, THE CIVIC HOUSE OVERSEES A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. THE PENNCORP PRE-ORIENTATION PROGRAM INTRODUCES 40 INCOMING STUDENTS TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THE WEST PHILADELPHIA TUTORING PROJECT, SOME 300 PENN STUDENTS MENTOR LOCAL K-12 SCHOOL YOUTH ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, STUDENTS WORK YEAR-ROUND WITH COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ON A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES. IN ADDITION TO VOLUNTEERING LOCALLY, 18 OF THE 50 STUDENTS INVOLVED IN CIVIC HOUSE'S CIVIC SCHOLARS PROGRAM PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC INTEREST INTERNSHIPS OVER THE SUMMER. THE PENN ALTERNATIVE BREAKS PROGRAM SENT 60 STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT AND ASSIST COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ALSO THROUGH SEVERAL DOZEN OTHER STUDENT-LED ORGANIZATIONS COMPRISED OF SOME 1,500 VOLUNTEERS, PENN STUDENTS WORK ON A RANGE OF OTHER ISSUES IN PHILADELPHIA AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION. HTTP://WWW.VPUL.UPENN.EDU/CIVICHOUSE/PENNCORP HTTP://UPENNWPTP.WEEBLY.COM/ HTTPS://WWW.VPUL.UPENN.EDU/CIVICHOUSE/ALTERNATESPRINGBREAK.PHP HTTPS://WWW.VPUL.UPENN.EDU/CIVICHOUSE/CIVICSCHOLARS/INDEX HTTPS://WWW.VPUL.UPENN.EDU/CIVICHOUSE/PENNALTERNATIVEBREAKS ESTABLISHED BY PENN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, AND THE PHILADELPHIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS IN 1998, THE PENN ALEXANDER SCHOOL IS ONE OF NEARLY 250 SCHOOLS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA WHERE STUDENTS AT PENNS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (GSE) ARE TEACHING, COUNSELING, AND LEADING. THIS PREK-8 NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF PENN'S CAMPUS, ON A SITE THAT ALSO HOUSES A PRIVATE DAYCARE AND A HEAD START CENTER. IN FY 2019 PENN CONTINUED TO SUBSIDIZE PENN ALEXANDER WITH AN OPERATING CONTRIBUTION OF $1,330 PER STUDENT PER YEAR AMOUNTING TO OVER $840,000 TO REDUCE CLASS SIZE AND ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MAINTAIN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, AND PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY ARE WORKING WITH PENN ALEXANDER TO ENRICH THE STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. HTTPS://WWW.GSE.UPENN.EDU/INPHILLY/PAS/ HTTPS://WWW.GSE.UPENN.EDU/IN-PHILLY/AFFILIATED-SCHOOLS PENNS EMPHASIS ON SERVICE AS ESSENTIAL TO ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION IS EXEMPLIFIED BY A HOST OF SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL. SELECT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: |
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- COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PENN DENTAL MEDICINES (PDM) CURRICULUM. THROUGH PHILANTHROPY AND INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES, PDM PLANS TO INCREASE CAPACITY AT SEVERAL OF ITS EXISTING COMMUNITY PARTNER LOCATIONS DURING THE COMING YEAR. CURRENTLY, THREE LOCATIONS PROVIDE 42 PATIENT VISITS PER WEEK. WITH AN INCREASE IN OPERATORIES, FACULTY COVERAGE, AND EXPANDED HOURS, PDM PLANS TO GROW PATIENT VISITS TO OVER 300 PER WEEK A NEARLY 10-FOLD INCREASE IN CAPACITY. EXPANSION WILL OCCUR AT THE MERCY LIFE CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY, AT PUENTES DE SALUD, AND AT SAYRE HEALTH CENTER. THE PENNSMILES MOBILE DENTAL PROGRAM SERVES 5,000 PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL CHILDREN A YEAR. STUDENTS AND FACULTY ALSO PROVIDE CARE AT PHILADELPHIA FIGHT, AND WORK AS PART OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH CARE TEAMS AT HOMELESS HEALTH INITIATIVE, UNITED COMMUNITY CLINIC, AND UNIVERSITY CITY HOSPITALITY COALITION. PDM PROVIDES MORE THAN $3.6 MILLION IN UNDER AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE TO THE COMMUNITY. - PENNS SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (SAS) CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT A VARIETY OF PIPELINE PROGRAMS. FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, LIBERAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (LPS) SUMMER ACADEMIES OFFER SIGNIFICANT SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION FROM DIVERSE POPULATIONS. LOCAL AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES TO BE A FOCUS OF MANY SAS RESEARCH EFFORTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL FUNDED A NEW ROUND OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES GRANTS TO SUPPORT TEAMS OF FACULTY AND STUDENTS FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS COMBINING COURSEWORK, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF DIVERSITY AND INEQUALITY AT THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. SAS REMAINS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND PENNS ACADEMICALLY-BASED COMMUNITY SERVICE (ABCS) PROGRAM RUN BY THE NETTER CENTER, WITH THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF ABCS COURSES TAUGHT BY ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY. - THREE WORKGROUPS (RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & INNOVATION; EDUCATION; AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE-EBP) ENGAGE PENN NURSING FACULTY AND PENN MEDICINE EXECUTIVE NURSE LEADERS AND CLINICIANS IN COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO BUILD RESEARCH CAPACITY IN PRACTICE, TRAINING IN PRIMARY CARE, AND APPLICATION OF EBP MODELS IN CURRICULUM AND HEALTHCARE SETTINGS. PENN NURSING HAS ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY EXPANDED PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL PLACEMENT SITES THROUGHOUT PENN MEDICINE, THE CORPORAL MICHAEL J. CRESCENZ VA MEDICAL CENTER (CMCVAMC), AND REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS AND INDEPENDENT PRACTICES WITH A NEW MODEL THAT ENGAGES EXECUTIVE LEADERS IN IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING QUALIFIED PRECEPTORS. PENN NURSING IS A STRATEGIC PARTNER WITH PENN MEDICINE AND WITH CMCVAMC TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF VETERANS THROUGH AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON THE SPECIALIZED NEEDS OF VETERANS, AND PROVISIONS FOR BETTER ACCESS TO CARE AND EXPANDED HEALTHCARE SERVICES. PENN NURSING CONTINUES TO COLLABORATE WITH TRINITY HEALTH LEADERS IN THE STRATEGIC OVERSIGHT OF MERCY LIFE WEST PHILADELPHIA (MLWP), DELIVERY OF CARE TO VULNERABLE OLDER ADULT POPULATIONS, EDUCATION OF MLWP CLINICIANS, AND PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH. THIS ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP SERVES AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR PROGRAMS OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (PACE). STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH OVER 50 BSN STUDENTS AS COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS EMBEDDED IN LOCAL COMMUNITY SITES PROVIDES MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES IN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND INFLUENCES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PHILADELPHIA RESIDENTS. HTTPS://WWW.NURSING.UPENN.EDU/COMMUNITY/STUDENT-INITIATIVES/ - TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE WERE AMONG THE PILLARS OF THE STUART WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGNS RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AGENDA IN FY 2019. FACULTY ARE CO-LEADING TWO PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: COOPERATIVE MOBILITY FOR COMPETITIVE MEGAREGIONS, A FIVE-YEAR EFFORT TO BUILD LEGAL, TECHNICAL, AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR MEGAREGION TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; AND MOBILITY21, A FIVE-YEAR INITIATIVE TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT THROUGH COLLABORATIONS AMONG THOSE INVOLVED IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, DRONES, AND ROBOTS. THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMPLETED TWO MAJOR DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP PROJECTS ON PENNSYLVANIAS SLATELANDS AND PHILADELPHIAS SOCIETY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD; THE FACULTY IS DEVELOPING NEW APPLICATIONS FOR DRONES AND SENSORS IN CONSERVATION WORK FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND BEGAN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION THAT TESTS PREVAILING NOTIONS OF WHETHER BUILDINGS OF THE RECENT PAST REQUIRE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THEIR INTERPRETATION AND TECHNICAL INTERVENTIONS. - PENN'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION'S (GSE) IMPACT IN THE PHILADELPHIA REGION IS LARGE AND GROWING. THE SCHOOL'S INTERACTIVE AND EVOLVING "HEAT MAP" CONTINUES TO EXPAND, REFLECTING NEARLY 1,000 ACTIVITIES IN 319 SCHOOLS IN PHILADELPHIA OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. GSES MASTERS AND DOCTORAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS IN MORE THAN 90 CITY SCHOOLS, AND PROGRAMS LIKE THE PENN LITERACY NETWORK PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS ACROSS THE REGION AND COUNTRY. GSES PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS EXPAND THE SCHOOLS IMPACT NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY. THE MID CAREER DOCTORAL PROGRAM PREPARES SUPERINTENDENTS AND EDUCATION LEADERS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION EXECUTIVE DOCTORATE HAS PRODUCED MORE THAN 50 COLLEGE PRESIDENTS. GSE ALSO OFFERS THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL TEACHING RESIDENCY MASTER'S DEGREE, AN ONLINE AND "ON LOCATION" DEGREE PROGRAM AT SOME OF THE NATION'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS BOARDING SCHOOLS. BEYOND PHILADELPHIA AND THE NATION, GLOBAL WORK CONTINUES IN A VARIETY OF AREAS RANGING FROM EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TEACHING ENGLISH TO ASSISTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN OTHER NATIONS. - PENN ENGINEERINGS ADVANCING WOMEN IN ENGINEERING (AWE) PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO RECRUITING, RETAINING, AND PROMOTING WOMEN IN PENN ENGINEERING. AWE AIMS TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN INTERESTED IN STUDYING ENGINEERING, ENHANCE THE OVERALL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE OF FEMALE STUDENTS, AND CREATE AND SUPPORT SOCIAL AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS YEAR, SEAS AGAIN HOSTED FEMMEHACKS, A HACKATHON WITH THE INTENT TO INSPIRE, TEACH, AND EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE PHILADELPHIA TECH COMMUNITY AND TO CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM OF WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY FIELDS. ACCESS ENGINEERING, A STUDENT-RUN ENGINEERING ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR TALENTED PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COLLABORATES WITH THE PENN LIBRARIES TO EXPOSE PROGRAM STUDENTS TO IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY. - WHARTONS SUMMER MATH AND SCIENCE HONORS (SMASH) PROGRAM, A FREE, THREE-YEAR RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM TEACHING CORE STEM SKILLS AND FOUNDATIONAL BUSINESS CONCEPTS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED IN THE SUMMER 2018 WITH A COHORT OF 35 SOPHOMORES AND WILL GROW TO TWO COHORTS THIS SUMMER WITH THE ORIGINAL COHORT RETURNING AS JUNIORS AND A NEW COHORT OF SOPHOMORES JOINING THE PROGRAM. THE UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION ALSO CONTINUES TO OFFER STEP (SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM) TO SUPPORT STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDER-RESOURCED BACKGROUNDS AS THEY ACCLIMATE TO THE WHARTON ENVIRONMENT AND COLLEGE LIFE. - THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE (SSPP) CONTRIBUTES TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MORE EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT, AND HUMANE SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. IN PURSUIT OF THIS MISSION, THE SCHOOLS THEORY-BASED MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL WELFARE, NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP, AND SOCIAL POLICY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO THINK AND WORK ACROSS DISCIPLINARY LINES AS WELL AS ACROSS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND CULTURES. THE PURSUIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IS AT THE HEART OF THE SCHOOLS KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING ACTIVITIES. SSPPS INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS REINFORCE ITS VISION OF ACTIVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THEIR OWN LEARNING AS WELL AS THAT OF SOCIAL AGENCIES AND LARGER SOCIAL COLLECTIVITIES ORGANIZED AT THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL LEVELS. - STUDENT OUTREACH AT PENNS SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE TRANSLATES TO OVER 4,000 SURGICAL CARE CASES, OVER 500 VACCINATION CASES, AND OVER 100 MEDICAL CARE CASES FOR SHELTER ANIMALS AND ANIMALS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN ONE YEAR. THE SHELTER DOG SPECIALITY MEDICAL TREATMENT PROJECT ALONE SAVED OVER 100 SHELTER DOGS IN NEED, AND THE SCHOOLS PET VISITATION PROGRAM BRINGS CERTIFIED PET THERAPY DOGS TO VISIT FAMILIES STAYING AT THE PHILADELPHIA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. HTTP://WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/VETERINARY-HOSPITALS/RYAN-VETERINARY-HOSPITAL/SER VICES/GRIEF-SUPPORT-SOCIAL-SERVICES/COMMUNITY-OUTREACH |
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- IN FY 2019, PENN LAWS QUATTRONE CENTER FOR THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE JOINED THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR PRETRIAL JUSTICE, TO ADVANCE PRETRIAL JUSTICE NATIONALLY AND IN MORE THAN 35 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ARNOLD VENTURES IS GENEROUSLY FUNDING TWO QUATTRONE CENTER PROJECTS: A STUDY ON INDIGENT DEFENSE, WHICH INVOLVES GIVING BETTER INFORMATION TO PUBLIC DEFENDERS ON LIKELY SENTENCES TO FACILITATE PLEA NEGOTIATIONS; AND A STUDY THAT WILL MEASURE HOW DIFFERENT STRUCTURES FOR STAFFING INDIGENT CLIENTS CASES AFFECT CASE OUTCOMES. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF PENN LAW SCHOOLS TOLL PUBLIC INTEREST CENTER, MORE THAN 6,000 PENN LAW STUDENTS HAVE PROVIDED OVER 500,000 HOURS OF PRO BONO SERVICE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, PENN LAWS ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLINIC REPRESENTS LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND OFFERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. HTTPS://WWW.LAW.UPENN.EDU/PUBLICSERVICE/ HTTPS://WWW.LAW.UPENN.EDU/PUBLICSERVICE/TOLL-PUBLIC-INTEREST-CENTER.PHP HTTPS://WWW.LAW.UPENN.EDU/CLINIC/ENTREPRENEURSHIP/ PENN LIBRARIES BUILD AND CONNECT COMMUNITIES. THE LIBRARIES SPARK SYNERGIES AMONG ITS VARIOUS USERS IN AND AROUND PENN AND CREATE IMPROVED CHANNELS FOR COLLABORATION. THE LIBRARIES WILL CONTINUALLY ASSESS AND ENHANCE PROGRAMMING TO DRAW COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO LIBRARY SPACES FOR PARTNERSHIPS, NETWORKING, AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS PAST YEAR, THE LIBRARIES CREATED PEER NETWORKS AND SERVICES TAILORED TOWARD PENN FIRST PLUS STUDENTS, AND ALSO MAINTAINED OUTREACH EFFORTS WITH LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SUPPORTING 20 SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND MORE THAN 10,000 PHILADELPHIA STUDENTS. THE LIBRARIES CONTINUED TO CONNECT COLLECTIONS AND EXPERTISE TO THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY, CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARIAN ANDERSON BY HOSTING PHILADELPHIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO INTERACT AND LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD-RENOWNED SINGER THROUGH HER COLLECTION. THE LIBRARIES ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA ON THE HEALTHY LIBRARY INITIATIVE. FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE HEALTHY LIBRARY INITIATIVE HAS CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND TRAINED STAFF TO BETTER RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITYS EVOLVING NEEDS. THE LIBRARIES STAND AT THE VANGUARD OF INNOVATION AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF CREATIVE IDEAS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS, COPYRIGHTS ON PUBLISHED WORKS EXPIRED AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2018, BRINGING INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WORKS FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1923. THE LIBRARIES, WHICH HOLD MORE THAN 9,000 WORKS FROM 1923, HAVE EMBARKED ON A YEAR-LONG PROJECT TO DIGITIZE AND SHARE SELECTED BOOKS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HATHITRUST, AN ONLINE COLLECTION OF MILLIONS OF TITLES FROM LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD, FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE LIBRARIES COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS ALSO SERVE AS CULTURAL GATEWAYS. NONE STANDS OUT AS MORE ICONIC THAN WHITMAN AT 200: