Penn senior Max Wragan named George J. Mitchell Scholar

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Penn Global Awards Two Penn Wharton China Center Residency Grants 

Penn Global awarded its first two Residency Grants to Chao Guo, Professor of Nonprofit Management in the School of Social Policy and Practice, and Emily Hannum, Stanley I. Sheerr Term…

Bizhanova, Krastev Recognized as 2025 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award Winners

University of Pennsylvania international students, Meruyert Bizhanova and Alexandar Krastev have been named recipients of the 2025 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award, which recognizes international students who have demonstrated a…

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Penn Global Grants Awarded to 16 New Faculty-led Projects 

Sixteen faculty-led projects have been selected this year to receive Penn Global research and engagement grants. Award recipients were announced at Penn Global’s annual grant launch on Thursday, May 2.  …

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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…

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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 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…

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,…

Amy Pope (left) speaks to the audience while sitting in a chair on stage at Perry World House.

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…