GSE Press Releases

Penn GSE student working with Garces Foundation to help immigrants learn English

Lindsey Liu, who is pursuing two Master’s degrees, teaches culinary workers English as part of her TESOL coursework. 

May 6, 2015
Shaun Harper, Michael Nutter, and John Legend named to My Brother's Keeper Alliance

Penn GSE Professor Shaun R. Harper has been appointed to the MBK Alliance Advisory Council, along with Penn alumnus Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. Penn alumnus John Legend has been named Honorary Chairman of the Alliance. President Barack Obama announced the launch of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (“MBK Alliance”), which aims to make the American Dream available to all boys and young men of color by eliminating gaps in their opportunities and outcomes. 

May 4, 2015
Applying brain power to education

Penn GSE’s Center for School Study Councils (CSSC) took learning about the brain—and learning with the brain—to a whole new level with a visit to The Franklin Institute science museum. 

April 26, 2015
What’s next for women in gaming after Gamergate?

A pair of conferences at Penn GSE led by Yasmin Kafai explored ways to open up computer science and gaming fields to women. 

April 28, 2015
In his new book, John Puckett tells interwoven histories of Penn and West Philadelphia

“It’s a story of the American research university in the second half of the 20th century,” Puckett told the Current. “It’s a social history and an institutional history.”

Puckett and Lloyd, director of the University Archives and Records Center, will discuss the book at a signing 7 p.m. May 14 at the Penn Book Center.

April 24, 2015
Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher one of twelve Penn Global Education Fund Award Winners

In April, Penn’s Global Education Fund awarded Penn GSE professor Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher one of 12 grants to extend research about educational attainment for refugees in New York City beyond the schools and into the supplemental services provided by voluntary agencies and faith-based institutions. 

April 21, 2015
Multimodality takes center stage at Screening Scholarship Media Festival

“If all ethnography is fiction, can we tell a better fiction with film?” asked Veena Vasudevan, a doctoral student in Penn GSE’s Teaching, Learning, and Leadership program. Performing the Digital, the third-annual Screening Scholarship Media Festival, showcased ethnographic multimedia from Penn GSE and around the world.

April 9, 2015
Vivian Gadsden named president of AERA, Shaun Harper becomes Council Member-at-Large

Vivian L. Gadsden, William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education at Penn GSE, has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Shaun Harper, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, was elected as a Council Member-at-Large. 

March 26, 2015
Penn GSE journal highlights work in Philly schools

The latest issue of Perspectives on Urban Education, Penn GSE’s student-run journal, examines Philadelphia schools and the different ways educators are working to effect positive change in the city.

March 25, 2015
Graduate Women’s Leadership Conference Provides New Skillsets for Women Graduate Students

The first-ever Graduate Women’s Leadership Conference at Penn brought together over eighty women graduate students and six presenters on Friday. Aimed at sharpening leadership skills for women graduate students entering the marketplace, the sold-out event received enthusiastic interest and support. 

March 23, 2015

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