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Penn Vet dual degrees: The student experience
From left to right: Jaclyn Camus, Anna Shirosky, Caitlyn Tukdarian

From left to right: Jaclyn Camus, Anna Shirosky, and Caitlyn Tukdarian. (Images: John Donges/Penn Vet)

Penn Vet dual degrees: The student experience

The expansion of the dual degree program is timely, given the recent perfect storm of a pandemic; growing awareness of social, racial and economic inequity; and increased impact of climate change .

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How child tax credits will affect American families
Woman sits at a desk with a baby

Approximately 39 million households across the country will receive the child tax credits, which are projected to cut child poverty in half, says Amy Castro Baker.

How child tax credits will affect American families

Social scientists Amy Castro Baker and Pilar Gonalons-Pons weigh in on how expanded child tax credits beginning July 15 as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will impact poverty, gender relations, and future policy

Kristina Linnea García

‘Global Health Justice and Governance’
An image of an earth surrounded by word bubbles describing public health issues like "a lack of global strategy" and "facade of altruism"

There are multiple issues leading to fragmenting and global health inequality, according to Jennifer Prah Ruger. Global health is an issue of justice, not charity, she says. 

‘Global Health Justice and Governance’

In a special issue of the journal Global Health Governance, seven experts reflect upon Jennifer Prah Ruger’s call for a new model of global public health that prioritizes equity and cooperation between nations and agencies.

Kristina Linnea García

The world according to Walter Palmer
Wearing a suit and tie, Walter Palmer stands outside of Penn's School of Social Policy and Practice with his hands in his pockets.
  • Q&A

    • The world according to Walter Palmer

    The educator, organizer, and alumnus discusses his six decades of activism, growing up in the Black Bottom, studying and teaching at Penn, his work at CHOP, the student strike of 1967, the Vietnam War, Frank Rizzo, Donald Trump, school choice, gun violence, the Chauvin trial, and why he thinks racism should be declared a national public health crisis.
    Fighting poverty with cash
    Illustration depicting basic needs like food, shelter, transportation, and dollar signs.

    Image: Stephen Schudlich

    Fighting poverty with cash

    Amy Castro Baker has helped deliver promising data out of Stockton, California, about the effects of giving people no-strings-attached money every month. Now boosted by a new research center at Penn that she’ll colead, more cities are jumping on board.

    Toorjo Ghose receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India
    Torju Ghose smiling on a sidewalk in the sunlight.

    Toorju Ghose, associate professor at the School of Social Policy & Practice. (Image: Michael Scott Whitson)

    Toorjo Ghose receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India

    Ghose will be hosted by Presidency University in Kolkata as part of a project to document and teach about the strategies deployed by sex workers to negotiate the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Jessica Bautista

    The ‘dreams and nightmares’ of immigration
    A map with a red line tracing a route from Guatemala to Philadelphia

    Liliana Velásquez left Guatemala alone, at 14 years old. She was one of over 326,000 unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration authorities between 2013 and 2019. 

    The ‘dreams and nightmares’ of immigration

    Author Liliana Velásquez and journalist Juan González narrated personal and collective histories of Latin American migration to the U.S. in a School of Social Policy & Practice event.

    Kristina Linnea García

    COVID-19 and women in the workforce
    teacher leaning on desk speaking to student

    Homepage image: During Women’s History Month, researchers across the University examine what we know today about how COVID-19 has affected women in the workforce, from education to STEMM fields.

    COVID-19 and women in the workforce

    Experts across Penn explain how the pandemic has exacerbated gender inequality and challenged female career advancement in the STEMM fields, education, and business.

    Michele W. Berger , Kristina Linnea García , Dee Patel , Louisa Shepard