Global Outreach

The renewed MOU, signed by Penn Dental Medicine’s Morton Amsterdam Dean, Dr. Mark Wolff, and Penn Dental professor Uri Hangorsky, will further strengthen the partnership, facilitating joint research projects, faculty exchanges, and student programs.

Four Lauder Institute students reflect on their journeys through the Wharton and School of Arts & Sciences joint-degree program, which weds international politics, economics, history, culture, and language.

Wallander will assume leadership and operational management of Penn Washington, and its mission and bridge Penn research with policy discussions on pressing issues, beginning June 1.

Penn’s Perry World House, the International Peace Institute, and United Nations University hosted an expert roundtable discussion featuring policymakers, academics, and practitioners exploring the steps that multilateral institutions, countries, and subnational actors might take to meet the climate finance ambitions agreed in Baku.

In a conversation at Perry World House event on “Common Sense Diplomacy,” President Emerita Amy Gutmann and former trustee chair David Cohen shared insights and experiences.

This spring, Penn Carey Law’s Black Law Student Association traveled to South Africa to engage in several high-impact activities focused on constitutional law, social justice, and legal education. Each year, the group travels internationally to give back to the Black diaspora and learn about different issues Black communities are facing around the world.

Perry World House’s “Feeding a Climate-Changed World” conference brought together climate experts to discuss democracy, human rights, and the geopolitics of food security.

School of Social Policy & Practice’s Jennifer Prah has written a comprehensive framework that takes a worldwide approach to attaining global health goals.

During Penn’s spring break, the Lauder Institute broadened its global footprint with three new Lauder Intercultural Ventures in Armenia, Botswana, and Brazil. Each LIV brought together 17-24 students under the guidance of a faculty expert, immersing them for eight days in the cultural, political, and economic environment of the country.

The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice Program is a collaboration with Penn’s Graduate School of Education and 70 educators around Asia, Africa, and Europe working together on a K-12 education program that emphasizes climate change and social inequalities.