Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks during the annual press conference of the non governmental organization in Berlin, Germany, in this Jan. 21, 2014 file picture. Roth has been named the inaugural Thakore Family Global Justice and Human Rights Visiting Fellow at Perry World House. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
CLALS director Tulia Falleti, CLALS Distinguished Visiting Scholar Marilene Felinto, and Penn historian Melissa Teixeira, discuss Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva’s defeat of right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil’s presidential election
Three experts share their thoughts on Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva’s defeat of right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, and what it means for Latin America’s largest democracy.
(Homepage image) Ángel Alvarado was a top economist and lawmaker in Venezuela who was able to escape persecution with Penn’s At-Risk Scholars Program. He is currently the Latin America’s Project Senior Fellow at Penn’s Economics Department.
At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn
The recently launched At-Risk Scholars Program has enabled two people—an art historian and economist—to escape persecution and danger with a period of residence at the University.
(Homepage image) In last spring’s How Washington Really Works seminar, guest speaker Liz Fowler (center) gives students her insider view on helping write the Affordable Care Act as George Mason Professor Steven Pearlstein, (left), and Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Ezekiel Emanuel (right) listen.
Higher education’s role in democracy
Experts from across the University share their thoughts on how their research, departments, and centers help foster democracy.
John Ghazvinian (left), executive director of the Middle East Center, discussed a wide range of issues with Tor Wennesland, including the uptick in violence in the West Bank.
Does the Middle East still matter?
Tor Wennesland, United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, had a wide-ranging conversation on the topic with the Middle East Center’s John Ghazvinian.
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, center, holds his first Cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
Q&A on the UK’s new prime minister
Political scientist Brendan O’Leary discusses Liz Truss’ fall, Rishi Sunak’s rise, and what it all means going forward.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (left) sat down with President Liz Magill for a discussion at Irvine Hall.
Justice Kagan discusses her path to the Court, building ‘common ground’
Capping off a festivities-filled inauguration day, President Liz Magill and Kagan had a wide-ranging conversation about the law, Kagan’s career, and building congeniality on the current Court.
Cornelius Whiting fills out his ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sept. 26, 2022. In-person voting for the midterm elections has started in Minnesota, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming, in a landscape that has changed since the pandemic drove a shift to mail balloting in the 2020 presidential contest. (Image: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
What to look for in the upcoming midterms
Political scientist Marc Meredith of the School of Arts & Sciences shares the top five things he’ll be keeping an eye in the upcoming elections.
Jared Farmer, history professor and chair of graduate studies. (Image: Eric Sucar, University of Pennsylvania).
A modern history of ancient trees, through the lens of climate change
Historian Jared Farmer discusses his new book, “Elderflora,” looking at why humans have no trouble looking at the ancient past but can’t seem to envision the deep future, and what trees can teach us.
