School of Social Policy & Practice

Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy Releases Childhood Obesity Guide

In the last 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in adolescents, it has quadrupled. By 2012, more than one-third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.

John L. Jackson Jr. Named Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at Penn

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price today announced that John L. Jackson Jr., the Richard Perry University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Senior Advisor for Diversity in the Office of the Provost, has been named dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.

Reentry Initiative to Host Criminal Justice Resource Fair, Conference at Penn

New Child Welfare Specialization Available for Social Work Students at Penn

The School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania has announced a new child welfare specialization within its master’s of social work program.

Former Penn Athlete Gets People Talking on Tough Topics

Jennifer Jones Clinkscales really gets people talking.

Penn IUR Hosts Dialogue: Building Scholarship Critical to Building a Sustainable Urban Future

Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy Helps Donors With ‘Saving Children’s Lives’

Every year, nearly seven million children will die from preventable causes like diarrhea, pneumonia or measles before they reach the age of 5.

John Legend to Speak at Penn’s 258th Commencement

John Legend, a nine-time Grammy Award-winning soul artist, philanthropist and Penn alumnus will deliver the address at the University of Pennsylvania’s Commencement on Monday, May 19, Leslie Laird Kruhly, Vice President and University Secretary announced.

Researcher From Penn Presents on ‘Stigma’ at World Bank, UNAIDS Conference

Toorjo Ghose, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, presented his research at an invitation-only national UNAIDS conference in Washington, D.C., Jan.

Penn Researcher Earns Distinguished Career Achievement Award

Phyllis Solomon, a researcher and professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, will receive the Distinguished Career Achievement Award at the 18th Annual Society for Social Work and Research

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