School of Social Policy & Practice

Penn Researchers Link Technologies and Rejection of Wife-beating Justifications

Women with technologies like computers and mobile phones in their homes are more likely to reject justifications for wife beating, according to new findings from Susan B.

In New Role at Penn, a GSE Alum and Formerly Homeless Teen, Finds a Way to Support Vulnerable Youth Across Pennsylvania

Seth Morones-Ramírez, an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, grew up in and out of the foster-care system. At times, he was homeless: staying in a motel, car, group home or shelter or sleeping on the couches of kind-hearted friends.

Penn’s Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy Project to Launch New Training Program

Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy, or AISP, a joint effort between the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice and Graduate School of Education, will launch a training and technical assistance program for state and local governments interested in

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Creates New Fellowships for the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Futures Project

The University of Pennsylvania will establish the Calvin Bland Faculty Fellowships for the Penn Futures Project.

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?

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