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Penn students present work to help rebuild Ukrainian city
Students from Penn and Eugenie Birch stand with members of the US Department of State and the Ukrainian Ambassador.

Weitzman students at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. with Oksana Markarova (Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States), Dorothy McAuliffe (U.S. Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Department of State), John Thompson (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Department of State) and Eugenie Birch (co-director, Penn IUR).

(Image: Courtesy of the U.S. Department of State)

Penn students present work to help rebuild Ukrainian city

With the two-year anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine looming, city planners begin to strategize solutions to rebuild, sustainably.
Lech Wałęsa on the state of democracy
Lech Walesa and Trudy Rubin sit on a stage at Perry World House.

Former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa (left) in a discussion with Trudy Rubin at Perry World House.

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Lech Wałęsa on the state of democracy

The former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate had a wide-ranging chat with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and Perry World House Visiting Fellow Trudy Rubin, tackling topics like Russia, Ukraine, and how to build democracies.

Kristen de Groot

Mark Wolff provides Task Force on Antisemitism update
Mark Wolff

“Penn is a big, complex place, and these are big, complex issues,” says Mark Wolff, chair of the University Task Force on Antisemitism. “It’s essential that we get this right.”

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Mark Wolff provides Task Force on Antisemitism update

Penn Today dives into the group’s progress since receiving its charge, how it connects with the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community, goals for the days ahead, and more.

Penn Today Staff

Exploring the role of science communication in democracy
Vanessa Schipani teaches class.

Vanessa Schipani provides an op-ed writing tutorial during her Science Communication in Democracy course.

Exploring the role of science communication in democracy

Philosophy Ph.D. student Vanessa Schipani taught the SNF Paideia course Science Communication in Democracy, based on her dissertation research.