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Latest batch of $1400 stimulus checks includes more payments for those who filed their taxes

Latest batch of $1400 stimulus checks includes more payments for those who filed their taxes

Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice explains that job creation is outpacing the search effort that workers are putting forth. Accordingly, a decline in workers’ desire to pursue employment matters more when there are a significant number of job openings available. This is the likely situation as the economy slowly begins to reopen.

Cash payments spread from Congress to Stockton to Brazil—but notion of ‘universal basic income’ far from reality

Cash payments spread from Congress to Stockton to Brazil—but notion of ‘universal basic income’ far from reality

The work on “guaranteed income” programs by Amy Castro Baker of the School of Social Policy & Practice has found a renaissance in recent years, in countries such as Finland, India and Kenya, as inequality has worsened, and in the United States, after it received a boost during the 2020 presidential primaries.

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

Guaranteed income increases employment, improves financial and physical health
Mural of a tree trunk with a banner wrapped around it that reads PLANT THE SEED UBI against a shining sun.

Image: Courtesy of Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration

Guaranteed income increases employment, improves financial and physical health

Results from the first year of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration show that guaranteed income drastically improves job prospects, financial stability and overall wellbeing of recipients.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director
Sherisse Laud-Hammond stands with arms folded, smiling, in her office.

Sherisse Laud-Hammond, director of Penn’s Women Center.

Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director

In 2020, SP2 alum Sherisse Laud-Hammond was named the new director of the Penn Women’s Center, a position in which she is the first Black woman and woman of color to serve.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Understanding poverty and data
A shiny dress shoe next to a ragged one

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.
Penn Dental and SP2 partner to address racism, reconciliation, and engagement
Screen capture of a panel of people with the banner across the screen reading “The Penn Experience: Racism, Reconciliation, & Engagement”

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.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Penn Vet expands timely dual degree during COVID-19 pandemic
Jennifer Punt stands with three students in a lab setting discussing a paper.

Jennifer Punt and One Health in Practice students. (Pre-pandemic image: Penn Vet News)

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.

From Penn Vet