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News
Student Life
04/21
SP2 announces Linda Goler Blount as 2025 Commencement Speaker
Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) announced last week that Linda Goler Blount, MPH, a public health leader and the new President and CEO of Community Catalyst, will deliver the School’s 2025 Commencement speech on May 17.
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Faculty & Research
04/07
New study explores how economic stressors and vaccination shaped mental health during the pandemic
A new paper co-authored by SP2’s Dr. Chenyi Ma explores the impact of job loss, food insecurity, and COVID-19 vaccination on anxiety levels among different demographic groups in the United States during the pandemic.
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Faculty & Research
03/27
Storytelling and social work intersect in book edited by SP2’s Dr. Jacqueline Corcoran
Seeking a fresh approach to prepare social work students for their careers, SP2 Professor Jacqueline Corcoran came up with a concept at the intersection of storytelling and social work for her recent edited collection, “What Do Social Workers Do All Day? Real-Life Cases for Generalist Practice.”