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SP2 Professor Selected as Best Reviewer
Professor Ram Cnaan, MSW, PhD, director for the Program for Religion and Social Policy Research, was recently chosen as Best...
New Intervention for “Aging-Out” Youth in Foster Care Focuses on Building Relationships
Caring Adults R Everywhere (C.A.R.E.), a social support program for young adults aging out of foster care, has released a...
Penn’s First Executive Program in Social Innovation Design
It was just steps away from the hushed calm of the reading room at the Fisher Fine Arts Library, but...
SP2 Professor Discusses Seattle-Area Homelessness on 60 Minutes
In a recent segment on 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper visits the Seattle area to hear from some of America's more...
SP2 Faculty Member Testifies Before Congress on Competition in U.S. Labor Markets
Ioana Marinescu, PhD, assistant professor at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, recently provided testimonial before Congress during a...
Faculty & Research, Gifts & Giving
A Philanthropic Approach to Strengthening Democracy
For the past several decades, there’s been a marked decline in how much U.S. citizens trust the country’s democratic process....
Faculty & Research, Student Life
SP2 Task Force on Race and Social Justice
Earlier this year, Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) launched the SP2 Task Force on Race and Social...
Two SP2 Faculty Members Receive Promotions
In recognition of their exemplary contributions to research and pedagogy, two standing faculty members from 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...