Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam Professor of history Fred Dickinson (back, right) with his students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.(Image: Courtesy of Fred Dickinson) Q&A Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam In a Q&A, Fred Dickinson of the Department of History discusses his semester as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Vietnam and building out Southeast Asian studies at Penn.
Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean showcases University scholarship The 7th Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean (PLAC) conference, organized by an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and students, showcased public and community engaged scholarship across the region and its diaspora.(Image: Janeth Zaldivar) Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean showcases University scholarship The seventh Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean conference centered on the theme of “Public and Community Engaged Scholarship in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Its Diaspora.”
Where scientific nationalism meets tradition (On homepage) At Uji, a city south of Kyoto that’s famous for tea, Penn students learn from a matcha master.(Image: John Kehayias) Where scientific nationalism meets tradition In May, John Kehayias led a Penn Global Seminar to Japan, exploring ideas of wartime-era scientific nationalism while cultivating cross-cultural exchange.
Penn Washington to house the University’s engagement in D.C. Image: iStock/blanscape Penn Washington to house the University’s engagement in D.C. Vice Provost for Global initiatives Ezekiel J. Emanuel will serve as the initial faculty director of Penn Washington, and the new Penn Franklin Initiative is introduced.
The stories of a war-scarred Colombian rainforest Aerial view of the torrential rivers of the Andean-Amazonian foothills of Putumayo. (Image: Daniel Mendieta Giraldo) The stories of a war-scarred Colombian rainforest Through her research, Kristina Lyons, associate professor of anthropology, is relaying the tales of the land’s suffering, as well as its enduring practical and spiritual importance to its residents.
Scholars at risk in their own countries find a new home at Penn Philadelphia Inquirer Scholars at risk in their own countries find a new home at Penn Penn Global’s Scholars-at-Risk program is featured. Global’s Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Scott Moore, Penn Carey Law’s Eric Feldman, and Wharton’s Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, along with former and current scholars Angel Alvarado, Pavel Golubev, and Jawad Moradi are interviewed. First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award Britain’s Prince William presents an award to Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati, a first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania from Oman, during the Diana Legacy Award, at the Science Museum in London, on March 14, 2024. (Image: Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP) First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award Korisepati, a student in the Hunstman Program at Penn, accepted the 2024 Diana Legacy Award from the Prince of Wales at a ceremony held March 14. Two-and-a-half decades of research in Malawi Collaborators on the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health visited the University of Pennsylvania in October for a project meeting. Pictured are Lauren Schmitz (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Namrata Ray (Penn), Hans-Peter Kohler (Penn), Kondwani Katundu (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi), Kazione Kulisewa (Kamuzu University), Iliana V. Kohler (Penn), and Victor Mwapasa (Kamuzu University).(Image: Eric Sucar) Two-and-a-half decades of research in Malawi As the country’s life expectancy has risen, the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health has shifted its current and future research to aging. Ways to help victims of war this holiday season Philadelphia Inquirer Ways to help victims of war this holiday season Perry World House Visiting Fellow Trudy Rubin shares resources to help those affected by war, including initiatives by the Center for Global Health and Penn Medicine. Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement Image: Courtesy of OMNIA Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement The Global Learners Program, taught by LPS English Language Programs instructors, offered more than 300 people in Ukraine English skills useful on the job hunt—and provided some normalcy and hope in the process. Load More
First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award Britain’s Prince William presents an award to Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati, a first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania from Oman, during the Diana Legacy Award, at the Science Museum in London, on March 14, 2024. (Image: Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP) First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award Korisepati, a student in the Hunstman Program at Penn, accepted the 2024 Diana Legacy Award from the Prince of Wales at a ceremony held March 14.
Two-and-a-half decades of research in Malawi Collaborators on the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health visited the University of Pennsylvania in October for a project meeting. Pictured are Lauren Schmitz (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Namrata Ray (Penn), Hans-Peter Kohler (Penn), Kondwani Katundu (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi), Kazione Kulisewa (Kamuzu University), Iliana V. Kohler (Penn), and Victor Mwapasa (Kamuzu University).(Image: Eric Sucar) Two-and-a-half decades of research in Malawi As the country’s life expectancy has risen, the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health has shifted its current and future research to aging.
Ways to help victims of war this holiday season Philadelphia Inquirer Ways to help victims of war this holiday season Perry World House Visiting Fellow Trudy Rubin shares resources to help those affected by war, including initiatives by the Center for Global Health and Penn Medicine. Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement Image: Courtesy of OMNIA Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement The Global Learners Program, taught by LPS English Language Programs instructors, offered more than 300 people in Ukraine English skills useful on the job hunt—and provided some normalcy and hope in the process.
Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement Image: Courtesy of OMNIA Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement The Global Learners Program, taught by LPS English Language Programs instructors, offered more than 300 people in Ukraine English skills useful on the job hunt—and provided some normalcy and hope in the process.