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Four Penn Abroad Students Receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

The University of Pennsylvania has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State for producing eight Gilman recipients this Spring 2025 cycle. Four recipients will study abroad in Fall 2025 on Penn Abroad programs: “Driven by our mission of bringing the world to Penn and Penn to the world, Penn Abroad is thrilled that we will…

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The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations Announces Third Fellowship Cohort

The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations is delighted to announce the selection of its third fellowship cohort, made up of seventeen outstanding next generation China scholars and analysts who were chosen as Project Fellows through a highly competitive process, following an open call for applications. Fellows are distributed across each of the…

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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. Provost John L. Jackson Jr. and Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Ezekiel Emanuel have announced that Celeste A. Wallander will join the University of Pennsylvania as the inaugural executive director of Penn Washington, beginning…

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Rules of Engagement

Following a stint advising the US Department of Defense on warfare’s AI-inflected future, political science professor and Perry World House director Michael C. Horowitz is back at the helm of Penn’s “home for global policy engagement.” In February 2023 the United States issued a declaration outlining how militaries should develop and deploy autonomous and artificial intelligence (AI)…

Profile shot of Michael Horowitz, dressed in a blue suit and red tie on the top floor of Perry World House.
Following a stint advising the US Department of Defense on warfare’s AI-inflected future, political science professor and Perry World House director Michael C. Horowitz is back at the helm of Penn’s “home for global policy engagement.”
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Penn Global Welcomes Stephanie Ingenito as New Director of Finance and Operations

On April 21, 2025, Penn Global welcomed its new Director of Finance and Operations, Stephanie Ingenito. Ingenito comes to Penn Global from Penn Vet, where she served as Director of Fiscal Operations. With Penn Vet, Ingenito was involved in all aspects of the School’s work, including budgeting and planning, financial operations, human resources and hiring,…

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How 2025-26 Penn Global Seminar courses are navigating an ‘uncertain’ international travel landscape

Penn faculty and staff provided insight into Penn Global Seminars for the upcoming academic year amid heightened concern about international travel amidst sweeping visa revocations.  In the 2025-2026 academic year, Penn Abroad plans to offer 20 courses across countries in regions such as Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and South America. The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke…

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Perry World House Conference Examines Migration and Human Rights

Perry World House’s (PWH) fourth and final conference of the academic year—this one on human rights and global justice—kicked off on Wednesday, April 16.   PWH Executive Director Marie Harf opened the conference by noting that “the world is experiencing unprecedented levels of displacement driven by conflict, economic insecurity and instability, and the impacts of climate change.”…

Amy Pope (left) speaks to the audience while sitting in a chair on stage at Perry World House.
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Penn leaders-turned-diplomats reflect on American statecraft and foreign policy

In a conversation at Perry World House event on ‘Common Sense Diplomacy,’ Penn President Emerita Amy Gutmann and former trustee chair David L. Cohen shared insights and experiences. The event, titled “Common Sense Diplomacy,” featured Gutmann, former U.S. ambassador to Germany, and former U.S. ambassador to Canada David L. Cohen, a Penn Carey Law alum, former…

Former chair of Penn’s Board of Trustees and former U.S. ambassador to Canada David L. Cohen, President Emerita and former U.S. ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann (pictured), along with Penn alumna and Trustee Emerita Andrea Mitchell spoke at a forum at Penn’s Perry World House event “Common Sense Diplomacy.”
Former chair of Penn’s Board of Trustees and former U.S. ambassador to Canada David L. Cohen, President Emerita and former U.S. ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann (pictured), along with Penn alumna and Trustee Emerita Andrea Mitchell spoke at a forum at Penn’s Perry World House event “Common Sense Diplomacy.”
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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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Perry World House Hosts Future of Security in the Indo-Pacific Workshop

As the Trump administration seeks to develop its national security and defense strategies, eyes are on how Washington will interact with the vast Indo-Pacific region. Regional actors are interested in the future of minilateral groupings like the Australia-UK-U.S. trilateral security partnership (AUKUS) and the Australia-India-Japan-U.S. security alliance (the Quad), how tariffs will be implemented against…

Experts, scholars, and practitioners gather around the conference table in Perry World House to discuss the future of the Indo-Pacific security.

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