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Restoring at-risk Assyrian cultural heritage
An ancient cuneiform tablet.

Cuneiform inscriptions on a kudurru (stone monument), which dates to 797 BCE, found by Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists at Nimrud, Iraq.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Museum)

Restoring at-risk Assyrian cultural heritage

Archaeologists from Penn Museum and Iraq have recovered remarkably preserved shrines from a temple in northern Iraq.
The quest to find actionable data for policymakers in developing countries
Cocoa farming in Ghana.

In Ghana, a team led by associate professor of practice Heather Huntington is working with many partners to support “deforestation-free cocoa,” which could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase carbon sequestration, and help cocoa farmers up their productivity and resilience.

(Image: Courtesy of Heather Huntington)

The quest to find actionable data for policymakers in developing countries

A collaboration between the Penn Development Research Initiative and the DevLab@Penn is on the ground in developing nations to generate better evidence that can influence real-world decisions.

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Vet student’s semester in Malawi is part of new educational partnership
Ashley Vanderbeck with vet students in Malawi.

Ashley Vanderbeck (third from left) with Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources veterinary students.

(Image: Courtesy of Ashley Vanderbeck for Penn Vet News)

Vet student’s semester in Malawi is part of new educational partnership

Ashley Vanderbeck spent a semester at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Malawi thanks to a novel program between Penn Vet and LUANAR to foster educational exchange and research opportunities.

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Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam
Group of students and professor pose for a photo in front of a restaurant.

Professor of history Fred Dickinson (back, right) with his students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

(Image: Courtesy of Fred Dickinson)

Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam

In a Q&A, Fred Dickinson of the Department of History discusses his semester as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Vietnam and building out Southeast Asian studies at Penn.
Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean showcases University scholarship
The interior main room of Perry World House, where conference attendees listen to a presentation

The 7th Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean (PLAC) conference, organized by an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and students, showcased public and community engaged scholarship across the region and its diaspora.

(Image: Janeth Zaldivar)

Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean showcases University scholarship

The seventh Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean conference centered on the theme of “Public and Community Engaged Scholarship in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Its Diaspora.”

Kristina García

How is the world working to save biodiversity?
Three women sit at tables in front of an audience. A Zoom screen with three additional speakers is behind them.

Kathleeen Morrison, Fernanda Jiménez, and Julie Ellis present to the Penn community at CLALS. The program was also available to online participants; behind them, Carolina Angel Botero, Emilio Latorre, and Keith Russell present via Zoom.

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How is the world working to save biodiversity?

A Sept. 18 panel hosted by the Environmental Innovations Initiative and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies discussed local and global initiatives.

Kristina García

Rainwater harvesting in Mexico City
rainwater collections

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Rainwater harvesting in Mexico City

Rising fourth-year Krishna Chandrasekhara spent three weeks in Mexico this summer as part of a project exploring the impact of water collection on public and community health.

Kristina García

Where scientific nationalism meets tradition
A group of Penn students looking at Japanese artifacts being presented in a museum.

(On homepage) At Uji, a city south of Kyoto that’s famous for tea, Penn students learn from a matcha master.

(Image: John Kehayias)

Where scientific nationalism meets tradition

In May, John Kehayias led a Penn Global Seminar to Japan, exploring ideas of wartime-era scientific nationalism while cultivating cross-cultural exchange.
The stories of a war-scarred Colombian rainforest
The Colombian rainforest.

Aerial view of the torrential rivers of the Andean-Amazonian foothills of Putumayo.

(Image: Daniel Mendieta Giraldo)

The stories of a war-scarred Colombian rainforest

Through her research, Kristina Lyons, associate professor of anthropology, is relaying the tales of the land’s suffering, as well as its enduring practical and spiritual importance to its residents.

Blake Cole

Immigration policy and the 2024 presidential election
A group of migrants along the Mexico-California border show their identification to U.S. Border Patrol agents, with brown mountains in the background and the sun about to rise, giving a spot of light in an overcast sky.

U.S. Border Patrol agents with migrants seeking asylum, mainly from Colombia, China, and Ecuador, in a makeshift, mountainous campsite after crossing the border between Mexico and the United States on Feb. 2, 2024, near Jacumba, California. 

(Image: AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Immigration policy and the 2024 presidential election

An April 2 symposium will bring together policy analysts, immigration scholars, and representatives of nonprofit advocacy organizations to discuss immigration policies and their impact.

Kristen de Groot