Three new Lauder Intercultural Ventures (LIV) locations launched in March
During Penn’s spring break, the Lauder Institute broadened its global footprint with three new Lauder Intercultural Ventures in Armenia, Botswana, and Brazil. Each LIV brought together 17-24 students under the guidance of a faculty expert, immersing them for eight days in the cultural, political, and economic environment of the country.
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.
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.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
