May 19, 2025
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Celebrating our newest graduates

On May 17 in the Palestra, Penn GSE commemorated the achievements of the roughly 600 master’s and doctoral graduates at this year’s Commencement ceremony.

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May 15, 2025
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Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls for strong education policy to support democracy

The McGraw Center for Educational Leadership hosted Obama’s education secretary for public conversation with Dean Katharine Strunk.

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May 13, 2025
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Penn GSE welcomes Janice Rafferty Grady as Vice Dean of Development and Alumni Relations

The newest member of the dean’s Senior Leadership Team, Grady joined Penn GSE from the Columbia University’s School of Nursing.

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May 7, 2025
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Collage of 2025 Penn GSE Award recipients. Top row (L–R): Damani White-Lewis, A. Brooks Bowden, Abby Reisman, Jenny Zapf. Middle row: Rachel Dozier, John Gamba, Peter Montesino. Bottom row: Dandan Wu, Mayowa Fageyinbo, Meruyert Bizhanova.

Penn GSE students, faculty, and staff honored with annual awards

From mentoring and instruction to leadership and creativity, this year’s awardees represent the values that define Penn GSE.

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April 29, 2025
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Dr. Lester gives a lecture in front of a packed crowd in front of a screen with an image of a woman and a robot sharing a laptop and the words "AI in Education" written above it.

Catalyst curates journal on AI in education

The latest issue of Social Innovations Journal is an outgrowth of the center for global education innovation’s expertise and mission, capitalizing on their deep network of researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders.

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April 23, 2025
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Penn GSE teams finish strong at Wharton Hack-AI-thon

Two teams of education master’s students were finalists in the co-curricular program at the business school, which brought together students from across the University with varying levels of experience in artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems in just one week.

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April 18, 2025
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Angela Duckworth to speak at Penn GSE Commencement

The Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and 2013 MacArthur Fellow will address the graduates on May 17 in the Palestra.

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April 14, 2025
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Penn GSE faculty honored with awards and grants

This spring, those honors include three Spencer Foundation grants, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, and more.

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April 9, 2025
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McGraw Center hosts PA lawmakers for bipartisan conversation on education policy in the Commonwealth

Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Education Committee Chairmen Bryan Cutler and Peter Schweyer discussed how PA lawmakers plan to work together on public school budgets, special education funding, school choice, the PA State Board of Higher Education, and more.

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April 3, 2025
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Lorea Peterson Redondo bridges business and education

Lorea Peterson Rodondo will graduate in May with a dual degree from Penn GSE and Wharton. She discusses her ambition to apply lessons learned to education in her hometown of Mexico City and reflects on her experience at Penn.

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