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Equipping students and nonprofits for impact
ChiaKo Hung.

ChiaKo Hung is an assistant professor at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.

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Equipping students and nonprofits for impact

SP2’s ChiaKo Hung researches nonprofit financial management and philanthropy, and equips his students with the practical skills necessary to apply to the social sector.

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Reimagining a shelter as a supportive space for childhood

The HAVEN team with Liz Donaghue, assistant shelter director, in Jane Addams’ Bright Spaces room.

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Reimagining a shelter as a supportive space for childhood

HAVEN, a winning project of the 2026 President’s Engagement Prize developed by three fourth-year undergraduates, will launch an after-school program for K-5 children at Jane Addams Place, a homeless shelter in North Philadelphia.

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Founding-era research and the social context of public institutions
Tingfeng Yang.

Tingfeng Yan is a Friends of the MCEAS Fellow at the McNeil Center.

(Image: Courtesy of The McNeil Center Center for Early American Studies)

Founding-era research and the social context of public institutions

At the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Friends of the MCEAS Fellow Tingfeng Yan is uncovering the political ideas and practices that informed the creation of U.S. constitutionalism.

From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

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Announcing Annenberg’s strategic vision: Connected Futures
Sarah Banet-Weiser.

Annenberg School for Communication dean Sarah Banet-Weiser.

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Announcing Annenberg’s strategic vision: Connected Futures

The strategic framework consists of four pillars expanding on the Annenberg School for Communication’s scholarship, infrastructure, education, and engagement.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Weitzman externships in retrospect: Xindi Lyu
Xindi Lyu.

Master of city planning candidate Xindi Lyu.

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Weitzman externships in retrospect: Xindi Lyu

The master of city planning candidate worked at a Kansas City firm to see how different design practices engage with urban design and planning.

From the Weitzman School of Design

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History course brings Philadelphia’s ‘Revolutionary Stories’ to life
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Second-year David Sun examines primary source documents at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for his Revolutionary Stories project.

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History course brings Philadelphia’s ‘Revolutionary Stories’ to life

In a partnership with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania expanding students access to primary source documents, undergraduates examine the lives of regular Revolutionary-era Philadelphians.

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Weitzman externships in retrospect: Harisa Martinos
Harisa Martinos.

“What surprised me was how natural the transition from school to practice felt,” says Weitzman MLA candidate Harisa Martinos.

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Weitzman externships in retrospect: Harisa Martinos

The master of landscape architecture candidate spent her externship at a New York City firm, absorbing its culture and learning its design process.

From the Weitzman School of Design

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Voting is linked to living longer
African American person tearing off an I Voted Today sticker

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Voting is linked to living longer

A new study co-authored by SP2’s Femida Handy shows that voting is associated with reduced mortality risk in older adults.

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Cultivating health through public space

Cultivating health through public space

Catherine Seavitt examines the connections between public space and public health through the lens of ecology, policy, and plant science.