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Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting
Guy Grossman.

Guy Grossman, political science professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

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Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting

The political science professor investigates the effects of Uganda’s refugee-hosting reforms on preventing public backlash.

From Omnia

Democracy in Israel
An Israeli protester holds a lit flare giving off a red glow as another waves an Israeli flag in a nighttime protest.

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 9, 2023. 

(Image: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Democracy in Israel

Perry World House hosted a conversation to look at how the proposals from Israel’s new far-right government could weaken the country’s democracy.

Kristen de Groot

Matthew Levendusky’s ‘Our Common Bonds’
A toddler is seen from behind riding a scooter with a blue helmet on and wearing an American flag like a cape.

A Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.

(Image: AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Matthew Levendusky’s ‘Our Common Bonds’

A new book by Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences shows that, although there is no simple solution that will eradicate partisan animosity, there are concrete interventions that can reduce it.

Kristen de Groot

Making moves with Lucas Monroe
Lucas Monroe stands under the hoop at the Palestra holding a basketball at his side.

Image: Eric Sucar

Making moves with Lucas Monroe

The fourth-year guard discusses what he loves about basketball, the history of the game, his social justice work, and his plans for the future.
Tracing public opinion on global issues
Tom Etienne with students sitting outside.

Doctoral student Tom Etienne with students from his cohort.

(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

Tracing public opinion on global issues

Tom Etienne, a joint doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication and the Department of Political Science, uses his skills in data collection to analyze political opinions.

From Annenberg School for Communication

The war in Ukraine: One year on
A graveyard is covered in Ukrainian flags and large displays of flowers.

A woman searches for the grave of her husband, a Ukrainian serviceman killed in the Bakhmut area, in the Alley of Glory part of the cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2023.

(Image: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

The war in Ukraine: One year on

A panel of experts took the stage at Perry World House to consider the prospects for peace and what constitutes a victory in an insightful discussion about the war and what the future holds for both Russia and Ukraine.

Kristen de Groot