Dan Shortridge’s beats in the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS) include Political Science; History, International Relations; East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures; Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies; Russian and East European Studies; and Economics, as well as the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, The Lauder Institute (Wharton/SAS), Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies (PORES), McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Penn Institute for Economic Research, the Center for Study of Contemporary China, Center for East Asian Studies, Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, Fels Institute of Government, and Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, & Immigration. In addition, he covers Penn Carey Law, the SNF Paideia Program, and for Penn Global he covers the China Research and Engagement Fund, Penn Washington, and Perry World House.
(Top row) Max Annunziata, Sangeetha Bhuyan, Solange Campos, and Nik Donoughe. (Second row) Preethi Jayaraman, Christine Kim, Enne Kim, Alexander Li, Noa Machover, and Shivek Narang. (Third row) Keanu Natan, Tammy Nguyen, Bedansh Pandey, Sophia Powell, Ana Richardson, and Grant Schatzman. (Bottom row) Andi Sycip, Julian Tash, Hannah Tsai, Zoie Weinsweig, and Claire Zhang.
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Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2026-27 U.S. Student Program grants
The awardees will spend the 2026-27 academic year conducting research, pursuing graduate degrees, or teaching English overseas.
Fourth-year Naseebullah Andar and graduate student Brianna Leung are 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars.
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Penn fourth-year and graduate student named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
The scholarship provides financial support for as long as three years to pursue a graduate degree and global leadership training at Stanford University.
Kelly He lifts the mould and deckle to drain water from the paper pulp.
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Making paper for the Declaration’s anniversary
Learn the five steps to making paper as it was done in the Revolutionary era, part of a Common Press semiquincentennial project, alongside a class from the Weitzman School of Design.
Rafaella Lambrinos, a fourth-year history major, documented British food rationing during World War II and the ensuing Bengal famine of 1943 for her honors thesis.
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Sacrifice versus suffering: Examining unheard stories of the past
Fourth-year Rafaella Lambrinos traveled to London to study archival records about the Bengal famine of 1943 and British food rationing, gaining greater insight into the study of the past.
Second-year David Sun examines primary source documents at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for his Revolutionary Stories project.
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History course brings Philadelphia’s ‘Revolutionary Stories’ to life
In a partnership with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania expanding students access to primary source documents, undergraduates examine the lives of regular Revolutionary-era Philadelphians.
Recipients of the 2026 Thouron awards are (left to right, top to bottom) Tristen Brisky, Charissa Howard, Jean Kim, Jordan Liu, Caroline Magdolen, Griffin Pitt, Andrew Schmidt, Sriya Teerdhala, and Megha Thomas.
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Penn announces nine 2026 Thouron Scholars
Six fourth-year students and three recent graduates will use the scholarship award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
Zach McGrath has been named a 2026 Truman Scholar.
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Penn student awarded Truman Scholarship
Third-year Zach McGrath, a political science major in the College, is among 55 students chosen as 2026 Truman Scholars from 48 U.S. colleges and universities.