ART AND DEMOCRACY, A REGION-WIDE INITIATIVE ORGANIZED BY THE PENN LIBRARIES WITH MAJOR SUPPORT FROM THE PEW CENTER FOR ARTS & HERITAGE, WHICH CARRIED OUT A YEAR OF ACTIVITIES CELEBRATING THE POET, ESSAYIST, JOURNALIST, AND HUMANISTS 200TH BIRTHDAY. CROWDSOURCING CROSS- AND MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS HAVE BECOME EMBEDDED INTO THE LIBRARIES OPERATIONS. THREE INNOVATIVE PROJECTS HAVE ALLOWED THE LIBRARIES TO UTILIZE THE GREATER PUBLICS INTEREST IN COLLECTIVELY DOCUMENTING HISTORY. THE ED BACON PHOTO PROJECT, A NEW ONLINE CATALOGING PROJECT BY THE ANNE AND JEROME FISHER FINE ARTS LIBRARY, OFFERS AN INTIMATE VIEW INTO THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PHILADELPHIA CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONS INSPIRATION WITH A COLLECTION OF OVER 5,000 RESEARCH AND LECTURE SLIDES THAT ASKS THE PUBLIC TO HELP IDENTIFY THE LOCATION FOR EACH IMAGE. AT THE SCHOENBERG CENTER FOR ELECTRONIC TEXT AND IMAGE, DIGITIZED 19TH CENTURY PHILADELPHIA PLAYBILLS FROM THE LIBRARIES COLLECTION ARE BEING TRANSCRIBED BY THE PUBLIC. THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE NEW WEBSITE BUILT BY THE LIBRARIES IN COLLABORATION WITH ZOONIVERSE, CITIZEN SCHOLARS CAN HELP ANALYZE THE CAIRO GENIZA, DIGITIZED TEXTS WRITTEN IN FIVE HEBREW AND THREE ARABIC SCRIPTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE. PENNS CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ALSO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR WIDE-RANGING ENRICHMENT AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, THE MUSEUM IS ENTERING ITS SEVENTH YEAR OF UNPACKING THE PAST, A GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM THAT OFFERS FREE LESSONS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PHILADELPHIAS PUBLIC AND TITLE I CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE PROGRAM CENTERS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL ANCIENT CULTURES CURRICULUM AND HIGHLIGHTS THE MUSEUMS IMPRESSIVE EGYPTIAN, ROMAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, AND CHINESE COLLECTIONS. THIS YEARS ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF OVER 6,000 CHILDREN, INCLUDING MANY WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SO THE MUSEUM CAN "TRAIN THE TRAINER" AS WELL AS BETTER IDENTIFY TEACHERS' CLASSROOM NEED. THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSROOM PROGRAM, PROVIDING INTERCULTURAL SKILLS TO K-12 AUDIENCES, SAW A 60% INCREASE IN PROGRAMS LAST YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER INCREASED FREE SERVICE FOR TITLE I ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGH SPECIAL GRANTS. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW TEEN AND UNDERGRADUATE ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION, THE MUSEUM SUPPORTS COLLEGE-READY, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS FOR DIVERSE PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH TEEN AMBASSADORS AND TEEN INTERNSHIPS. THIS POSITION BOLSTERS ENGAGEMENT WITH PENN UNDERGRADUATES THROUGH FREE WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS HOSTED BY THE CLIO SOCIETY. THE MUSEUMS VIRTUAL PROGRAMS NOW SERVE OVER 6,000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY, AS FAR AWAY AS AUSTRALIA, MEXICO, CANADA, AND IRAQ. VIRTUAL PROGRAMS PROVIDE MUSEUM-THEMED LESSONS IN CLASSROOMS THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING AND PROMOTE GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WORLD CULTURES. IN ADDITION, VIRTUAL PROGRAMS OFFER ACCESS TO PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CANNOT PHYSICALLY VISIT THE PENN MUSEUM. PENNS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS SERVES PENN AND THE WEST PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY THROUGH SPECIAL CAMPUS-BASED AND COMMUNITY-FOCUSED TICKETING PROGRAMS, ALLOWING PENN FIRST PLUS STUDENTS AND LOWER-INCOME RESIDENTS TO ATTEND WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCES AT A FRACTION OF THEIR COST. THE CENTER HAS CONTINUED ITS LONG TRADITION OF HOSTING STUDENT AND COMMUNITY-ORIENTED EVENTS, CONVOCATIONS, COMMENCEMENTS, PERFORMANCES, AND LECTURES. IT ALSO DELIVERS HIGH QUALITY CHILDRENS PROGRAMMING WITH THE OLDEST CONTINUALLY RUNNING CHILDRENS FESTIVAL IN THE NATION AND THROUGH THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STUDENT DISCOVERY SERIES. IN TOTAL, ACPA SERVES OVER 10,000 CHILDREN IN THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA PER SEASON, OFTEN PROVIDING THEIR ONLY ACCESS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS. UNDERSCORING THE PRIORITY PENN PLACES ON PUBLIC SERVICE, PENN PRESIDENT AMY GUTMANN ESTABLISHED THE PRESIDENT'S ENGAGEMENT PRIZES IN 2015 TO SUPPORT PENN SENIORS AS THEY DESIGN AND UNDERTAKE PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS DURING THEIR FIRST POST-GRADUATION YEAR. AWARD WINNERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WORKING TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN PHILADELPHIA. HTTP://WWW.PENNPEP.UPENN.EDU/ THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS BUILDS AND STRENGTHENS RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC PARTNERS TO ACHIEVE MEANINGFUL QUALITY-OF-LIFE IMPROVEMENTS IN PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS; THE OFFICE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS CO-SPONSORS THE PHILADELPHIA MINORITY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT WEEK CONFERENCE, WHICH PROVIDES CRITICAL INFORMATION TO FOSTER THE GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE MINORITY BUSINESS COMMUNITY; AND WXPN PRODUCES CHOIR CONCERTS IN LOCAL CHURCHES THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA. IN ADDITION TO THE UNIVERSITYS NUMEROUS INITIATIVES, PENN MEDICINE IS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO IMPROVING LIVES AND HEALTH THROUGH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THESE INCLUDE: THE PENN MEDICINE CARES PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS UP TO $2,000 PER PROJECT TO COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EFFORT AT THE INITIATIVES. BY FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS CARE ABOUT DEEPLY, PENN MEDICINE CARES DOLLARS HELPED SUPPLY HEALTH SERVICES, FOOD, MEDICINE, CLOTHING, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND PLACES TO LIVE FOR THOUSANDS OF UNDERSERVED PHILADELPHIANS EVERY YEAR. SINCE THE FIRST ROUND OF RECIPIENTS WAS ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY 2012, PENN MEDICINE PROVIDED NEARLY $550,000 THROUGH PENN MEDICINE CARES TO SUPPORT OVER 500 WORTHY ORGANIZATIONS. HTTP://WWW.PENNMEDICINE.ORG/HEALTH-SYSTEM/ABOUT/COMMUNITY/ PENN MEDICINE HAS TWO PIPELINE PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON AT-RISK YOUTH AND DESIGNED TO FACILITATE CAREERS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH CARE. THEY ARE: |
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- PENN MEDICINES TWO-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL PIPELINE PROGRAM ENABLES JUNIORS AND SENIORS FROM WEST PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOLS TO ENROLL IN FOR-CREDIT COLLEGE COURSES AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA WHILE INTERNING (PAID) AT CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL UNITS THROUGHOUT OUR HEALTH SYSTEM. STUDENTS LEARN PROFESSIONALISM, INTERPERSONAL AND INTERVIEW SKILLS, AND RESUME WRITING, WHICH HELPS THEM WHEREVER THEIR CAREER PATHS LEAD. BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, PIPELINE STUDENTS TYPICALLY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE COLLEGE COURSES UNDER THEIR BELTS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS, IF SO DESIRED. STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE HIGH SCHOOL PORTION OF THE PROGRAM BECOME PENN MEDICINE ACADEMY INTERNS WHERE THEY WORK 20 HOURS WEEKLY BUT ARE PAID FOR 40 HOURS. (THE 40-HOUR THRESHOLD ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PENN MEDICINES $8,000-TUITION BENEFIT.) PMA INTERNS ALSO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND CAREER COACHING. - THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINES EDUCATION PIPELINE PROGRAM AIMS TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT BY UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS; UNDERGRADUATES LEARN FROM GRADUATE STUDENTS; AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE GUIDED BY PHYSICIANS. THE PROGRAM EXPOSES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION ALONG WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VARIETY