Penn Washington is pleased to welcome Amanda Catanzano as a Visiting Scholar. During her appointment, Catanzano will direct Penn Washington’s Project on the Future of U.S. Foreign Assistance, an initiative designed to bring together experts from academia, U.S. and foreign governments, philanthropy, multilateral institutions, and the nonprofit sector to assess the future of American foreign assistance programs and…
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies is pleased to announce that PWH Faculty Fellow Fiona S. Cunningham has been selected to receive the 2025 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award for Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security (Princeton University Press, 2025).
Perry World House is pleased to announce the application processes for the 2027-28 Postdoctoral Fellowship and Lightning Scholar (untenured faculty) are now open through December 1, 2026. The application for the Perry World House Postdoctoral Fellowship can be found here; and applications for the Lightning Scholar program can be found here.
For the third year in a row, Perry World House hosted a series of policy discussions on the margins of the UN General Assembly High Level Session and New York Climate Week. In addition to climate change, this year’s offerings also addressed the future of healthcare in Africa and humanitarian priorities for the next UN Secretary-General. Perry…
On September 17-18, 2026, Perry World House in collaboration with Penn Climate convened a conference on Climate Leadership and Health. The convening examined the intersection of global climate diplomacy and public health, with a focus on the policy frameworks needed to address the accelerating reality of climate-related illness. The discussion brought together former ministers, United…
Perry World House—the University of Pennsylvania’s home for global policy engagement—is thrilled to continue its Non-Resident Senior Advisor (NRSA) Program. “The Non-Resident Senior Advisors program has been a critical component of how PWH engages with practitioners over the years,” said Faculty Director Michael C. Horowitz. “We appreciate the time and effort they give to us throughout…
Perry World House (PWH) – the University of Pennsylvania’s hub for global affairs – is pleased to announce its 2026-27 cohort of distinguished visiting fellows. Over the course of the year, these scholars and policy practitioners will visit Penn’s campus and engage with students, staff, faculty, and other members of the PWH community on some…
Perry World House announced the inaugural cohort of researchers participating in its Faculty Fellowship Projects Initiative last week. The program offers the center’s resources to Penn faculty members who are currently engaged in research projects with a potential global policy impact. Resources will be devoted to faculty leads of the six selected projects for…
Perry World House highlighted Penn founder Benjamin Franklin’s key role in the drafting of the Constitution at a Tuesday panel. Vice Provost of Global Initiatives Ezekiel Emanuel moderated the Sept. 15 event, which featured Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Stacy Schiff and Yale Law School professor Akhil Reed Amar. The panel — hosted on National Voter Registration…
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration rule that would have imposed a four-year cap on international student visas on Monday, just one day before it was set to take effect. If implemented, the Department of Homeland Security policy would apply to students, researchers, professors, foreign press representatives, or other academics entering or reentering the United…
