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SP2 ranked #8 among Schools for Social Work by U.S News & World Report
SP2 has been named #8 among Schools for Social Work in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. This marks SP2’s highest ranking ever, and the second time that the School has appeared in the list’s top 10.
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SP2 MSW alumni win Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work awards
Two recent graduates from the School of Social Policy & Practice Master of Social Work (MSW) Program are among this year’s winners of the Awards for Clinical Excellence given by the Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work (PSCSW).
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SP2’s Dr. Tamara J. Cadet collaborates on Penn research awarded $6.5 million grant
As a co-investigator, SP2 Associate Professor Tamara J. Cadet will collaborate on UPenn PRC’s work with communities in the Philadelphia area to develop, test, and evaluate solutions to public health problems, with a particular focus on cancer.
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Faculty & Research
12/17
Paper on philanthropic strategies wins editors’ prize for three SP2-affiliated authors
The first author of the paper is Dr. H. Daniel Heist, a graduate of SP2’s PhD in Social Welfare Program. He is joined by SP2 Professor Ram Cnaan and fellow SP2 PhD graduate Dr. Megan M. Farwell.
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12/03
Penn Receives $5 Million to Create the First-of-its-Kind Professorship in Philanthropy
The Wieler Family Professorship in the field of philanthropy will hold a primary appointment in Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice and a secondary appointment in the Wharton School.
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Faculty & Research
11/21
Dean Bachman delivers keynote at Penn Center for AIDS Research symposium
With the goal of optimizing implementation and improving outcomes for people with HIV, a team led by SP2’s Dean Sara S. Bachman is evaluating a novel approach to HIV medical case management being implemented by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
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