OF CAREERS IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE. FURTHER, THE PIPELINE PROGRAM PROVIDES A VALUABLE MEANS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS, MEDICAL TRAINEES, PHYSICIANS-IN-TRAINING AND FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY TO THEIR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. PENN MENTAL HEALTH AIDS RESEARCH CENTER FOCUSES ON THE COMBINATION OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND HIV/AIDS AND RELATED COMORBIDITIES. THE CENTER STRIVES TO TRANSFORM HOW INDIVIDUALS WITH COMORBID MENTAL ILLNESS AND HIV/AIDS ARE TREATED AND MANAGED BY DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE, INTERDISCIPLINARY, AND INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES TO OPTIMIZE PSYCHIATRIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND MEDICAL OUTCOMES AND ACHIEVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THESE ILLNESSES AND TREATMENTS. HTTP://WWW.MED.UPENN.EDU/PMHARC/ PENN MEDICINE PROGRAM FOR LGBT HEALTH HAS CONTINUED TO FULFILL ITS GOALS OF IMPROVING CARE FOR LGBT PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, EDUCATING OUR PROVIDERS IN BEST PRACTICES FOR LGBT PATIENT CARE, ENHANCING THE CLIMATE FOR LGBT FACULTY AND STAFF, AND MAKING PENN MEDICINE A NATIONAL LEADER IN LGBT HEALTH. TO IMPROVE CLINICAL CARE, THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING THROUGH 40 TRAINING SESSIONS ACROSS THE HEALTH SYSTEM. PENN MEDICINE ALSO BECAME FIRST IN THE REGION TO IMPLEMENT THE COLLECTION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY FIELDS INTO OUR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD. TO DATE, OVER 300 TRANSGENDER OR GENDER NON-CONFORMING PATIENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN OUR MEDICAL RECORD, WHICH HAS TRANSLATED TO INCREASED CONTINUITY OF CARE AND PATIENT SATISFACTION. OUR RESEARCH MISSION WAS ENHANCED BY HOSTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE NIH SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY RESEARCH OFFICE THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD BUILDING A LGBT-FOCUSED CLINICAL PRACTICE. THE MENTORING PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS AND TRAINEES ENTERS ITS SECOND YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM WAS HAPPY TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HUMAN RESOURCES TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST LGBT-FOCUSED RECOGNITION WEEK AT PENN MEDICINE. HTTP://WWW.PENNMEDICINE.ORG/LGBT/ PENN MEDICINES PORTABLE HIV/AIDS RESEARCH UNIT CALLED THE PENN MOBILE TRIALS UNIT IS A CUSTOM-BUILT MEDICAL VEHICLE, FULLY EQUIPPED WITH EXAM ROOMS AND A WAITING AREA. THE VEHICLE TRANSPORTS HEALTH CARE TEAMS TO AREAS OF WEST PHILADELPHIA WITH HIGH INCIDENCE OF HIV. THE MOBILE ASPECT ENABLES PENN CLINICIANS TO TRULY CONNECT WITH PATIENTS BY PROVIDING PERSONALIZED CARE ON A COMMUNITY BASED LEVEL.COMMUNITY BASED LEVEL. -------------------- |
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STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS- HEALTHCARE COMPONENT IV. PATIENT CARE THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ("HUP"), THE FLAGSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM'S SIX HOSPITALS, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1874 AS A TEACHING HOSPITAL TO COMPLEMENT THE MEDICAL EDUCATION RECEIVED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAS MEDICAL SCHOOL, THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. IT HAS 18 CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDES TRAINING IN MORE THAN 40 CLINICAL SPECIALTIES. MAJOR AREAS OF INVESTIGATION INCLUDE HEART DISEASE, CANCER, AND DISEASES OF AGING INCLUDING ALZHEIMERS DISEASE, WOMEN'S HEALTH, DIABETES AND OBESITY. THE HEALTH SYSTEM, WITH 3,095 LICENSED HOSPITAL BEDS, IS A VALUED HEALTH-CARE RESOURCE, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA AREA, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. DURING THE COURSE OF A YEAR, IT ADMITS APPROXIMATELY 135,000 PATIENTS AND ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 5.9 MILLION OUTPATIENT VISITS, MORE THAN 359,000 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND MORE THAN 18,000 BIRTHS. HUP IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN THIS AREA THAT PERFORMS TRANSPLANTS OF ALL MAJOR ORGANS. PENN MEDICINES LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER, WHICH OPERATES AROUND THE CLOCK TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WHOVE BEEN CRITICALLY INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENTS, FALLS, AND THROUGH BLUNT AND PENETRATING TRAUMAS, IS NOW LOCATED AT PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER. THE CENTER CARES FOR MORE THAN 2,100 PATIENTS ANNUALLY, SEVERAL HUNDRED OF WHOM ARE TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER HOSPITALS VIA THE FLEET OF PENNSTAR MEDICAL HELICOPTERS AND GROUND AMBULANCES. BOTH HUP AND PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER ALSO CARE FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO ARE TRANSFERRED HERE WITH TIME-SENSITIVE CARDIAC AND SURGICAL EMERGENCIES. IN KEEPING WITH ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE, THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM (UPHS) (WHICH INCLUDES THE HUP AND CLINICAL PRACTICES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (CPUP) DIVISIONS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA), AS WELL AS CERTAIN AFFILIATES, ACCEPTS PATIENTS IN SERIOUS NEED OF MEDICAL CARE REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS. THIS DEFINITION INCLUDES THOSE PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM A MEDICAL CONDITION MANIFESTING ITSELF BY ACUTE SYMPTOMS OF SUFFICIENT SEVERITY (INCLUDING SEVERE PAIN) SUCH THAT THE ABSENCE OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN (1) PLACING THE HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL (OR, WITH RESPECT TO A PREGNANT WOMAN, THE HEALTH OF THE WOMAN OR HER UNBORN CHILD) IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY, OR (2) SERIOUS IMPAIRMENT TO BODILY FUNCTIONS. UPHS ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE OR MEET THE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY, AND CERTAIN AMOUNTS CHARGED FOR SUCH SERVICES ARE DEEMED TO BE UNCOLLECTIBLE. UPHS MAINTAINS RECORDS TO IDENTIFY AND MONITOR THE LEVEL OF CHARITY CARE THEY PROVIDE. THESE RECORDS INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENT FORGONE, BASED ON ESTABLISHED RATES, FOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED UNDER ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY. HTTP://WWW.PENNMEDICINE.ORG/HEALTH-SYSTEM/ABOUT/ORGANIZATION/POLICIES/FINA NCIAL-ASSISTANCE.HTML UPHS IS A VITAL SAFETY-NET PROVIDER CARING FOR SOME OF OUR COMMUNITYS MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS. IN FY 2019, UPHS PROVIDED $25 MILLION IN CARE TO CHARITY PATIENTS. THE ESTIMATED COSTS OF PROVIDING CHARITY SERVICES ARE BASED ON DATA DERIVED FROM A COMBINATION OF UPHS COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND THE RATIO OF COSTS TO CHARGES. ADDITIONALLY, THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN MEDICARE AND MEDICAID EXCEEDED $277 MILLION IN 2019. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING DIRECT PATIENT CHARITY CARE, IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM, IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER, REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, RECENTLY COMPLETED ITS THIRD COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) TO IDENTIFY THE MOST PRESSING HEALTH NEEDS IN THE SERVICE AREA AND DETERMINE HOW BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. IN 2019, PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, AND THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CONDUCTED A JOINT CHNA DUE TO THEIR SIMILAR SERVICE AREAS. CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL AND LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL CONDUCTED CHNAS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. PRINCETON MEDICAL CENTERS CHNA WAS COMPLETED IN 2018. THROUGH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, ALONG WITH FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING CLINICAL LEADERSHIP, HOSPITAL PATIENT ADVISORY GROUPS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHERS, THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THE RESPECTIVE HOSPITALS COMMUNITIES WERE ASSESSED AND STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLANS WERE DEVELOPED. CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN LINK: HTTPS://WWW.CHESTERCOUNTYHOSPITAL.ORG/ABOUT/COMMUNITY-HEALTH-NEEDS-ASSESSM ENT. LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN LINK: HTTPS://WWW.LANCASTERGENERALHEALTH.ORG/ABOUT-LANCASTER-GENERAL-HEALTH/CARI NG-FOR-OUR-COMMUNITY/NEEDS-ASSESSMENT-AND-IMPROVEMENT-PLAN. HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, AND PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN LINK: HTTPS://WWW.PENNMEDICINE.ORG/ABOUT/SERVING-OUR-COMMUNITY/REPORTS. