‘Gender, democracy, and leadership in Africa’: A conversation with Namibia’s Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Last month, Perry World House (PWH) hosted President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia for an in-depth conversation, moderated by Afrobarometer CEO and PWH Non-Resident Senior Advisor Joseph Asunka, on the most significant challenges facing her country and the world.
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
