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SP2 Grad Advocates for Philly’s LGBTQ Population
As policy fellow with Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs, Sayeeda Rashid of the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2)...
MSSP Alum Awarded 2020 Bank of America Fellowship
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question many can recall hearing throughout childhood. For...
Faculty & Research, Alumni Stories
Working on ‘the Human Side’ of Heritable Cancers
"I love working with people,” says Allison Werner-Lin of the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2). Werner-Lin’s office overlooking Locust Walk is...
MSSP Alumna Named Fulbright Public Policy Fellow
Widely recognized as a prestigious grant that facilitates global learning opportunities, the Fulbright Program is the largest international exchange program...
SP2 Celebrates 2019 Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees
Established in 2018, the annual SP2 Alumni Hall of Fame celebrates outstanding social work, social policy, and nonprofit leaders who...
MSSP Alumna Shares United Nations Internship Experience
Ever since she was an undergraduate student, Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) alumna Xiaorui Hou, MSSP ‘19,...
SP2 Alumna Named Southeast Division Representative of NASW-PA
Rachael Neff, a 2004 alumna of the Master of Social Work (MSW) program at Penn’s School of Social Policy &...
Faculty & Research, Alumni Stories
Researchers Win Grant to Study Impact of Guaranteed Income Project
A duo of faculty researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Pennsylvania have received a Robert...
Faculty & Research, Alumni Stories
Oncology Social Workers: Navigating Health Care and Supporting Families
When Christina Bach tells people what she does for a living, they usually respond with, “Oh, I could never do...