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On Monday, February 26, 2024, the Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C) held a vibrant kickoff event at the historic Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania. The event recognized the remarkable community partners who have collaborated with Penn Nursing and Penn Engineering faculty to co-create innovative solutions for community challenges and provided an opportunity for project teams to share details of their research. The inaugural celebration provided a valuable networking opportunity, uniting community organizations and faculty researchers from both schools. Attendees enjoyed … Read More

Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C), an initiative led jointly by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and the School of Engineering and Applied Science (Penn Engineering), has awarded funding to five new research projects that address social justice through designing and implementing solutions to improve health, well-being, and safety. In addition to the involvement of Penn faculty and students, the projects are required to have active and equitable representation of the community in which the project will be completed.… Read More

About a year ago, George Demiris and Mark Yim began a conversation that included many of their colleagues from Penn’s School of Nursing and School of Engineering and Applied Science. … Read More