This past summer, in the midst of a global pandemic, three University of Pennsylvania Hillman Scholars, Jessie Axsom ('23), Nina Juntereal ('24), and Anthony Scarpone-Lambert ('21), took on an project aimed at sharpening their innovative skills and creating something to…
This year, Penn’s annual Summer Mentorship Program (SMP) was different for a lot of reasons. First, and most obviously, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the program into a virtual format. For this program, that meant going virtual using Zoom for…
Alasia Ledford, MDiv, BSN, RN and Martha Grace Cromeens JD, BSN, RN utilized the Hillman Interdisciplinary Inquiry Fellowship funds to attend the 2019 Qualitative Research Summer Intensive (QRSI) hosted by UNC’s Odum Institute for Research in Social Science and Research…
Strategic Emergence in Nursing Science: The Critical Adaptation of a Co-Created Pedagogical Space Patrina Sexton Topper, Jane Evered, Clare Whitney, Elizabeth Broden The Advanced Qualitative Collective (AQC) is a staple student-run group founded with the vision of Dr. Sarah Kagan…
Each year, the University of Pennsylvania honors student leaders who are graduating from Penn or about to graduate with the President & Provost's Honor for Developing New Initiatives in Graduate & Professional Student Life. According to the Grad Center at…
Gillian Adynski (UNC, Chapel Hill, '20) and Rebecca Fitzula Hoover (UNC, Chapel Hill, '23) were part of the first cohort of nurses to be involved in the Clinician Leadership in Quality and Safety, a blending of the UNC School of Nursing, School…
Stephen Bonett (PENN '21) and Clare Whitney (PENN '20) joined dozens of members from the Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps and helped to staff the South Philadelphia COVID-19 drive through testing site. The Corp is an all-volunteer group of medical and nonmedical professionals who act as…
Dr. Kristen Choi is currently an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, and a Hillman Scholar alumna. Read her firsthand reflection on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference here: Future literacy is defined as an…
Nine scholars received special Hillman Advancing Early Research Opportunities (AERO) grants this fall, awarding them each $5,000 to fund their work. The goal of the Hillman AERO small grant is to support scholar research that represents a significant step in…