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School of Social Policy & Practice
Proposal to Address Opioid Addiction Wins 2017 Penn Public Policy Challenge
A team of students from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice has won this year’s Penn Public Policy Challenge sponsored by the Fels Institute of Government with a proposal that provides a way to dispose unused prescription pain medication in drop
Penn Research Reveals Where Expectant Parents Turn When Doctors Lack Answers on Prenatal Genetic Health
Humans dislike uncertainty. So what happens when that ambiguity comes from designated “experts” and relates to the genetic health of an unborn child?
Penn’s Field Center Names Anne Holton as Keynote Speaker for Child-welfare Conference
Anne Holton, who has devoted her career to serving as an advocate for families and children, will deliver the opening keynote address at the University of Pennsylvania Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research’s sixth biennial conference, “
Penn School of Social Policy & Practice MOOC: ‘Top 10 Social Issues for First 100 Days’
As a new American president takes office, a massive open online learning course at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice aims to empower citizens to set priorities of their own for the new administration.
New Penn Research Examines Gun Use, Injury and Fear in Domestic Violence
A weapon, whether a body part such as hands, fists and feet or an external instrument like a gun, often accompanies intimate-partner violence. Susan B.
Penn Student Mentors High School Entrepreneurs in West Philadelphia
Three years ago, when, as a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, Winfred Rembert III promised himself that he’d make time to volunteer, he had no idea that promise would lead to him to marketing breakfast bars.
DATELINE: AMMAN JORDAN — Penn MSW Student Files News Reports on Syrian Refugees
Rachel Townzen embarked on a reporting project abroad this past summer that took her into the world of Syrian refugees living in Jordan.
Penn Fels Policy Research Initiative Announces Fall Interdisciplinary Grants
The Fels Policy Research Initiative in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania has announced eight collaborative grant recipients.
DATELINE: AMMAN JORDAN -- Penn MSW Student Files News Reports on Syrian Refugees
Rachel Townzen embarked on a reporting project abroad this past summer that took her into the world of Syrian refugees living in Jordan.
Penn MSW Students Named Council on Social Work Education Fellows
Three master’s students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice are among 40 recipients of the Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellowship Program Youth Master’s Student award.Alexandria Okeke, Pablo David Rodriguez and Kira White have been selected to join the third cohort of CSWE “Now is the Time” students.
In the News
The Wall Street Journal
Homeless or overhoused: Boomers are stuck at both ends of the housing spectrum
Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that boomers have made up the largest share of the homeless population since the ‘80s.
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Newsweek
There is one major element missing from the debate on kids and social media
In an opinion essay, PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that gun violence needs to be part of the conversation about how smartphones and social media impact young people.
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The New York Times
We don’t see what climate change is doing to us
In an Op-Ed, R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that public discourse around climate change overlooks the buildup of slow, subtle costs and their impact on human systems.
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NPR
Places across the U.S. are testing no-strings cash as part of the social safety net
Stacia West of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice says that guaranteed income payments improve people’s psychological wellbeing by reducing their distress. Amy Castro, also of the Center, points out that such programs are expensive, so important questions need to be asked.
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Irish News
New book examines sectarianism and the housing crisis in Northern Ireland
In her book “In Power, Politics and Territory in the New Northern Ireland,” Elizabeth DeYoung of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that sectarianism has contributed to the housing crisis in Northern Ireland and continues to influence decision-making on the needs for homes.
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