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How Lucas Monroe defines leadership
Lucas Monroe sits in the bleachers at the Palestra.

As a response to anti-Black violence, Lucas Monroe, a junior in the School of Arts & Sciences, took on a leadership role in social justice work, eventually serving as a fellow in the Office of Social Equity & Community along with being co-captain of the men’s basketball team.

How Lucas Monroe defines leadership

Lucas Monroe, a political science major, combines athletics and introspection to take on a leadership role in social justice work on campus and beyond.

Kristina García

‘The Cold War’s Long Shadow’
Map of the Info-Pacific region, including India, China, and Japan in the north, down to Australia and New Zealand in the south

India is an important partner in creating a liberal order, Ganguly said. “It is the only country in the world whose human resources can match China’s. It is committed to a rules-based international order. It has the world’s sixth largest economy with room to grow much further. It can help with diversification and building resilient global supply chains.”

‘The Cold War’s Long Shadow’

As a visiting fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in India (CASI), Swagato Ganguly gave a talk on “The Cold War’s Long Shadow: Indian Foreign Policy and the Current State of Play of Indo-Pacific Geopolitics.”

Kristina García

Symposium highlights range and reach of Penn Global research
Panelists sit on a stage at Perry World House, while another is on a Zoom screen behind them

The 2022 Launch Symposium at Perry World House brought together faculty from eight of Penn’s 12 schools to share presentations on their projects that span the globe.

Symposium highlights range and reach of Penn Global research

The Penn Global Research and Engagement Grant is supporting 21 faculty-led projects that span research, capacity-building, and development efforts across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, India, China, and beyond.

Kristen de Groot

Philip Gressman thinks mathematics can make for fairer elections
Voter redistricting map of North Charleston.

(Image: North Charleston via Flickr)

Philip Gressman thinks mathematics can make for fairer elections

The professor of mathematics wants to make elections fairer through the application of computational mathematics to redistricting maps.

From Omnia

Course shows students how Washington really works
students walk in front of the capitol building before class

(Homepage image) Penn students took Amtrak to Washington every Friday for the class, held at the Penn Biden Center, across from the U.S. Capitol.

Course shows students how Washington really works

Penn and George Mason University students traveled to Washington, D.C. every Friday this spring for a class that gives the inside scoop on policymaking inside the Beltway.

Kristen de Groot

Turning Latin America green
Windmills on the coast of Chile.

Turning Latin America green

Santiago Cunial, a doctoral candidate in political science, investigates issues surrounding green energy in Chile and Argentina.

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations speaks at Perry World House
two people sitting on stage talking with Perry World House on the wall behind them and the Ukrainian flag beside them

Ukraine’s Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya (right) speaks with Philadelphia Inquirer foreign affairs columnist Trudy Rubin at Perry World House.

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations speaks at Perry World House

The fight against Russian aggression in Ukraine is also a fight to protect Europe and democracy globally, said Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s representative to the UN, speaking with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin at Perry World House.
Penn Political Union in conversation with John Bolton
John Bolton sits on a stage at Irvine Auditorium with the president of the Penn Political Union

Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton speaks with Lexi Boccuzzi, president of the Penn Political Union. (Photo: Courtesy of Eric Stabach)

Penn Political Union in conversation with John Bolton

The former U.S. national security adviser was on campus as part of a series of speaker events that promote the free expression of differing views and provide a forum for civil dialogue across the political divide.

Kristen de Groot