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Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge
Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge
The student-led project will reimagine the campus of West Philadelphia’s Andrew Hamilton School, including vegetable gardens, a food forest, and other green stormwater-management tools.
Penn extends terms of Education and Law deans
Penn extends terms of Education and Law deans
Pam Grossman, dean of the Graduate School of Education, and Ted Ruger, dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will now serve until June 30, 2023,
COVID-19 and women in the workforce
COVID-19 and women in the workforce
Experts across Penn explain how the pandemic has exacerbated gender inequality and challenged female career advancement in the STEMM fields, education, and business.
‘Research at Penn’ showcases University breakthroughs and innovations
‘Research at Penn’ showcases University breakthroughs and innovations
Produced by the Provost’s Office, the brochure highlights groundbreaking research from each of Penn’s 12 schools. This year it is online-only.
Striking a balance in camp planning
Striking a balance in camp planning
Amidst the uncertainties of the pandemic and with time to plan, this year organizers of summer camp offerings at Penn have developed an array of in-person and virtual programs.
Has the U.S. education system lost the ability to teach the country’s own history?
Has the U.S. education system lost the ability to teach the country’s own history?
The education scholar and historian discusses how the U.S. education system has failed the country, and how we can help our children recover it.
New Projects for Progress prize designed to promote equity and inclusion
New Projects for Progress prize designed to promote equity and inclusion
Applications are now open for a new University initiative, Projects for Progress, which will award prizes of as much as $100,000 to support proposals by teams of students, faculty, and staff designed to promote equity and inclusion and make a direct impact in Philadelphia.
More thoughts on the state of American democracy
More thoughts on the state of American democracy
In part two of this series, five Penn experts offer their insights on public health, election legitimacy, student loan debt, and more.
Maritza Moulite reminds us that the present is past
Maritza Moulite reminds us that the present is past
Penn GSE doctoral student Moulite’s second Young Adult novel “One of the Good Ones” has published to rave reviews.
Sachs-funded web series helps first-gen Latinx students tell their stories
Sachs-funded web series helps first-gen Latinx students tell their stories
A Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Education is helping first-gen Latinx college students tell their stories in their own words.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Relief, calm, and a sense that ‘justice was served’ as Philadelphia watches Chauvin’s guilty verdict
Krystal Strong, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Philly and assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education’s Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division, says justice was not obtained in the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin. “Justice means that George Floyd would be here,” she says.
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WITF.org
Anger, anxiety, stress, relief: Therapists say it’s OK for Black people to feel it all
In addition to the next slate of trials for Chuavin’s colleagues, Philadelphians are still processing the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. and the city’s own checkered history of policing Black and other communities of color. Ariane Thomas of the Graduate School of Education comments on the importance of talking about feelings and leaning into their complexity.
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Vox.com
Trial by trauma
Howard Stevenson of the Graduate School of Education spoke about the trauma Black Americans experience when watching footage and reading news coverage of George Floyd’s death amid the Derek Chauvin trial. “Even if this justice happens, we won’t fully get over all of the other injustices,” said Stevenson.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
‘It’s OK to not be OK’: For clients’ mental health, and their own, therapists managed intense new demands
Ariane Thomas of the Graduate School of Education spoke about the challenges of being a mental health professional over the last year. “The stressors and the symptoms that people are experiencing are exacerbated by the pandemic, the racial unrest, the intensity of the election, and the way the election dragged on, and the fallout since the election, the attack on voting rights,” she said. “It feels like it hasn’t quite let up. And as a result, neither has the request for support.”
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KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)
One of these NCAA Tournaments is not like the other
Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education spoke about gender inequity in the NCAA. “There’s a number of inequitable decisions that have been made in addition to the ones we talked about this year that just haven't drawn the same amount of attention,” she said.
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