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    Patterns of Soviet Jewish emigration in the post-Stalin era
    A woman in a grey dress stands in front of colorful trees. She is smiling with her arms crossed.

    Alexandra (Sasha) Zborovsky traveled to countries including Lithuana, Georgia, and the Netherlands for her research into Soviet Jews’ emigration from the USSR.

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    Patterns of Soviet Jewish emigration in the post-Stalin era

    For four decades, more than one million Jews left the USSR despite the Soviet Union’s complex bureaucracy and opposition to emigration. Doctoral candidate Sasha Zborovsky explores the intricate dynamics.
    Students fill critical behind-the-scenes Election Day roles for NBC News
    A group of people, seen from behind, watch election results from NBC News on a livestream display at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

    People watch an NBC News livestream showing poll results at Rockefeller Center in New York on Election Day 2024.

    (Image: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

    Students fill critical behind-the-scenes Election Day roles for NBC News

    Three dozen undergraduates worked with the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies this year to track turnout, assemble results, and build on-air graphics.
    Top five election takeaways
    A side-scrolling election feed is displayed on the side of a building in Times Square in New York City. There are people below in the foreground.

    A scrolling news feed with election results on election night in Times Square, New York.

    (Image: Charles Guerin/Abaca/Sipa via AP Images)

    Top five election takeaways

    Stephanie Perry, exit polling manager for NBC News and executive director of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, shares insights into what drove voters in Tuesday’s election.
    Event looks at neck-and-neck presidential election
    From left, journalists Greg Sargent, Eugene Daniels, Sarah McCammon and David Drucker share their perspectives and insights on the 2024 election at a recent roundtable on campus.

    From left, journalists Greg Sargent, Eugene Daniels, Sarah McCammon and David Drucker share their perspectives and insights on the 2024 election at a recent roundtable on campus.

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    Event looks at neck-and-neck presidential election

    At a roundtable sponsored by the SNF Paideia Program, political journalists from diverse outlets discussed the states of the presidential campaigns.