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History at Penn: FDR Accepts 1936 Democratic Re-nomination at Franklin Field
“Philadelphia is a good city in which to write American history,” Franklin D. Roosevelt said as he accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential re-nomination at Franklin Field 80 years ago.
Undergraduate Students at Penn Get Hands-on Lessons With the DNC Host Committee
When University of Pennsylvania student Martine White heard that Philadelphia had won the bid to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention, she knew that she wanted to be a part of history.
Three Veterans at the University of Pennsylvania Named 2016 Tillman Scholars
Three military veterans who are enrolled as graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania, John Schippert, Jonathan Wood and Matthew Miclette, have been appointed as 2016 Tillman Scholars through the Pat Tillman Foundation.
Penn GSE Faculty, Fulbright Fellow Helps Transform Higher Education in India
Sharon Ravitch, a senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and a newly appointed Fulbright Scholar, is changing India’s educational systems through partnerships and research.
Rising Senior at Penn Takes Up Editorial Internship at ‘Foreign Affairs’
Growing up in Hockessin, Del., Jessica McDowell, was a subscriber to the political science magazine Foreign Affairs for many years. This summer, the rising senior at the University of Pennsylvania is working as the publication’s editorial intern.
Political Scientist at Penn Spotlights the ‘Shadow of Unfairness’ in Democracy
“Life’s not fair” applies to some people more than others, according to Jeffrey Green, an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Penn Volunteers in Public Service Award Five Scholarships to Local Students
As it has done for 25 years, Penn Volunteers in Public Service has provided as much as $1,000 in non-tuition scholarships to college-bound students from West Philadelphia high schools who were chosen based on community service and academic excellence.
Alisha Chowdhury Is Among ‘Girls Who Invest’ at Penn
With the hopes that their children would receive a better education, the parents of University of Pennsylvania student Alisha Chowdhury left Bangladesh the year before she was born and settled in New Orleans.
Hannah Fagin Credits Grandmother and Opportunities at Penn for Career Choice
Even before coming to the University of Pennsylvania, Hannah Fagin knew she wanted to study the humanities, but she knew she had found her major after her first history course at Penn, “History of the American South.”