Perry World House | Penn Today

A smiling woman stands facing the camera with her arms crossed. She is standing in front of a glass-fronted row of offices with a glass railing in front of her. She is wearing a white coat and maroon head covering.

Who, What, Why: Medical student Bayan Galal aims to tackle global health challenges

The first-year Penn Medicine student and graduate associate at Perry World House draws her inspiration from her family’s lived experience.

A group of students sits around a rectangular table in a discussion. A man stands next to a pad of paper on an easel preparing to take notes.

Perry World House student fellows explore global policy solutions

Through global trips and weekly seminars, the program centers students’ interests in global policy to help solve real-world problems, and the students gain one-of-a-kind experience along the way.

From left, Perry World House panelists Erin Sikorsky, Hussein Banai and Alexander Vershbow at a forum on foreign policy priorities for the incoming administration.

(Image: Gabrielle Szczepanek)

Forum addresses foreign policy priorities for the U.S.

Experts offered predictions and insights for leaders in the incoming administration at a Perry World House forum.

Ali Zaidi (right) and Justin Worland in discussion at Perry World House.

White House national climate advisor talks Inflation Reduction Act results and reasons for hope

In a fireside chat at Penn, Ali Zaidi talked about the Biden Administration’s climate policy as a throughline to securing global competitiveness and domestic prosperity.

A crowd of Syrians gather in an open space. To the right, they are waving a revolutionary flag.

What comes next for Syria

Perry World House held a discussion featuring Penn experts to confront the future of Syria after the fall of the Assad regime and what the world can expect.

The interior main room of Perry World House, where conference attendees listen to a presentation

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.”

Michael C. Horowitz returns as director of Perry World House

Horowitz resumed the leadership of Perry World House on August 14, overseeing work on security, defense, and emerging technologies.

‘I screwed up’: When is a leader too old to lead?

A 2005 survey by Michael Horowitz of Perry World House and the School of Arts & Sciences found that older political leaders were more likely to initiate and intensify military conflicts than their younger peers.

The Philippine province caught in the cross hairs of U.S.-China rivalry

Thomas Shattuck of Perry World House says that the Philippine provinces closest to Taiwan would undoubtedly play a strategic role should a conflict occur with China.

Kate Gilmore sits on a chair on a stage holding a microphone in front of audience members and a Penn shield and the words Perry World House are behind her.

Former UN official on regressive gender-based policies

Speaking at Perry World House (PWH), former United Nations deputy high commissioner for human rights Kate Gilmore, a PWH Visiting Fellow, addressed regressive reproductive and gender-based policies that have gained traction globally.

Filters