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Past successes, future questions as United Nations turns 75
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The United Nations is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.

Past successes, future questions as United Nations turns 75

Perry World House held a series of virtual talks with global leaders looking at the organization’s current efforts, ongoing struggles, and future.

Kristen de Groot, Erica K. Brockmeier

Trump’s 2016 rhetoric and Latino immigrant civic behavior
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"Holding Fast: Resilience and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants" sheds light on immigrants’ attitudes before, during and after Trump’s election.

Trump’s 2016 rhetoric and Latino immigrant civic behavior

A new book by political scientist Michael Jones-Correa sheds light on immigrants’ attitudes before, during, and after Trump’s election.

Kristen de Groot

Takeaways from the vice presidential debate
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Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence

Takeaways from the vice presidential debate

Historian Barbara D. Savage shares her thoughts on the first vice presidential debate in history featuring a Black woman.

Kristen de Groot

New student-created journal offers window to Middle East, North Africa
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New student-created journal offers window to Middle East, North Africa

Sophomore Laila Shadid and junior Zeynep Karadeniz, both in the College of Arts and Sciences, share a passion for understanding the Middle East—a passion that is now on display in “Fenjan.”

Kristen de Groot

Looking at the past through the historic present
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Sophomore Megan Chui interned over the summer at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

Looking at the past through the historic present

Sophomore Megan Chui expected her internship at the National Constitution Center to give her insights into how the past plays into the present. The summer of social unrest and the pandemic added a contemporary component to the job.

Kristen de Groot

Five takeaways from the presidential debate
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The first presidential debate of 2020 was a fiery spectacle. Marc Trussler of PORES shares his takeaways from the night.

Five takeaways from the presidential debate

Marc Trussler, director of data sciences for Penn’s Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, shares his thoughts on the chaotic first debate of the 2020 election.

Kristen de Groot

Remembering RBG
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Remembering RBG

Penn Today reached out to five experts from centers and schools across the University to reflect on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy. 

Kristina García, Kristen de Groot

An ambitious new Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations
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Experts at Penn’s Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC) have launched a new initiative to help chart the future of U.S.-China relations.

An ambitious new Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

Launched in May, the initiative brings together “next generation” thinkers—scholars and practitioners—to address the complex and changing relationship between the two countries.

Kristen de Groot

Seeking refuge in the climate emergency
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Seeking refuge in the climate emergency

The Perry World House 2020 Global Shifts Colloquium looked at the need to address mass displacement and why climate change poses a national security threat.

Kristen de Groot, Kristina García

Assessing constitutional and legal challenges for the 2020 election
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The coronavirus pandemic is expected to increase the number of mail-in votes and ballots being dropped off at boxes like this one in Oregon.

Assessing constitutional and legal challenges for the 2020 election

A panel of 10 experts spoke at a virtual symposium at the Penn Carey Law School about the challenges facing the presidential election, from the pandemic to mail-in voting.

Kristen de Groot

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