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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...
Innovative SP2 Faculty-Founded Speaker Series Awarded Additional Year of Grant Funding
As part of an ongoing University-wide initiative to foster diversity and inclusion, the Excellence Through Diversity Fund, awarded annually by the Provost’s...
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...
Faculty & Research, Alumni Stories
SP2 Alumna Earns National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Research Training Award Fellowship
For the last decade, Allison Werner-Lin, PhD, LCSW, associate professor at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), has...
Faculty & Research, Student Life
One Book, One SP2: Students, Faculty, and Staff to Engage in Readings, Dialogue Around Race, Intersectionality, and Social Justice
This summer, the entire School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) community has been invited to engage in a collective...