School of Social Policy & Practice

Field Center at Penn Identifies Risk Factors Making Homeless Youth Vulnerable to Sex Trafficking

The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania joined forces with Covenant House, an agency dedicated to helping homeless youth, and Loyola University’s Modern Slavery Research Project to conduct a

Two at Penn Honored by National Minority Quality Forum

Two members of the University of Pennsylvania community have been named recipients of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health Award, recognizing young minority thought leaders who are working to reduce health-c

Penn’s Tír na nÓg Troupe Highlights Irish Culture Through Dance

Even though it is not a part of her own cultural heritage, University of Pennsylvania junior Kristen Pearson began learning the art of Irish stepdance when she was 11.

Through PRISM, Penn Student Helps Others to Gain Religious Understanding

At the University of Pennsylvania, dual-program student Nayab Khan is creating a new level of understanding between people of different faiths.

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.

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