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Snapshots of Wharton students across the country and the world.

Wharton graduates first Global Executive MBA cohort

Members of Wharton’s first Global Executive MBA cohort reflect on their academic journeys and the opportunities the program’s hybrid design unlocked for them.

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Penn Dental Medicine renews MOU with Jagiellonian University Medical College

The renewed MOU, signed by Penn Dental Medicine’s Morton Amsterdam Dean, Dr. Mark Wolff, and Penn Dental professor Uri Hangorsky, will further strengthen the partnership, facilitating joint research projects, faculty exchanges, and student programs.

Building resilience on information manipulation

Perry World House convened a conference on “Media, Democracy, and Repression” in February, bringing together policymakers, scholars, researchers, and journalists to examine developments in information manipulation, evaluate the role of local and public media institutions in democracies, and analyze what steps governments, civil society, and others can take to build resilience to foreign and domestic information manipulation and interference.

Penn Washington names Celeste Wallander as inaugural executive director

Wallander will assume leadership and operational management of Penn Washington, and its mission and bridge Penn research with policy discussions on pressing issues, beginning June 1.

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Perry World House hosts expert roundtable on the margins of the 2025 World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings

Penn’s Perry World House, the International Peace Institute, and United Nations University hosted an expert roundtable discussion featuring policymakers, academics, and practitioners exploring the steps that multilateral institutions, countries, and subnational actors might take to meet the climate finance ambitions agreed in Baku.

Perry World House conference examines migration and human rights

Perry World House’s (PWH) annual conference of the Thakore Family Global Justice and Human Rights Program welcomed keynote speaker Amy Pope, director-general of the International Organization for Migration and a PWH distinguished visiting fellow in a conversation with Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein.

Amy Gutmann speaking on stage at Perry World House.

Penn leaders-turned-diplomats reflect on American statecraft and foreign policy

In a conversation at Perry World House event on “Common Sense Diplomacy,” President Emerita Amy Gutmann and former trustee chair David Cohen shared insights and experiences.

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Black Law Student Association explores constitutional law, literacy, and advocacy in South Africa

This spring, Penn Carey Law’s Black Law Student Association traveled to South Africa to engage in several high-impact activities focused on constitutional law, social justice, and legal education. Each year, the group travels internationally to give back to the Black diaspora and learn about different issues Black communities are facing around the world.

Penn students riding bikes over a bridge in Amsterdam.

Turning bicycles into an engineering study tool

Penn students explore the Netherlands’ cycling infrastructure and learn about bicycle design principles in Dustyn Roberts’ popular Penn Global Seminar.