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM OPERATES EMERGENCY ROOMS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK; MAINTAINS RESEARCH FACILITIES FOR THE STUDY OF DISEASE AND INJURIES; PROVIDES FACILITIES FOR TEACHING AND TRAINING VARIOUS STUDENTS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL; FACILITATES THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EDUCATION; AND PROVIDES VARIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICES SUCH AS PROVIDING BASIC MEDICAL CARE FOR THE HOMELESS, TREATING OF CHRONIC DISEASE FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS, AND PROVIDING WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES TO UNINSURED AND LOW-INCOME WOMEN OF ALL AGES; SCREENINGS FOR THE DETECTION OF BREAST, COLORECTAL, AND SKIN CANCER, CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS, A TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR CANCER INFORMATION, FREE IMMUNIZATION SHOTS, TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE CITY FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES AND SPEECHES. HTTPS://WWW.PENNMEDICINE.ORG/ABOUT/SERVING-OUR-COMMUNITY/REPORTS BELOW ARE SOME EXPANDED PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS FOR JUST A SMALL NUMBER OF THE MANY COMMUNITY CARE INITIATIVES UNDERWAY AT PENN MEDICINE: |
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- COMMUNITY MEDICINE ROTATION: DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTHS (DFMCH) COMMUNITY MEDICINE ROTATION FOR FAMILY MEDICINE (FM) RESIDENTS: THE DFMCH TRAINING PROGRAM STRESSES COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. DFMCH BELIEVES THAT COMMUNITY-BASED EXPERIENCES ARE CRITICAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE PHYSICIANS WHO RECOGNIZE THE POWERFUL EFFECTS THAT ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS HAVE ON HEALTH QUALITY. THE DFMCHS TRAINING PROGRAM IS A MODEL FOR DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS TRAINED TO MITIGATE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND TO SERVE AS ADVOCATES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. RESIDENTS ROTATE THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDING CONTINUITY IN SERVICE PROVISION FOR THREE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE AGENCIES (UNITED COMMUNITY CLINICS, UNITY HEALTH CLINIC, AND PREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA). FOR UNITED COMMUNITY CLINICS (UCC), FM RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE EVERY WEEK, SUPERVISING MEDICAL STUDENTS AT THIS FREE HEALTH CLINIC COORDINATED BY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, NURSING, AND SOCIAL WORK. DFMCH FM RESIDENTS ARE THE ONLY PEDIATRIC (AND ADULT) PROVIDERS WHO SUPERVISE THE MEDICAL STUDENTS AT UCC. DFMCH FM RESIDENTS ALSO HAVE LEADERSHIP ROLES LONGITUDINALLY IN UCCS HYPERTENSION CLINIC PROVIDING CONTINUITY CARE FOR A COHORT OF UCC PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION. THE UNITY HEALTH CLINIC IS A FREE CLINIC THAT PRIMARILY SERVES UNINSURED INDONESIAN IMMIGRANTS OF CHINESE DESCENT. THIS UNDERSERVED, POPULATION STRUGGLES WITH HEALTH DISPARITIES INCLUDING INCREASED RATES OF WORK-RELATED INJURIES, SMOKING, DIABETES, AND GASTRO-INTESTINAL CANCERS. UNITY PARTNERS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH TO PROVIDE FREE ACUTE, CHRONIC, AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE TO THIS HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED POPULATION. UNITY IS STAFFED BY PENN MEDICINE FACULTY, FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION. LEARNERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE A ONE-OF-A-KIND OPPORTUNITY TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH MEDICAL TRANSLATORS; DISCOVER HOW DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS AFFECT PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE; AND SERVE A MOTIVATED AND UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITY OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES. IN 2018 UNITY PROVIDED 971 RECORDED VISITS AND 91 IMMUNIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHICH INCLUDES THE FLU, TDAP AND THE TWINRIX. DFMCH FM RESIDENTS ALSO PROVIDE CONTINUITY SUPPORT FOR PREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA (PPP). THE MISSION OF PPP IS TO REDUCE THE HARM ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND SEX INDUSTRY WORK BY PROMOTING HEALTH, EMPOWERMENT AND SAFETY WHILE ADVOCATING FOR HUMANE PUBLIC POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. DFMCH FM FACULTY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPERVISION OF RESIDENTS PROVIDING CLINICAL SUPPORT FOR PPP HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS THROUGH THEIR NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAM AND THE STREETSIDE HEALTH PROJECT (SHP). THE SHP PARTNERS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAS DFMCH TO PROVIDE FREE ACUTE, CHRONIC, AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE TO CLIENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. THE SHP HAS A SPECIAL FOCUS ON LINKING PEOPLE TO MEDICAL INSURANCE, PRIMARY CARE, AND SPECIALTY CARE (PARTICULARLY CARE FOR HIV AND HCV). ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR DFMCH FM RESIDENTS INCLUDE SUPPORT FOR HEALTH PROMOTION WORK IN THREE WEST-PHILADELPHIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; THE WALK-WITH-A-DOC PROGRAM AT THE SAYRE HEALTH CENTER; DFMCH HOME VISITATION AND HIGH-COST, HIGH-NEED PATIENT PROGRAMMING, ROTATION WITH TWO COLLABORATING FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHCS) AS WELL AS A COHORT OF RESIDENTS WHO PROVIDE PRENATAL CARE AT A THIRD FQHC; DFMCHS LESBIAN, GAY, BI-SEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) CARE PROGRAMMING. DFMCH FACULTY DIRECT A POPULAR ELECTIVE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS (FM326) AND RESIDENTS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS SEEKING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAIN AND DEVELOP COMMUNITY-MEDICINE-RELATED SKILLS WHERE LEARNERS ARE PAIRED WITH DFMCH FM RESIDENTS ROTATING ON THEIR COMMUNITY MEDICINE ROTATION. HTTPS://WWW.PENNMEDICINE.ORG/DEPARTMENTS-AND-CENTERS/FAMILY-MEDICINE-AND-C OMMUNITY-HEALTH/COMMUNITY-INITIATIVES/RESIDENCY-COMMUNITY-INITIATIVES - THE LUDMIR CENTER IS A NON-PROFIT AMBULATORY HEALTHCARE FACILITY SPECIALIZING IN THE PROVISION OF OBSTETRICAL, GYNECOLOGIC AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. LCWH PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL CARE TO ALL PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. MOST PATIENTS HAVE LOW TO MODERATE INCOMES. AS A COMMUNITY BASED PRACTICE, LCWH OFFERS MORE THAN TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES. LCWH EMPLOYS A FULL-TIME SOCIAL WORKER WHO PROVIDES PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, LCWH ADDRESSES SOME OF THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ITS PATIENTS AND THEIR PARTNERS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS: - LATINA COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES (LCHS) IS AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT OFFERS PRENATAL AND GYNECOLOGIC SERVICES TO WOMEN WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN MEDICAL INSURANCE. IT IS FUNDED BY GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND STAFFED BY PHYSICIANS, A NURSE PRACTITIONER, MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND PATIENT SERVICES COORDINATOR FROM PENN MEDICINE MEDICAL GROUP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM. LCHS ALSO PARTNERS WITH OTHER ENTITIES SUCH AS PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITALS DIABETES EDUCATION CENTER AND WOMENS SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING CASA DEL CARMEN AND HEALTH PROMOTIONS COUNCIL. