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Alumni
07/17

Alumni Q&A | Rosemary (Rosie) Frasso, PhD ’11
SP2 alumna Rosemary (Rosie) Frasso, PhD ’11, is a health equity researcher, public health educator, and the Victor Heiser, MD Professor of Population Health at Jefferson’s College of Population Health. We reached out to her to learn more about her time at SP2 and her path to advancing health equity through research and education.
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Faculty & Research
06/17

Report: Newark guaranteed income pilot shows positive financial, health, family, and housing impacts
New research from the Center for Guaranteed Income Research (CGIR) at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) offers insight into the efficacy of different forms of unconditional cash transfers and reveals the positive impact of guaranteed income on low-income families in Newark, NJ.
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Student Life
06/13

SP2 celebrates 2025 Doctorate in Clinical Social Work graduates
At the 2025 Commencement ceremony for Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), eighteen students were awarded their Doctorate in Clinical Social Work (DSW). As part of the ceremony on Saturday, May […]