Alumni Weekend - Realizing Penn’s Civic Mission in Practice: Perspectives from Netter Center Alumni

Penn Alumni Weekend Event

Join the founder and Barbara and Edward Netter director of the Netter Center, Ira Harkavy (C'70, GR'79, PAR'01, PAR'06), and alumni over the decades as they discuss how their Penn and Netter Center experiences shaped their civic and professional lives and the relevance for higher education today. 

Speakers include:

• Adam Cohen, C16, Associate at Klein Hornig LLP, Affordable Housing and Community Development Group
• Tamara Dubowitz, C96 PAR29, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health; Adjunct Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
• Donna Walker James, C86, Executive Director, Computer CORE
• David Rice, C01, General and Robotic Surgeon, Atrium Health
• Jessica Donner, C96, Executive Director, Every Hour Counts; Netter Center National Advisory Board member [moderator]

Light reception to follow.

Copies of Community-Engaged Scholarship: Reflections from Netter Center Alumni (Penn Press, 2025), will be shared with participants. This book is a collection of stories told by alumni (including speaker Tamara Dubowitz) whose paths were profoundly influenced by engaging with the West Philadelphia community as Penn students. 

Registration coming soon at www.alumni.upenn.edu.