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Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate
Florencia Polite.

Florencia Polite, Penn Medicine’s chief of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology and vice chair of the department’s clinical operations.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate

At home and overseas, Florencia Polite is on a mission to help patients and physicians understand how RSV vaccines protect newborns.

From Penn Medicine News

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A Lauder Institute intercultural venture in Oman and the UAE
Lauder Institute students looking at a scale model of a city.

Lauder Institute students observing at a scale model of a city during the Dubai leg of their international trip.

(Image: Mili Lozada-Cerna)

A Lauder Institute intercultural venture in Oman and the UAE

Graduate students in the Lauder Intercultural Ventures program traveled from Oman to Dubai to learn about urban growth, trade, tourism, and development in areas entrenched in cultural history and with deep religious roots.

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A conversation with Penn Forward’s Global Opportunity and New Markets co-chairs
Megan Ryerson and Zeke Emanuel together next to Perry World House.

Megan Ryerson and Ezekiel Emanuel, co-chairs of the Global Opportunity and New Markets working group for Penn Forward, together at Perry World House. 

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A conversation with Penn Forward’s Global Opportunity and New Markets co-chairs

In a Q&A with Ezekiel Emanuel and Megan Ryerson, co-chairs of the Global Opportunity and New Markets working group for Penn Forward, the duo discuss the charge of their group, where they are in the process, and leaning into global engagement.

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The Future of US-China Relations announces undergraduate student fellows 2025-2026

The Future of US-China Relations announces undergraduate student fellows 2025-2026

The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations has announced its second class of 10 undergraduate fellows who are integrated into the Project’s work of deepening U.S. capacity to understand and evaluate critical issues in the U.S.-China relationship.

Water Environment Federation, Amazon, Penn’s Water Center, and leading utilities of the world launch groundbreaking Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence 
Open water.

The Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence will work to ensure AI growth benefits water resources and reduces stress on water resources.

(Image: Levente Bodo)

Water Environment Federation, Amazon, Penn’s Water Center, and leading utilities of the world launch groundbreaking Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence 

The first-of-its-kind initiative will develop best practices to minimize water impact in the age of AI.

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Doylestown doctor advances care in Africa through compassionate collaboration

Doylestown doctor advances care in Africa through compassionate collaboration

Albert Ruenes, a urology doctor at Penn Medicine Doylestown Health, and Serigne Gueye, professor at Hospital General Idrissa Pouye in Senegal, have developed a powerful global partnership that’s transforming urologic care across West Africa.

Paideia Fellows build dialogue in Athens
Penn students in Athens, Greece.

SNF Paideia Fellows visit Athens, Greece, in 2025.

(Image: Photo by Annalise Howard, courtesy of the SNF Paideia Program)

Paideia Fellows build dialogue in Athens

Penn’s SNF Paideia class of 2025 fellows capped off a three-year experience on a trip to Greece, where they met with local residents, toured historic sites, and discussed local issues with global impact.

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Penn GSE’s global partnerships

Penn GSE’s global partnerships

Penn Graduate School of Education professors and programs are engaged in more than 150 international partnerships and projects in over 60 countries around the globe to enact positive change through education.

From Penn GSE

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Exploring China’s rural landscapes up close

Exploring China’s rural landscapes up close

Now in its second year, the Weitzman School’s SEU-Penn Exchange Program partnered with Southeast University in Nanjing, China to examine the future of rural villages and their relationships to the cities through an immersive exchange program and symposium on the theme of “Innovative Rural-scape.”