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL DIABETIC TEACHING, INFANT FEEDING CLASSES, FAMILY SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE. - CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSES ARE TAUGHT BY LCWH REGISTERED NURSES WHO HAVE ALSO EARNED CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION. THE CLASSES COVER SUCH TOPICS AS: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE LABOR, RELAXATION TECHNIQUES AND MEDICAL OPTIONS FOR PAIN RELIEF IN LABOR, THE IMPORTANCE OF POST-PARTUM CARE, AND EARLY INFANT CARE/DEVELOPMENT. - MALE PARTNERS SERVICES: THE MALE PARTNERS OF LCWH FEMALE PATIENTS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE TREATMENT THROUGH THIS SENSITIVE AND CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE. - BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER EARLY DETECTION PROGRAM IS A PENNSYLVANIA STATE-FUNDED PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FREE CERVICAL CANCER AND BREAST SCREENINGS (INCLUDING PELVIC EXAMINATIONS, CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATIONS, AND PAP SMEAR TESTING AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES) TO UNINSURED WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES 21-64. - TOBACCO SMOKING CESSATION IS OFFERED IN THE EFFORT TO DECREASE TOBACCO SMOKING RATES AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN AND MOTHERS. EACH LCWH NURSE IS CERTIFIED BY THE HEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE COUNSELING ON SMOKING CESSATION AND REDUCTION IN EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL SMOKE. - DICKENS CENTER FOR WOMENS HEALTH: THE HELEN O. DICKENS CENTER FOR WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING PERSONALIZED CARE TO WOMEN OF ALL AGES, FULFILLING PENN MEDICINES PHILOSOPHY OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY. DR. DICKENS WAS THE FIRST FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN DOCTOR TO BECOME BOARD CERTIFIED IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY IN PHILADELPHIA AS WELL AS THE FIRST TO BE NAMED A FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. SHE WORKED TO EDUCATE YOUNG WOMEN ABOUT THEIR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF TEEN PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. THE DICKENS CENTER SERVES MAINLY MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND UNINSURED PATIENTS. PENN MEDICINE OFFERS UNCOMPENSATED AND UNDERCOMPENSATED CARE FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY, BASED ON FINANCIAL COUNSELING. THE CENTER OFFERS PRENATAL CARE, GYNECOLOGY AND COLPOSCOPY SERVICES. THE CENTER HAS ESTABLISHED WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND PROGRAMS WITH CITY AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES, STATE-FUNDED PROGRAMS AND MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS, TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES THAT FIT THEIR EDUCATIONAL, FINANCIAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS. THE CENTER ALSO PROVIDES CARE AT THE PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHS HEALTH CENTER 3 AND OFFERS CONSULTATIONS AND CARE FOR WOMEN WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL AND OBSTETRIC CONDITIONS OR FETAL ANOMALIES. THE CENTERS INTEGRATED HIGH-RISK PROGRAM COMBINES CARE COORDINATORS, PHYSICIANS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE A UNIQUE LEVEL OF CONTINUITY FOR OUR PATIENTS. - THE HEART SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROGRAM: FOR WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PREECLAMPSIA DURING THEIR PREGNANCY, CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS ENCOURAGE NEW MOMS TO SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP VISIT WITH THEIR DOCTOR WITHIN A WEEK OF DELIVERY TO HAVE THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK. FOR MANY WOMEN, COMING TO THE OFFICE AFTER HAVING A NEWBORN IS DIFFICULT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. THIS PROGRAM IS A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND TEXT-MESSAGE BASED PROGRAM THAT MAKES POSTPARTUM BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING MORE CONVENIENT FOR WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH PREECLAMPSIA AND OTHER BLOOD PRESSURE DISORDERS DURING PREGNANCY AND PROMOTES COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR CARE TEAM WITHOUT VISITING A DOCTORS OFFICE. VISITING A DOCTORS OFFICE. |
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- PUENTES DE SALUD/BRIDGES OF HEALTH, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION VOLUNTARILY STAFFED BY PENN MEDICINE DOCTORS, NURSES, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, PROVIDES LOW-COST PRIMARY CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED AND UNINSURED LATINO IMMIGRANTS. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2002 BY A PENN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN WHO OVERSEES THE PROGRAM ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. PUENTES HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE SERVICES BY STUDENTS FROM PENN'S SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL POLICY & PRACTICE, LAW, AND DENTAL MEDICINE -- AS WELL AS STUDENTS FROM OTHER AREA UNIVERSITIES AND HOSPITALS. TRAINED PROMOTORAS DE SALUD/HEALTH PROMOTERS FROM THE COMMUNITY ESCORT PATIENTS TO THEIR VISITS AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT PLANS. MORE RECENTLY, THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDED TO INCLUDE PUENTES HACIA EL FUTURO, AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHICH NOW INCLUDES MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEER TUTORS FROM PENN AND AREA COLLEGES. HTTP://WWW.PUENTESDESALUD.ORG/ - THE PENN ASIAN HEALTH INITIATIVES (PAHI) IS STAFFED BY PENN MEDICINE FACULTY, FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION. PAHI IS BASED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. IT PROVIDES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INCLUDING TESTING, TREATMENT, AND EDUCATION, TO LOW-INCOME ASIAN IMMIGRANTS, MOSTLY NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING INDONESIAN AND VIETNAMESE PATIENTS. THE PROGRAMS ASIAN PHYSICIANS ALSO MENTOR PENNS ASIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS, UNDERGRADUATES, AND PUBLIC-HEALTH GRADUATE STUDENTS. - PENN MEDICINE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IMPACT PROGRAM: IMPACT IS A STANDARDIZED, SCALABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW) PROGRAM IN WHICH PENN MEDICINE HIRES, TRAINS AND DEPLOYS TRUSTED LAYPEOPLE FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO HELP PATIENTS ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, INCLUDING ACCESSING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, ADDRESSING SUBSTANCE ABUSE, CONNECTING TO HEALTHY FOOD, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND ENGAGING IN CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO NEARLY 10,000 HIGH-RISK PATIENTS AND PROVEN IN THREE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS TO IMPROVE CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL, MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF CARE WHILE REDUCING TOTAL HOSPITAL DAYS BY 65%. IN ADDITION, CHWS FACILITATE MEET UP GROUPS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHICH INCLUDE THINGS LIKE COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, FINANCIAL PLANNING, BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT, ETC. (PATIENTS CHOOSE THE TOPICS, CHWS ARRANGE GUEST SPEAKERS AND FACILITATE). IMPACT ALSO SUPPORTS THE VETERAN COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATING COMMUNITY GARDENS, CONNECTING THEM TO EDISON HIGH SCHOOL TO DO MENTORING, BOWLING EVENTS, ETC.) MORE THAN 1,000 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ACCESSED OUR CHW TOOLKIT AND WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY CREATE, LAUNCH AND SUSTAIN EFFECTIVE CHW PROGRAMS. LINK: HTTP://CHW.UPENN.EDU/IMPACT - CUT HYPERTENSION, FOUNDED IN 2010 AND OPERATED BY PENN MEDICAL STUDENTS, PROVIDES ONSITE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS AT WEST PHILADELPHIA BARBERSHOPS. THE MEDICAL STUDENTS ENCOURAGE THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY TO SEEK SUSTAINED HEALTHCARE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ACCESSING LOCAL PHYSICIANS. THEY ALSO DISPENSE PROVEN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE AND SEEK TO INFORM PEOPLE OF MEDICAL MISCONCEPTIONS. A KEY TO THE PROGRAMS SUCCESS IS THAT THE SCREENINGS OCCUR IN FRIENDLY, COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTS BEARING NO RESEMBLANCE TO A DOCTORS OFFICE, WHERE PATIENTS OFTEN ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK