Yemisi Aina

On July 8, Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse opened its doors for the first time at 18th and Lombard streets, the site that previously housed Graduate Hospital. The $70 million facility - which has a specific focus on rehabilitative services - is the result of a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network.

A small crowd gathered at the Paul Peck Alumni Center at Drexel University yesterday to hear Melissa Thomas, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, speak about the effectiveness of international debt-relief programs in improving the quality of life in third-world countries.