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Amanda Mott
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Penn Global
Undergraduate seminar takes students to India
Nearly 8,000 miles from the University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia, eight students immersed themselves in “The Performing Arts of Modern South India” through a year-long course that included a 12-day visit to India and continues through the spring.
Penn President Amy Gutmann and Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Host Official Opening of the Penn Biden Center in Washington
On Thursday, Feb. 8, University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Joseph R.
Democracy and the Russia Investigation Tops Discussion With Congressman Adam Schiff at Perry World House
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, spoke at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House on Thursday about threats to democracy.
Three grants allow Penn libraries to digitize major collections
Penn Libraries is collaborating with the Council on Library Information Resources and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in offering three grants to digitize materials and collections for the global public to access.
Kelly Writers House and Perry World House collaborate in writer-in-residence program
A new collaboration between Kelly Writers House and Perry World House offers a residency program for journalists whose work puts their safety at risk.
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Words, Rendered in Arabic Calligraphy, on a West Philly Corner
A blank wall as his canvas, Tunisian-French street artist eL Seed spent a week this autumn transforming the corner of Market and Preston streets just north of 40th Street.
Penn Team Takes First Place at International Real Estate Competition
Six undergraduate students from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania took home the first place title and top prize of $10,000 from the Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition, Nov. 13-14, in New York City.
Bringing the World to Penn: Mexico’s Felipe Calderón Meets With Penn Students
In advance of his Sept.
Attracting International Students, Penn Welcomes the World
Today, more than 5,000 international students call the University of Pennsylvania’s campus their academic home. This year, the number of undergraduate international student applications increased by 10 percent and on Aug.
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Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that
Amy Gadsden of Penn Global says that American interest in studying in China is declining due to foreign businesses closing their offices there and Beijing’s draconian governing style.
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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.
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The Washington Post
China’s cautious, curious Middle East game
Neysun Mahboubi of Penn Global says that China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims doesn’t resonate as strongly in the Muslim world as the Palestinian issue.
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Axios
Future of 44-year-old science agreement caught in middle of U.S.-China tensions
Scott Moore of Penn Global says that it’s unimaginable to think of where China was in science and tech in the ‘70s versus now.
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USA Today
No, WEF did not declare all humans must have microchip implanted
Scott Moore of Penn Global says that the World Economic Forum doesn’t have the ability to mandate the laws and policies of governments.
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USA Today
No, the World Economic Forum did not ban natural conception of babies
Scott Moore of Penn Global says that the World Economic Forum doesn’t have the ability to mandate the laws and policies of governments around the globe.
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