4/16
Kristen de Groot
News Officer
krisde@upenn.edu
Penn Leads the Vote was on hand at the Houston Hall polling location, one of several polling places on campus where voters made their voices heard for the 2023 general election.
Economist R. Jisung Park and political scientist Alice Xu address climate change in an event hosted by the School of Social Policy & Practice.
Perry World House hosted a lively conversation moderated by former Visiting Fellow Lauren Bernstein that highlighted how chefs can promote cross-cultural awareness through global culinary engagement.
Perry World House’s 2023 Global Order Colloquium took a deep dive into current nuclear issues, looking at how the world will manage nuclear threats amid growing geopolitical tension, climate change challenges, and international conflict.
In honor of the first anniversary of the killing of Mahsa (Jîna) Amini in Iran and the subsequent outpouring of protest, Penn will host a two-day conference on violence against women.
Two conversations mark the 50th anniversary of the military takeover on Sept. 11, 1973, discussing its political and historical implications.
A new book by historian Brent Cebul looks at the successes and failures of American liberalism, from the New Deal to the 1990s and beyond.
Political science Ph.D. candidate Mikhail Strokan’s work looks at the idea that countries abundant in such natural resources as oil and natural gas wind up struggling economically despite the bounty—and examines why some of these countries fare better than others.
Four takeaways from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences researchers in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.
A new book from political science professor Anne Norton advocates for a system that embraces self-reliance, freedom, and courage.
Kristen de Groot
News Officer
krisde@upenn.edu
Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences points to Chile as an international example of a large sex abuse scandal turning into effective activism.
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Marc Trussler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Biden surrogates can’t outright ignore warning signs from polling data.
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Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the Republican lean to the right during the last few decades has distorted labels like moderate and conservative.
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A study from Penn found that votes in ranked-choice races are nearly 10 times more likely to be rejected due to an improper mark than votes in non-ranked choice races.
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Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that general polls feature members of the public who are expressing more of a feeling about the state of affairs, such as the economy, in comparison with voters who intend to go to the ballot box.
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Research at Penn indicates that the core difference between conservatives and liberals is whether the world is intrinsically hierarchical, with conservatives believing more strongly that the world should demonstrate a stratified orderliness.
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