SP2 News
Stories from Alumni Stories
News, Announcements, Stories, Publications, and Images from around the SP2 Community.
MSSP Alumna Named President of The Commonwealth Institute
As Ashley Kenneth explains, “I have always been passionate about social change and a strong advocate for justice”—and her notable...
DSW Alum Publishes First Book on Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama Intersection
As Scott Giacomucci explains, psychodrama—a form of group psychotherapy rooted in aspects of theater, psychology, sociology, and mysticism— has, in...
Faculty & Research, Student Life, Alumni Stories
Guaranteed Income Increases Employment, Improves Financial and Physical Health
Results released on March 3, 2021 from the first year of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) show guaranteed income...
MSW Alumna Reflects on Transformative Year as Penn Women’s Center Director
In January 2019, Sherisse Laud-Hammond was named the new director of the Penn Women’s Center, a position in which she...
PSCSW Awards for Clinical Excellence Recognizes PhD Student
Alicia Chatterjee, PhD candidate and MSW graduate at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), recently won a Pennsylvania Society...
SP2 Celebrates 2020 Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees
While the festivities may have been virtual this year, the tenor of the 2020 Penn School of Social Policy &...
DSW Alumna Publishes Innovative Palliative Care Study
Christin Gregory, MSW ‘08, DSW ‘14, at Penn’s School of Policy and Practice (SP2) has published a groundbreaking study in...
Faculty & Research, Alumni Stories
Center for Guaranteed Income Research is Launched
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), together with the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) has...
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)...