Penn’s Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences (MBDS) welcomes its newest industry affiliate: The Center for Behavior and the Environment at Rare, an organization dedicated to safeguarding and restoring natural resources through social change.
The College of Liberal and Professional Studies is delighted to welcome Dr. Luis Artavia-Mora and Dr. Tina Morgan Ross to Penn.
Fels dual degree student Ayo Aladesanmi says, “My ultimate career goal is to be able to harness the influence of public institutions at any scale—local, national, or international—in order to advance the interests of the collective public and move our world toward a more just and equitable persuasion.”
Aladesanmi is pursuing a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree through the Fels Institute of Government and a Master in Law (ML) degree from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
“Neuroscience is undergoing a huge renaissance,” says Joe Stucynski, a PhD student in Penn’s Neuroscience Graduate Group. “There has just been a huge explosion in terms of technological ability to examine biological systems, and there are incredible tools we can use to answer questions that would not have been addressable 20 years ago. So I’m learning new techniques literally every day.”
Dan Treglia, a social policy researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, Practice Associate Professor in Fox Leadership International, and instructor in LPS’ International Master of Public Administration, co-authored a report published in The New York Times titled “Hidden Pain,” which estimates that more than 70 percent of the bereaved children who have lost parents due to COVID-19 are 13 or younger.
With fewer opportunities to build in-person connections and more and more interactions happening through screens, we are finding that we need new strategies to thrive as organizations, grow individually, and make sense of new contextual experiences.
College of Liberal and Professional Studies instructors and alumni recently led a panel called “Professional, Personal, Virtual: Fostering Human Connections” that explored how to create and nurture professional relationships that happen mostly—or completely—online.
This Veteran’s Day, Penn is offering the community ways to thank veterans and honor them for their service with two events on campus and an article in Penn Today that highlights three students veterans. The College of Liberal and Professional Studies is proud to call two of those students, Jesse Hamilton and Greg Luttman, their own.
If you wish to hone your problem-solving skills and go on to make a real difference in improving human well-being locally, nationally, and globally, Penn's International Master of Public Administration (I-MPA) is designed to educate and nurture present and future problem-solving leaders.
Kris Rabberman, assistant vice dean and director of academic affairs for Professional and Liberal Education, was recently featured in a WHYY story about a Delaware County woman named Margaret Mattson, who, in 1683, stood trial as an accused witch. Mattson, unlike the 100+ women who would be accused nine years later in Salem, got off easy with a fine and a sentence to practice good behavior.
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