Tag: University of Penn

Point Breeze: Urban Farmer Shares His Craft With Community

July 2, 2018Tracie Thompson and

Twenty-seven-year-old Atiba Ellerby is a part-time barista and full-time urban farmer. When he’s not making coffee at The Pharmacy, a coffee shop in Point Breeze, he is tending to gardens throughout the city. Farming is

Amateur Sports: Five Best Student Fans In The Big 5

March 4, 2015

Philadelphia is known for having some of the most passionate, dedicated and brash sports fans. This list highlights the most fervid sports enthusiasts in the Big Five. Joost Charlow: University of Pennsylvania The University of

West Powelton: Bernadine Hawes Says, “We Try to Create Great Citizens of Philadelphia.”

February 17, 2015Paul Klein

Bernadine Hawes is a Washington D.C. native who moved to West Philadelphia in 1972 to get her master’s degree in Medical Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has since been a very active member