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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. They say you never forget how to ride a bike. Dustyn Roberts hopes that her students never forget how a bike—something everyone has either seen or ridden—is the ideal introduction to engineering concepts like materials, urban…

While in the Netherlands, students rode around Amsterdam and Delft, exploring the cycling culture and learning about the Dutch infrastructure that makes it the No. 1 cycling country in the world.
While in the Netherlands, students rode around Amsterdam and Delft, exploring the cycling culture and learning about the Dutch infrastructure that makes it the No. 1 cycling country in the world. (Image: Erin Feeney)
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European Studies Institute aims to center the continent for interested undergrads

Launch of the Institute and rebirth of a minor in European studies create new opportunities for student research and travel abroad. A new European Studies Institute (ESI) has launched at Penn along with a revitalized minor available to most students who study abroad in Europe. “The European Union is the second-largest economy in the world,” says Mitchell…

The new European Studies minor can be partly earned while students study abroad in Europe. (Image: iStock/olrat)
The new European Studies minor can be partly earned while students study abroad in Europe. (Image: iStock/olrat)
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Who, What, Why: Alexander Schrier on Uzbekistan’s role in a new world order

The fourth-year international relations student is researching Uzbekistan and Central Asian diplomacy, with a summer spent talking with taxi drivers and U.S. ambassadors on the ground in Tashkent. Now a fourth-year, Schrier’s experience as a Perry World House Student Fellow has given him insight into possible career paths. He will be attending the Johns Hopkins…

Fourth-year Alexander Schrier has been studying Uzbekistan and Central Asian diplomacy for his senior thesis in international relations.
Who, What, Why Portrait of Alex Schrier at Perry World House

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