CANDIDLY OR ASK QUESTIONS. THE PROGRAMS BIGGEST SUPPORTERS ARE THE BARBERSHOP OWNERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO NOW VIEW CUT HYPERTENSION AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR SERVICE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. HTTP://WWW.MED.UPENN.EDU/DIVERSITYUME/STUDENTLEDCLINICS.HTML - UNIVERSITY CITY HOSPITALITY COALITION (UCHC) MEDICAL CLINIC, OPENED IN 1989, IS ONE OF ELEVEN COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY MEDICAL STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. AT UCHC, PENN MEDICAL STUDENTS PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, AND REFERRAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. VOLUNTEER PENN PHYSICIANS, RESIDENTS, AND PHARMACISTS DELIVER AND HELP OVERSEE CARE IN THE CLINIC. UCHC ALSO WORKS TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH SPECIALTY CLINICS RANGING FROM PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION TO THE AGNEW SURGICAL CLINIC. HTTP://WWW.MED.UPENN.EDU/DIVERSITYUME/STUDENTLEDCLINICS.HTML HTTPS://WWW.UCHCPHILADELPHIA.ORG/ - COMMUNITY-ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (CAP-IPA) AND DANCE FOR HEALTH: PENN MEDICINE FACULTY AND STAFF PARTICIPATE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSINGS STUDENT-LED COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS PROGRAM - WHICH COMPRISES 15 INITIATIVES - BRINGS NURSING STUDENTS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND INTO THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY TO SHARE THEIR SKILLS AND LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES. THE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS PROGRAM IS THE VEHICLE BY WHICH THE SCHOOL OF NURSING PROMOTES HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND PROVIDES COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN WITH HEALTH SCREENING AND INFORMATION ABOUT NUTRITION AND DIET, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, NEWBORN CARE, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, AND SEXUAL HEALTH. ONE PROGRAM, DANCE FOR HEALTH, IS A PROGRAM FOR ALL AGES THAT HAS ENGAGED OVER 1,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FOUR SITES AND OFFERS FREE DANCE FITNESS CLASSES AIMED TO EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. CLASSES ARE OFFERED IN CONCERT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. - THROUGH THE HEALTH SCIENCE EXPLORATION PROGRAM (HSE), MEDICAL STUDENTS, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITYS NETTER CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, HELP 6TH-8TH GRADERS INTERACTIVELY EXPLORE HEALTH TOPICS RELEVANT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. THE MISSION OF HSE IS: > TO INCREASE HEALTH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH AN ENGAGING, INTERACTIVE CURRICULUM > TO EMPOWER THESE STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND PROMOTE HEALTH WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY > TO STRENGTHEN A COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY-CENTERED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA AND PENN > TO DIMINISH EDUCATION-RELATED DISPARITIES BY CREATING LESSONS THAT ADHERE TO STATE STANDARDS AND ARE DELIVERED WITH RESPECT AND EQUITY. - COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING: THE FREE WEST PHILADELPHIA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM WAS STARTED BY TWO PENN PHYSICIANS TO IMPROVE COLORECTAL HEALTH AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. A TRAINED PATIENT-NAVIGATOR HELPS PATIENTS SCHEDULE THE PROCEDURE AND UNDERSTAND THE PREPARATION PROCESS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING. THE NAVIGATORS ALSO SUPPLY FREE PREPARATION MATERIALS AND TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE PROCEDURE, AND ENSURE THAT PATIENTS RECEIVE INFORMATION MATCHED TO THEIR LEVEL OF HEALTH LITERACY. PROGRAM STAFF WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ON EDUCATING RESIDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SCREENING AND ABOUT THE PENN INITIATIVE. SINCE THE PROGRAMS INCEPTION IN 2011, OVER 700 PATIENTS FROM WEST, SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA WHO PREVIOUSLY COULD NOT ACCESS COLONOSCOPY HAVE BEEN SCREENED WITH COLONOSCOPY. 43% OF THESE PATIENTS HAD AT LEAST ONE PRECANCEROUS POLYP WHICH WAS REMOVED AND 5 PATIENTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE COLORECTAL CANCER AND HAVE RECEIVED TREATMENT AT PENN MEDICINE. THESE STATISTICS SUGGEST THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF COLORECTAL CANCER CASES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. HTTPS://HEALTHCAREINNOVATION.UPENN.EDU/SOI - PENN MEDICINE BREAST HEALTH INITIATIVE: IN RECOGNITION OF THE BARRIERS TO SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER, PENN MEDICINE OFFERS BREAST SCREENINGS AS WELL AS DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED AND UNINSURED WOMEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN NONPROFITS AND CLINICS IN THE REGION. SINCE THE PROGRAMS INCEPTION IN 2014, IT HAS PROVIDED FREE MAMMOGRAMS TO OVER 3,000 WOMEN. OVER 50% OF THE WOMEN IN THIS PROGRAM ARE LATINA AND 28% ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN; 56% DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. TO DATE, 35 CASES OF BREAST CANCER HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND TREATED. |
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ITS PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNCTION IS ALSO CONDUCTED BY REGULARLY PROVIDING HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION TO PRINT, ELECTRONIC, AND INTERNET MEDIA FOR BROAD PUBLIC DISSEMINATION. IN ADDITION, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN AREA HIGH SCHOOLS FAMILIARIZE AND PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR CAREERS IN THE HEALTH CARE ARENA. PENN PHYSICIANS, PHARMACISTS, NURSES, RESIDENTS, STAFF, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE AT FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND HEALTH FAIRS EVERY YEAR. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: VISION, GLUCOSE, BLOOD PRESSURE, ORAL CANCER, SKIN CANCER, AND KIDNEY DISEASE SCREENINGS; CPR TRAINING; HYPERTENSION SCREENINGS, AWARENESS, AND EDUCATION AT LOW-INCOME HOUSING LOCATIONS; WELLNESS EDUCATION AND ACTIVITY AT LOCAL SENIOR HOMES; MANDARIN, TAIWANESE, AND CHINESE-LANGUAGE PRESENTATIONS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS; HIV/AIDS AWARENESS EDUCATION AND TESTING; AND STOP THE BLEED EDUCATION. PENN MEDICINE ALSO OPERATES THE HEALTH EDUCATION TENT FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN-THEMED ODUNDE FESTIVAL, WHICH ATTRACTS 500,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY. AS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, UPHS ALSO LINKS ELIGIBLE PATIENTS WITH APPROPRIATE SUBSIDIZED HEALTH CARE AND FINANCIAL AID RESOURCES INCLUDING PATIENTS FROM THE CITY'S DISTRICT HEALTH CENTERS WHO REQUIRE SPECIALIZED CARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY SETTING. UPHS FACULTY ALSO VOLUNTEER THEIR EXPERTISE TO NUMEROUS PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES AT THE COMMUNITY, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING BEST-PRACTICE GUIDELINES. PENN FACULTY ALSO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE AND COUNSEL TO PATIENT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. HTTP://WWW.UPHS.UPENN.EDU/NEWS/ HTTP://WWW.PENNMEDICINE.ORG/HEALTH-SYSTEM/ABOUT/COMMUNITY/COMMUNITY-EVENTS .HTML SEE SCHEDULE H, PART VI FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING SOME OF THE VARIOUS ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM. -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 28 & FORM 990, SCHEDULE L, PART IV |
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INTERESTED PERSONS DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OF ITS OPERATIONS AND AFTER APPROPRIATE REVIEW, THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (THE "UNIVERSITY") MAY OCCASIONALLY TRANSACT BUSINESS WITH PERSONS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED ON FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 28. IN THIS REGARD, THE UNIVERSITY ADHERES TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND ANY SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE CONDUCTED AT AN ARMS-LENGTH BASIS. FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019, NO TRANSACTIONS WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED ON FORM 990, SCHEDULE L, PART IV. -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART V, LINE 4(B) |
ADDITIONAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHERE BANK ACCOUNTS ARE HELD TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM - SEE ATTACHMENT 2 FOR ADDITIONAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHERE BANK ACCOUNTS ARE HELD -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 5 |
DETAIL REGARDING DIVERSION OF ASSETS THROUGH A ROUTINE AUDIT OF THE UNIVERSITY'S GRANT DISBURSEMENTS PROGRAM, THE UNIVERSITY LEARNED OF A DIVERSION OF ITS ASSETS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019. THE NATURE OF THE DIVERSION CONSISTED OF AMOUNTS BEING PAID FROM FEDERAL GRANTS TO FORMER UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES FOR WORK WHICH WAS NOT PROPERLY SUBSTANTIATED. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ASSETS DIVERTED TOTALED $309,058.51. THE UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN SEVERAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, INCLUDING VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE AND REPAYMENT TO THE PROGRAM SPONSOR, ENHANCED INTERNAL CONTROLS, PROCEDURES AND TRAINING, AS WELL AS A CHANGE IN PROGRAM SUPERVISION AND HIRING PRACTICES. FURTHER, THE UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN ALL POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO RECOVER THE AMOUNTS. -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 |
FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 IS RECEIVED FROM OUR TAX CONSULTING FIRM, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP ("PWC"), ON APPROXIMATELY MARCH 15TH OF THE FILING YEAR AND REVIEWED BY THE ASSOCIATE COMPTROLLER. THE FORM 990 IS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE COMPTROLLER, CFO OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM, AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND TREASURER PRIOR TO MEETING WITH PWC AND THE ASSOCIATE COMPTROLLER TO DISCUSS AND FINALIZE THE FORM. A "FINAL" DRAFT COPY OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE. THE FINAL COPY OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 IS POSTED TO THE TRUSTEES' WEB SITE FOR DISTRIBUTION AND REVIEW BY ALL TRUSTEES PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL FILING DEADLINE. -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C |
CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY EACH COVERED PERSON* ANNUALLY SHALL COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND SHALL UPDATE SUCH QUESTIONNAIRE PROMPTLY AS NECESSARY TO REFLECT CHANGES DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. FORMER BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT TRUSTEE EMERITI ARE ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE DURING THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THEIR TERMS. COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY SUCH OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL, AS WELL AS BY ANY OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL AND/OR AUDITORS WHO MAY BE APPOINTED TO ADVISE THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTED TO OVERSEE THIS POLICY. COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES ALSO SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY ANY BOARD MEMBER. *COVERED PERSONS INCLUDE: (1) VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (INCLUDING CHARTER TRUSTEES, TERM TRUSTEES, ALUMNI TRUSTEES, AND COMMONWEALTH TRUSTEES); (2) TRUSTEE EMERITI WHO HAVE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FOR FIVE YEARS OR LESS; (3) OTHER FORMER VOTING TRUSTEES FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE END OF THEIR TERM AS SUCH; (4) OFFICERS AS DEFINED IN THE STATUTES; (5) MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT BOARD; AND (6) KEY EMPLOYEES. EACH COVERED PERSON (EXCEPT FORMER BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT TRUSTEE EMERITI) SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, NOT LESS THAN ANNUALLY, THAT HE OR SHE HAS READ AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS POLICY. -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 |
COMPENSATION PROCESS THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF AT LEAST 5 DISINTERESTED, VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE COMMITTEE HAS THE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY BOTH FOR PROVIDING OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROCESS, OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW OF THE ACTUAL COMPENSATION DECISIONS, AND FOR REVIEWING ACTUAL AND PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING TRUSTEES AND STATUTORY OFFICERS ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY'S CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICY AS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE COMMITTEE ADOPTS AND IMPLEMENTS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PRINCIPLES, AND IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ARRANGEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND HER DIRECT REPORTS, THE STATUTORY OFFICERS, SENIOR ACADEMIC OFFICIALS, DEANS, OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES, AND ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE POTENTIALLY DISQUALIFIED PERSONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS LEGISLATION. THE COMMITTEE MAY PERIODICALLY REVIEW THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF OTHER HIGHLY COMPENSATED INDIVIDUALS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT DEEMED TO EXERCISE "SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE" OVER THE UNIVERSITY. THE COMPENSATION SUBCOMMITTEE (CREATED TO CONFORM TO CERTAIN PROCEDURES IN DOCUMENTING REASONABLE SALARIES FOR THE OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY), MEETS AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR TO REVIEW APPROPRIATE DATA, INCLUDING COMPARABLE SALARIES, IN ORDER TO REPORT ITS CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON OFFICERS' SALARIES FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THE COMPENSATION SUBCOMMITTEE ENGAGES AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY TO SERVE AS A CONSULTANT. -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 |
DOCUMENTS AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC GOVERNING DOCUMENTS - OFFICIAL RECORDS GENERATED OR RECEIVED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC OFFICES OF THE UNIVERSITY IN THE CONDUCT OF THEIR BUSINESS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE UNIVERSITY AND MAY BECOME ARCHIVAL MATERIAL. THE ARCHIVED RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND RECORDS CENTER WEB SITE HTTP://WWW.ARCHIVES.UPENN.EDU UNDER UNIVERSITY RECORDS CENTER. FORM 1023 - SINCE THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1740, THE ORGANIZATION WAS NOT REQUIRED TO FILE A FORM 1023 APPLICATION. INSTEAD, ITS IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT STATUS IS GRANDFATHERED BY THE IRS. CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES - POLICIES, STATEMENTS, AND GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE OFFICE OF THE AUDIT, COMPLIANCE, AND PRIVACY WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.UPENN.EDU/OACP/ UNDER PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - THE UNIVERSITY'S ANNUAL REPORT IS PRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND TREASURER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER AND INCLUDES THE UNIVERSITY'S AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SUMMARY OF ENDOWMENT PERFORMANCE, AND MESSAGES FROM EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT. ANNUAL REPORTS ARE PUBLISHED AFTER THE CLOSE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR (JULY 1 TO JUNE 30) AND ARE AVAILABLE ON THE COMPTROLLER WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.FINANCE.UPENN.EDU/COMPTROLLER UNDER FINANCIAL REPORTS. -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART X |
BALANCE SHEET CERTAIN PRIOR YEAR BALANCES HAVE BEEN RESTATED TO CONFORM TO THE CURRENT YEAR PRESENTATION. -------------------- |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 |
DETAIL OF OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS PENSION & OTHER POSTRETIREMENT PLAN ADJ. $(342,137,000) ------------- TOTAL $(342,137,000) -------------------- |
Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. 
Complete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990,
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.