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Penn Inspire COVID-19 Forum on September 23

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The COVID-19 Pandemic has left indelible marks in our community. This upcoming Thursday, September 23rd, a group of Penn scientists wants to share their vision on how to build a path forward.

The Penn Interdisciplinary Network for Scientists Promoting Inclusion, Retention, and Equity (Penn INSPIRE), cordially invites you to join us for our Community Forum on the COVID-19 Pandemic: “Building a Path Forward: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic”. This free virtual event will be held on Thursday, September 23rd from 5 PM to 6:30 PM ET. 

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During this event, a panel of the following public health and microbiology experts will share their latest insights and answer questions in a manner accessible to the general public about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic:

Susan Weiss, PhD
Professor of Microbiology at Penn
Co-Director Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens

César de la Fuente, PhD
Presidential Assistant Professor at Penn
Inventor of Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Test

Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
Silverstein Endowed Term Chair in Global Women’s Health, Penn Nursing
Co-Founder of “Dear Pandemic”

Nawar Naseer, PhD
Master of Public Health Student, Penn
Penn COVID-19 Contact Tracing Lead

Katie Strelau
PhD Candidate, CAMB MVP
Penn COVID-19 Contact Tracing Lead

We have attached promotional flyers with more information. We kindly ask that you share this invitation with other groups or organizations who would be interested in attending. If you have any questions, please let us know!

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Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group Kickoff Meeting

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The Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group trains scientists to advocate for evidence-based policies, engage with domestic policymakers, foreign governments, and international agencies, and communicate scientific findings to these groups and to the general public.

In past years, PSPDG has:

  • run a seven-part workshop series on different aspects of scientific communication
  • organized teams to write evidence-based policy memos, submitted them to a national competition (winning first place in 2019 and second place in 2020 and 2021), and took them to legislative offices in DC and Harrisburg (getting several members of Congress to cosponsor legislation)
  • attended the United Nations’ Science Technology and Innovation forum

We’d like to invite you to our kick-off meeting for this year, to be held virtually Tuesday, September 21 at 5:30 PM ET. Come hear about our plans for the coming year, and be a part of making it all happen. The current members all learned by doing, so no prior experience is required!

You can register here.

Save the Date: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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Wednesday, October 13th, 2021, 12 – 2 PM
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Penn Libraries and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) Patient and Family Education Committee are observing Health Literacy Month by participating in the National Library of Medicine’s #citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon initiative to edit health-related pages on Wikipedia, an online open-source encyclopedia that has become one of the world’s most popular websites. Learn how to edit Wikipedia pages using information found on MedlinePlus, PubMed, and other credible health websites. No prior experience with Wikipedia is necessary for this volunteer activity.

BGSA & IGA: Science Communication and Activism Career Panel

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BGSA & IGA are co-hosting Science Communication and Activism Career Panel.  Panelists will include Wei Ji Ma PhD (professor and science activist), Evguenia Alechine PhD (medical and science writer), and Kevin Alicea PhD (associate director of PROUD and science activist) who are involved in careers focusing on science communication and activism.  The virtual event will be hosted on Monday, March 1st, 12-1pm.

Please submit any questions you may want to ask the panelists using the google form and sign up to be entered in a raffle for the BGSA sweatshirt: https://forms.gle/ozTYKP5SWggQHs2b9

Panelist bios attached!