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Wharton researcher gives practical lessons for new managers
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Wharton researcher gives practical lessons for new managers

In “Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers,” author Rachel Pacheco focuses on translating academic research, data, and real-life anecdotes to practical lessons and tools for emerging managers.

Dee Patel

The pandemic, health inequities, and an ‘opportunity for change’
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As a global pandemic, COVID-19 spread across the world. But it didn’t hit everyone equally. “Being healthy is essential to human flourishing,” says Jennifer Prah Ruger, who advocates for shared norms in health governance to address global inequalities. (Image: Martin Sanchez, also featured on homepage)

The pandemic, health inequities, and an ‘opportunity for change’

Experts across the University weigh in on which lessons the pandemic drove home and what immediate measures are needed to prevent future loss.

Michele W. Berger , Kristina Linnea García , Louisa Shepard

A post-pandemic wave of teachers leaving the workforce, and other trends
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A post-pandemic wave of teachers leaving the workforce, and other trends

Penn GSE’s Richard Ingersoll has published a new report looking at who is at work in America’s classrooms, and finds that many trends he has tracked since publishing his first study continue to hold true, and in some ways have deepened.

From Penn GSE

Five tips for talking to young children about COVID-19 today
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Five tips for talking to young children about COVID-19 today

Many vaccinated adults have started going maskless, but most children still cannot. Some states are now fully open. Psychologist Caroline Watts offers parents language they can use to talk openly as a family about this newest phase of the pandemic.

Michele W. Berger

How project-based learning can prepare students for the 21st century
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Students in a project-based learning certificate program class collaborate to find a solution to a problem. (Image: Courtesy of Penn GSE)

How project-based learning can prepare students for the 21st century

Penn GSE dean Pam Grossman and peers argue in a new book that project-based learning, a method of instruction that identifies a project or problem that students work on, should be at the center of American public education.

From Penn GSE

A high school cheerleader’s free speech and the First Amendment
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A high school cheerleader’s free speech and the First Amendment

A Pennsylvania high school cheerleader’s profanity-laced rant is now the foundation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on free speech. Sigal Ben-Porath shares her arguments in her amicus brief to the court, and her predictions on the court’s decision.  

Louisa Shepard , Kat Stein

How to get even better at supporting your LGBTQ+ students
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How to get even better at supporting your LGBTQ+ students

Teachers, school counselors, and administrators owe it to their LGBTQ+ students, along with the rest of the student body, to provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels comfortable.

From Penn GSE

20 Penn students and recent graduates awarded Fulbright grants
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enn Fulbright grant recipients for 2021-22 include 12 graduating seniors, six graduate students and two recent graduates. Pictured left to right (top row) Daisy Angeles, Robyn Barrow, Saxon Bryant, Youvin Chung, Gabriel DeSantis, Megan Everts; (middle row) Samuel Goldstein, Maria Kovalchuk, Andreas Nolan, Caleb Oh, Neelima Paleti, Bhavana Penmetsa; (bottom row) John Sigmier, Claire Sliney, Marion Standefer, Edward Stevens IV, Judith Weston, Andrew Zheng. 

20 Penn students and recent graduates awarded Fulbright grants

Twenty Penn students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for 2021-22, including 12 graduating seniors, six graduate students, and two recent graduates. They will conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and Tajikistan. 

Louisa Shepard

Penn seniors target eating disorder risk at Philadelphia public high schools
Portraits of Penn seniors Christina Miranda (left) and Amanda Moreno in the College of Arts and Sciences

Penn seniors target eating disorder risk at Philadelphia public high schools

President’s Engagement Prize-winning project Be Body Positive Philly, led by seniors Christina Miranda and Amanda Moreno, is designed to address eating disorder risk among Philadelphia high school students.

Louisa Shepard