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  • Social Policy, AI, and the Future of Work at Penn Washington

    Penn Washington Center 101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

    Hear from SP2 faculty member Ioana Marinescu, PhD, as she discusses her class on AI and social policy, an interactive model she co-developed to predict how AI will affect wages, jobs, and the overall economy, as well as her role on Anthropic’s Economic Advisory Council.

    Making Secondary Data Work for You: Innovative Methods for Leveraging National Violent Death Data

    Secondary data offers powerful opportunities for research—but it also comes with constraints. How can scholars push beyond these limitations? Join experts Millan AbiNader, PhD, MSW, Laurie Graham, PhD, MSW, and Julie Kafka, PhD, MPH for a dynamic discussion on innovative methods for analyzing intimate partner violence-related fatalities using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS).

    The AI Shift: How Generative Technologies Are Transforming Daily Life, Work, and Education

    Virtual

    Our February speaker is Betty Chandy, Director for Technology Integration and Learning at Catalyst at Penn Graduate School of Education (GSE). Learn more about the talk below and register at https://bit.ly/SPEAK26. See you online! 🖥️   Talk Description: Artificial intelligence is woven into our daily lives - from the maps that guide us, to the […]

    Brown Bag Lunch Series – Millan AbiNader

    Caster Building - Lobby 3701 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA

    SP2 Faculty present the Brown Bag Lunch series! Bring your lunch & join the informal conversation to learn what interests your colleagues and professors at SP2. Faculty members will present on their current work and interests and Dr. Femida Handy will host and facilitate the discussion of the presentation.

    SP2 Minute – Book Fair

    Caster Building - Lobby 3701 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA

    Join us as we celebrate recent publications by SP2 Students, Faculty and Staff during our SP2 Minute program.  We'll have coffee and sweets and will be raffling off copies of the featured works as well as copies of past and present One Book selections.

  • Brown Bag Lunch Series

    Brown Bag Lunch Series – Allison Werner Lin

    Caster Building - Lobby 3701 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA

    SP2 Faculty present the Brown Bag Lunch series! Bring your lunch & join the informal conversation to learn what interests your colleagues and professors at SP2. Faculty members will present on their current work and interests and Dr. Femida Handy will host and facilitate the discussion of the presentation.

    Call for Spring 2026 Art Exhibition Submissions Deadline

    SP2 is holding our annual art exhibition and we're hoping to receive a submission from you! We encourage you to submit work that visually responds to your personal connection to social justice and change. You’re welcome to submit up to three pieces. Please note that not every submission will be displayed. Your submission should visually […]

    Brown Bag Lunch Series

    Brown Bag Lunch Series – Demarcus Jenkins

    Caster Building - Lobby 3701 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA

    SP2 Faculty present the Brown Bag Lunch series! Bring your lunch & join the informal conversation to learn what interests your colleagues and professors at SP2. Faculty members will present on their current work and interests and Dr. Femida Handy will host and facilitate the discussion of the presentation.

    CASI presents Nandita Das: My Journey from Social Work to Cinema

    Widener Lecture Hall

    The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is pleased to invite you to the Spring 2026 Saluja Global Fellow Lecture by Nandita Das, “My Journey from Social Work to Cinema.” CASI Interim Director, Professor Nikhil Anand, and Annenberg Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC)’s Director, Professor […]

    Brown Bag Lunch Series

    Brown Bag Lunch Series – Ioana Marinescu & Jung Ho Choi

    Caster Building - Lobby 3701 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA

    SP2 Faculty present the Brown Bag Lunch series! Bring your lunch & join the informal conversation to learn what interests your colleagues and professors at SP2. Faculty members will present on their current work and interests and Dr. Femida Handy will host and facilitate the discussion of the presentation.