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Penn students selected for Fulbright UK Summer Institutes

Penn students selected for Fulbright UK Summer Institutes

Eshaal Ubaid and Demi Egunjobi, undergraduates in the College of Arts & Sciences, have been selected for the Fulbright UK Summer Institutes to study at leading UK institutions while exploring British culture and society.

A science policy framework for the climate determinants of health

A science policy framework for the climate determinants of health

This spring, Perry World House and Penn Climate hosted a convening on the margins of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings to discuss how to further bridge the science-policy gap to inform responses to climate change impacts on health.

The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations announces fourth fellowship cohort

The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations announces fourth fellowship cohort

The cohort is comprised of 16 next-generation China scholars and analysts across the Project’s six key issues: national security; trade and economics; research and education; human rights and governance; climate and environment; and science and technology.

Financing resilience for ocean economies
A wave in the ocean.

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Financing resilience for ocean economies

Perry World House’s “Financing Resilience for Ocean Economies” workshop brought together policymakers, practitioners, and academics to discuss how to close the $175 billion annual investment gap in ocean resilience.

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Global Research Seminar in Jamaica

Global Research Seminar in Jamaica

This spring, Penn Carey Law students traveled to Kingston, Jamaica, as part of the Global Research Seminar in Reproductive Rights and Justice in Jamaica, led by Professor Dorothy Roberts.

Learning from the practitioners of statecraft
Members of the Perry World House Geneva cohort standing in front of UN flags.

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Learning from the practitioners of statecraft

A cohort of 18 Perry World House undergraduate student fellows traveled to Geneva to learn from diplomats, technical experts, and activists working to advance global security, economic growth, and well-being.

Spring Intercultural Ventures explore geopolitics and economic change on the ground
Students at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve in Gaborone, Botswana.

LIV students following a game drive at Mokolodi Nature Reserve in Gaborone, Botswana.

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Spring Intercultural Ventures explore geopolitics and economic change on the ground

The global immersion program enables Penn students from the Lauder Institute to gain a firsthand understanding of how policy, history, culture, and socioeconomic forces shape real-world conditions in various countries.

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Strengthening the peace and security agenda

Strengthening the peace and security agenda

Penn Carey Law’s Rangita de Silva de Alwis’s work on women in conflict, the “Women, Peace and Security Addendum“ has been formally adopted at the 92nd session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.