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News, Announcements, Stories, Publications, and Images from around the SP2 Community.
Health Equity in a Time of Global Crisis
We’ve all seen the graphs. Italy and Iran’s numbers are peaking; Taiwan’s is relatively flat. In the United States, a...
New Report: Impact of COVID-19 on Homelessness
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to kill more than 3,400 people experiencing homelessness across the United States, according to new...
SP2 Associate Professor Testifies at City Council Hearing on Missing and Exploited Children
In a moving testimonial, Johanna Greeson, PhD, spoke before the Philadelphia City Council’s Children and Youth Committee during their recent...
Q&A with Ben Jealous, former NAACP head turned tech investor
Ben Jealous has accomplished a great deal in his 47 years. The former—and youngest ever—head of the NAACP managed the Mississippi’s Jackson...
Faculty & Research, Student Life
SP2 Task Force on Race and Social Justice Puts Forth Recommendations
After nearly a year of critical conversations and collaboration, the SP2 Task Force on Race and Social Justice has released...
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...
SP2 Professor Publishes First Case-Based Textbook on Social Work with Groups
Case-Based Learning for Group Intervention in Social Work, a new textbook written by Jacqueline Corcoran, PhD, LCSW, a professor at...
New Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies
This month, Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) Associate Professor Ezekiel Dixon-Román, PhD, and others announced the launch...
Richard Gelles Receives SSWR Social Policy Researcher Award
Richard J. Gelles, PhD, former dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), was honored for his distinguished...