School of Social Policy & Practice

Understanding poverty and data

Regina Smalls Baker of the School of Arts & Sciences and Amy Castro Baker of the School of Social Policy & Practice explore how data can be better used to analyze and address poverty.

Housing initiative fuels cooperation between cities during pandemic

Vincent Reina and Amy Castro Baker are working with the U.S. cities, including Philadelphia, through the Housing Initiative at Penn to design a housing assistance plan both during the pandemic and after.

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Penn Dental and SP2 partner to address racism, reconciliation, and engagement

A new, online course for incoming SP2 students entitled “The Penn Experience: Racism, Reconciliation and Engagement” was created in collaboration with Penn’s School of Dental Medicine and launched in July.

At the Commitment March, the 2020 March on Washington in the nation's capital, members of the SP2 community hold Black Lives Matter signs.

Marching against racism and police violence

Students, faculty, and staff from the School of Social Policy & Practice took part in the recent Commitment March in the nation’s capital.

Jennifer Punt stands with three students in a lab setting discussing a paper.

Penn Vet expands timely dual degree during COVID-19 pandemic

The interdisciplinary “One Health in Practice” curriculum positions veterinarians for new career pathways in human, environmental health.

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Side Gigs for Good endure amid a pandemic

The Penn community’s altruism shines as the pandemic’s effects stretch on.

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A data-driven approach to understanding domestic violence during the pandemic

Four takeaways from Penn researchers show there’s more to learn to protect those at risk for intimate partner violence.

Maps, pandemics, and reckoning with history

Geospatial data has long been an important tool for scientists and scholars, but now, as society grapples with both coronavirus and a history of systemic racism, can maps help chart a path toward a brighter future?

Linya (Leah) Liu standing outside wearing a coat, hat and scarf.

SP2 student launches remote health care Kickstarter project during COVID-19

Liu is working with the startup Nexusera to respond to the surging need for remote care caused by the pandemic by connecting patients with their families and caretakers through a medication adherence management system.

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Amid COVID-19, young adults aging out of foster care are especially vulnerable

With limited resources, youth who are aging out of foster care are bearing a heavy social and economic burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, experiencing under or unemployment, education disruption, homelessness, and food insecurity.

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