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Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar
Florence Onyiuke.

Fourth-year Florence Onyiuke is a 2026 Rhodes Scholar.

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Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar

Onyiuke has been awarded a 2026 Rhodes Scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. She is among 32 American Rhodes Scholars and an expected 100 worldwide.

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A Lauder Institute intercultural venture in Oman and the UAE
Lauder Institute students looking at a scale model of a city.

Lauder Institute students observing at a scale model of a city during the Dubai leg of their international trip.

(Image: Mili Lozada-Cerna)

A Lauder Institute intercultural venture in Oman and the UAE

Graduate students in the Lauder Intercultural Ventures program traveled from Oman to Dubai to learn about urban growth, trade, tourism, and development in areas entrenched in cultural history and with deep religious roots.

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A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise
A researcher walking through a glacier in Greenland.

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A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise

For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim’s massive calving events don’t behave the way scientists once thought, reframing how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.

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Perry World House conference on climate progress since Paris Agreement

Perry World House conference on climate progress since Paris Agreement

Earlier in October, Perry World House hosted the “Climate Cooperation in Transition” workshop with the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research’s Global Governance Innovation project, which featured a stocktake of the progress made on climate since the Paris Agreement.

What to expect from the next Japanese prime minister
Sanae Takaichi, wearing a blue suit, stands in a crowd of seated Japanese legislators.

Sanae Takaichi (center) was chosen as the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party during recent leadership elections.

(Image: Kyodo News via AP Images)

  • Q&A

    • What to expect from the next Japanese prime minister

    Penn political scientist Daniel Smith discusses this week’s Japanese prime minister election and the possible selection of a staunch conservative as the new premier.

    3 min. read

    The Future of US-China Relations announces undergraduate student fellows 2025-2026

    The Future of US-China Relations announces undergraduate student fellows 2025-2026

    The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations has announced its second class of 10 undergraduate fellows who are integrated into the Project’s work of deepening U.S. capacity to understand and evaluate critical issues in the U.S.-China relationship.

    Navigating gender and power in South Korea
    Soosun You stands with her hands on her hips.

    Soosun You’s research focuses on gender and equity in South Korea.

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    Navigating gender and power in South Korea

    As the newest member of Penn’s political science faculty, Soosun You brings global experience—from her work as a former journalist in Seoul to conducting fieldwork in Africa—to research on women’s rights and politics in South Korea.

    2 min. read