Penn GSE alum Brad Latimer teaches algebra at Science Leadership Academy High School.
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Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship to strengthen math teaching in Philadelphia schools
With funding from the Neubauer Family Foundation, the program’s creation is in direct response to the School District of Philadelphia’s call for targeted support in Algebra 1 instruction.
Through a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia course, assistant professor of history Sarah Gronningsater and her students resuscitate early American history.
Katz Center Fellow Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar trains her anthropologist’s lens on ultra-Orthodox and Amish communities
Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar is a senior lecturer at Sapir Academic College in Sderot, Israel, where she teaches courses on research methods, communication, religion, and gender. She is one of 18 current Fellows at Penn’s Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. This year’s 2024–25 fellowship year is devoted to the study of Jews and health, exploring health through the intersection between bodies and systems, language and physicality, religion, and science.
Here’s what happened in a N.J. city when some got $12,000, no strings attached
A guaranteed income program by the School of Social Policy & Practice’s Center for Guaranteed Income Research improved financial stability, stress levels, and food security for New Jersey participants, with remarks from Amy Castro.
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says some workers avoid disclosing AI usage due to worries that they would be seen as less capable or breaching corporate policy.
Food waste: Recycling, not discarding, offers huge environmental benefits
Researchers at Penn Vet examine how common food waste recycling methods, including composting, could have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions and the use of natural resources.
Penn Global awards two Penn Wharton China Center Residency Grants
Penn Global has awarded its first two Residency Grants to Chao Guo, professor of nonprofit management in the School of Social Policy and Practice, and Emily Hannum, Stanley I. Sheerr Term Professor in the Social Sciences, professor of sociology, and associate dean of social sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Philadelphia’s largest cancer centers unite to reduce disparities in prevention and treatment outcomes
A collaborative coalition led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center is improving cancer care communication and coordination in Philadelphia by leveraging new community partnerships.
