Despite a national decline in international student enrollment at universities across the country, Penn’s total international student enrollment increased by 2.1% in the 2024-25 academic year. Recent data from the Institute of International Education — published on Nov. 17 in the 2025 Open Doors report — showed that Penn’s international student enrollment rose from 8,956 to 9,143…
On November 20, 2025, Perry World House convened a workshop that brought together leading democracy scholars and researchers to identify the key elements of a “global democracy playbook.” How do resilient democracies around the world push back against authoritarian and non-democratic populist movements? What institutional, social, and normative practices have been able to slow or even block democratic backsliding? What…
Penn Abroad has paused study abroad applications to King’s College London for most College of Arts and Sciences students, citing increased challenges with KCL’s admissions and course-registration processes. The update — posted last week on Penn Abroad’s Passport website — stated that applications to KCL are suspended for all students except those in the Department of English and…
On Nov. 6, former General Timothy Haugh spoke at a Perry World House event about the global threat landscape and its implications for policymakers, the U.S. economy, and defense. In conversation with Perry World House faculty director and political science professor Michael Horowitz, Haugh — who formerly served as the commander of the United States…
Perry World House hosted a talk featuring the father of a former Israeli hostage to discuss his international advocacy for the release of Israeli hostages. The Nov. 18 event was co-organized by the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and Perry World House. During the discussion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Eastern European Jewish history professor and former…
College and Wharton senior Florence Onyiuke was named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar. The Rhodes Trust announced this year’s group of scholars on Nov. 15, with Onyiuke listed as one of 32 chosen from the United States. The Rhodes Scholarship, established in 1902, funds full-time graduate study at the University of Oxford for around 100 recipients…
Current University of Pennsylvania affiliates are invited to apply for funding to support travel to the American University in Cairo and the Middle East to participate in research and fieldwork, course development and site visits, meetings with international peers and partners, and/or conference or networking opportunities. Application policies and procedures are in development, but Penn…
This fall, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel is co-chairing the Penn Forward “Global Opportunity & New Markets” working group alongside Megan Ryerson, Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning in the Weitzman School of Design and UPS Foundation Professor. Together, they are exploring how Penn can deepen its global…
Penn’s Middle East Center hosted a talk led by Middle East distinguished visiting scholar Dahlia Scheindlin on the role of data in understanding Israeli and Palestinian attitudes surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. The Oct. 28 event — held at the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics — focused on the Palestinian and Israeli public opinions.…
At 12:00 p.m. local time—or 5:00 a.m. ET—a U.S.-drafted ceasefire agreement went into effect between Israel and Hamas. The agreement is intended to stop the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza and give Israel and Hamas the space to try to arrive at a peace agreement that would permanently end the more than two-years-long war. It would…