The School of Social Policy & Practice showcases its teamwork on the softball field.
School of Social Policy & Practice Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. is swinging for the fences at Penn Park. Photo: Eric Sucar
Each summer, faculty and staff members from the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania bring their sense of cooperation and collaboration onto the softball field. No matter their skill level, the players enjoy some active time together and the opportunity to strengthen their partnerships during a few sunny afternoons at Penn Park.
These SP2 summer softball games have been happening since 2013.
Warming up before the first softball game of the summer season at Penn Park. Photo: Eric Sucar
Ezekiel Dixon-Roman catches a fly ball, as Eli Lesser (21) runs toward the base and Bart Miltenberger (14) is ready to assist. Photo: Eric Sucar
Amber Dietrich pitches a fast one to batter Kristen Smith. Photo: Eric Sucar
At Penn Park, the faculty and staff from the School of Social Policy & Practice celebrate their strength as a team -- both on and off the field. Photo: Eric Sucar
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
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In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
