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SP2’s Jisung Park is highlighted among the latest authors on Wharton’s Ripple Effect podcast. Interviewed about his book “Slow Burn,” Park “breaks down the surprising ways that global warming impacts health, transportation, education, and more.”

Charlie Ferguson SP2’23, L’24 has been awarded the 2024 National LGBTQ+ Bar’s Student Leadership award, the association’s highest honor for law students. Each year the award recognizes two law students who have demonstrated leadership with their school and surrounding community, particularly in areas of LGBTQ+ equality.

How can digital connectivity and parental support help at-risk youth to access learning, employment, and in-person connections? SP2’s Desmond Patton weighs in.

Guaranteed income functioned as a “super vitamin” for the social safety net during a Los Angeles pilot program, SP2’s Dr. Amy Castro tells Business Insider in an article about the groundbreaking results.

The success of a guaranteed income pilot program in Los Angeles has inspired a proposal for an expansion. At the 1:48 mark, SP2’s Amy Castro explains research results that show recipients were able to exit violent circumstances and establish safety for themselves and their children.

A groundbreaking guaranteed income pilot in the City of Los Angeles helped people living in deep poverty to pursue better jobs, leave abusive relationships, and improve their health. Amy Castro and Stacia West of SP2’s Center for Guaranteed Income Research describe the “overwhelmingly positive” results.

SP2’s Amy Hillier shares her academic journey — from studying historical mortgage redlining, to leading tours and creating curricula about W. E. B. Du Bois’ “The Philadelphia Negro,” to supporting trans youth.

“You can’t budget your way out of poverty,” says Amy Castro. A founding director of SP2’s Center for Guaranteed Income Research (CGIR), Castro and the CGIR team are studying how no-strings-attached cash can bring real change to individuals facing financial hardship, providing them with stability and hope.

From the benefits of finding representation and community to the harms of encountering discrimination, cyberbullying, and conflict, SP2’s Dr. Desmond Patton discusses the impact of social media on youth of color and offers 8 tips for building digital literacy.

“We’re always trying to point the conversation in a direction that will [result in policies that] do the most for the most people,” says SP2’s Dennis Culhane about his homelessness research, in a conversation with writer Jennifer Egan, C’85. The Penn Gazette looks back Culhane and Egan’s spring event at Kelly Writers House.