The pandemic’s impact on individual generosity The pandemic’s impact on individual generosity How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect people’s volunteering, donating, and helping behaviors? A report by SP2 faculty and students summarizes a nationally representative study aiming to answer this question.
Serving student veterans at Penn Wyatt Frasier, an Army veteran in the Wharton MBA program, greets Byron, a service dog with the Warrior Canine Companion program. The program has recently opened a site at Penn, just above the veteran services office in the Franklin Building. Serving student veterans at Penn A new office in Student Registration and Financial Services provides support for the growing number of veterans at Penn.
Penn honors eight distinguished alumni with Awards of Merit and The Creative Spirit Award Top row, left to right: Alex H. Park, Lee Spelman Doty, Joan Lau, and Omid Shokoufandeh. Bottom row, left to right: Alberto Chamorro, Laura W. Perna, Todd Lieberman, and William Hohns. Penn honors eight distinguished alumni with Awards of Merit and The Creative Spirit Award In addition to the alumni awards, Laura W. Perna of the Graduate School of Education will accept the Faculty Award of Merit.
Researching depression in low-income women Researching depression in low-income women The importance of addressing depression among low-income women in multiple contexts is a theme of recent research by April Ivey, Jacqueline Corcoran, and others at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.
Sex workers’ rights Ahealth professional surrounded by medication at one of the clinics for sex workers. (Image: Toorjo Ghose) Sex workers’ rights A Fulbright award augments Toorjo Ghose’s work to document and support the social movement happening among sex workers in India against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SP2’s Roberta Iversen on labor history and innovating for the future Images: Courtesy of SP2 SP2’s Roberta Iversen on labor history and innovating for the future In her new book, Iversen proposes that a different future could be possible in areas such as civic engagement and infrastructure for the benefit of both workers and their communities.
2022 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn 2022 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn The Fellows come from the nine schools at Penn that offer Ph.D. programs, and will receive a three-year fellowship, including funds to support their research.
Building bridges, locally and abroad Ibrahim Bakri is the assistant director at the Middle East Center. Building bridges, locally and abroad From the Middle East Center to a think tank in the United Arab Emirates, Ibrahim Bakri is using his various roles to make connections personally, academically, and professionally.
Who, What, Why: Tyra Moore on her commitment to mental health care for Black Americans Tyra Moore, a doctor of social work candidate at the School of Social Policy & Practice, recently won the Joy Award from the Boris L. Henson Foundation for her commitment to mental health care for Black Americans. (Image: Jordan Lynam, Lynam Up Media) Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Tyra Moore on her commitment to mental health care for Black Americans The doctoral student in the School of Social Policy & Practice received the Joy Award from the Boris L. Henson Foundation and is writing a dissertation on teen parenting within the foster care system.
$12.5M in new scholarships to enrich student population diversity at the School of Social Policy & Practice Social Justice Scholar and May graduate Gianni Morsell, pictured at the SP2 graduation (left to right) with SP2 alumna Sarah Jones and SP2 Class of 2023 student Kira Kerkorian. $12.5M in new scholarships to enrich student population diversity at the School of Social Policy & Practice The resources will provide unprecedented support for graduate students in social work, social policy, and nonprofit leadership