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Who, What, Why: Ariana Jimenez and the High School Voter Project
high School and college students pour decant colorful bottles of shampoo and shower gel to make hygiene kits for students

To work on providing basic care for classmates, the Sayre students decided to provide easy access to hygiene products—deodorant, shampoo, bodywash, lip balm, tampons, and pads—to their peers.

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Who, What, Why: Ariana Jimenez and the High School Voter Project

As part of a student-run, nonpartisan, Netter Center initiative, Ariana Jimenez focuses on youth voter registration, civic engagement, and education in West Philadelphia.

Kristina Linnea García

Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day
A collection of folded Penn T-shirts and sheets of "I voted" stickers in different languages are arranged on a table.

Tuesday was primary day in Pennsylvania, and Penn’s campus played host to three polling places where students and the community could cast their ballots.

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Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day

Penn’s campus played host to eight polling places where students and community members cast their ballots, with a team of trained poll workers keeping the action running smoothly.

Kristen de Groot

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at Fels
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sits at his desk in Washington, D.C.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke at the Fels Public Policy in Practice series from his office in Washington, D.C.

(Image: Courtesy of Fels Institute of Government)

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at Fels

Buttigieg’s discussion with Fels Distinguished Fellow Elizabeth Vale was part of the Fels Public Policy in Practice series.

Kristen de Groot

‘Politicians in robes’: How a sharp right turn imperiled trust in the Supreme Court
Members of the Supreme Court at Biden’s State of the Union address in 2024.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (front right), stands with other members of the Supreme Court before President Biden’s annual State of the Union address, on Capitol Hill, on March 7, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

(Image: Graeme Sloan/Sipa via AP Images)

‘Politicians in robes’: How a sharp right turn imperiled trust in the Supreme Court

The Court’s shift, capped by the 2022 Dobbs ruling, polarized views of and levels of trust in the Supreme Court along partisan lines for the first time in decades.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

What’s That? Fox-Fels Hall
Red brick exterior of Fox-Fels Hall on Penn campus, a Georgian style mansion with green shutters and white trim.

The exterior of Fox-Fels Hall on Walnut Street.

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What’s That? Fox-Fels Hall

‘The mansion’ is home to the Fels Institute of Government, Penn's graduate school for public policy and public management. 

Kristen de Groot

Election night takeaways
Signs for and against Ohio's Issue 1 are in a lawn covered in fall leaves in front of a church

Issue 1 signs sit outside Knox Presbyterian Church on Election Day, Nov. 7, 2023, in Cincinnati. Issue 1 specifically declares an individual’s right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” including abortion.

(Image: AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Election night takeaways

Political scientist Marc Meredith and PORES director Stephanie Perry, who both worked on NBC’s Decision Desk on Election Night with more than a dozen Penn undergrads, share their thoughts on what Tuesday’s results could mean for 2024.

Kristen de Groot

A healthy turnout for an off-year, mayoral election
A centimeter-scale quadruped leverages curved-crease origami

Penn Leads the Vote volunteers pose with Penn President Liz Magill, Cory Bowman of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, and Dawn Deitch of the Office of Government and Community Affairs.

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A healthy turnout for an off-year, mayoral election

Penn Leads the Vote was on hand at the Houston Hall polling location, one of several polling places on campus where voters made their voices heard for the 2023 general election.