Third annual Penn Global Week fosters a world-minded campus Penn Global Week’s 2017 Arts and Culture Showcase at Perry World House. Photo by Eddy Marenco Third annual Penn Global Week fosters a world-minded campus The four-day celebration, from Sept. 11-14, will feature an arts showcase, a brand-new story slam, a passport program, and an information fair.
Bringing world leaders together around competing visions of the global order Joe Biden speaking at the inaugural Perry World House global order conference in 2017, accompanied on stage by PWH Director William Burke-White (left) and Penn President Amy Gutmann. Bringing world leaders together around competing visions of the global order Former U.S. National Security Advisors H.R. McMaster and Susan Rice will be the headline speakers at a two-day Perry World House colloquium in September, with former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Nick Clegg participating in the Penn Biden Leaders Dialogue.
University of Pennsylvania announces 2018-2019 Perry World House Fellows The Class of 2018-2019 Perry World House Fellows pictured clockwise from the top are: Felipe Calderón, Derek Chollet, Charles W. Dent, H.R. McMaster, Susan Rice, Bob Work, Sozi Pedro Tulante, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, and Nadia Schadlow. University of Pennsylvania announces 2018-2019 Perry World House Fellows Felipe Calderón, H.R. McMaster, Susan Rice, and Charles Dent are among nine leaders named, bringing their perspective and expertise in national and global government to Penn's global policy research institute.
‘Alarming’ diabetes epidemic in Guatemala tied to aging, not obesity ‘Alarming’ diabetes epidemic in Guatemala tied to aging, not obesity A new study by Penn Center for Global Health, published in PLOS One, finds that 25 percent of the large indigenous population in Guatemala has either type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes.
Bringing nursing to the most remote places Bringing nursing to the most remote places Registered nurse Nancy Bonalumi teamed up with Project Helping Hands, a nonprofit organization that deploys volunteer medical teams to remote areas in developing nations, from Nepal to Kenya, and recently returned from her fifth visit to Bolivia.
Vet students’ goat dairy aims to fill a nutrition gap in Gambia Briana Wilson, a third-year student at Penn Vet, is helping her peers establish a commercial goat dairy operation in Gambia. Vet students’ goat dairy aims to fill a nutrition gap in Gambia Briana Wilson plans on becoming a small-animal vet, but this summer she is immersing herself in far-flung ventures in faraway places at the Gambia Goat Dairy, helping to create a sustainable, commercial herd of milking goats.
Hack4Impact: a global coding force for good iStock Hack4Impact: a global coding force for good Students in Hack4Impact, a national student-led group that originated at Penn, spend volunteer hours developing web-based applications for social impact nonprofits around the country.
The Democracy Project: Reversing a crisis of confidence The Democracy Project: Reversing a crisis of confidence The Penn Biden Center, Freedom House, and the George W. Bush Institute reveal the findings of a national survey about democracy at home and abroad, which cites a crisis of public confidence in the functioning of U.S. democracy.
The transforming power of global aid on health care—and care giving Ramah McKay The transforming power of global aid on health care—and care giving Foreign aid makes up close to half of Mozambique’s national health care budget. In a new book, Ramah McKay of the School of Arts and Science lends a critical eye toward how this influx of global health dollars is felt on the ground, by caregivers and patients alike.
Simple solutions help children in Mexican orphanage fight infectious disease Alaina Hall, one of the 2018 President’s Engagement Prize winners and a School of Nursing senior. She is beginning her initiative, “Healthy Pequeños,” or “Healthy Little Ones,” at one of the homes of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage, but has hopes it will expand to all 15 others within the organization. If that happens, she’ll reach nearly 3,200 children. Simple solutions help children in Mexican orphanage fight infectious disease With the President’s Engagement Prize, senior Alaina Hall, is building a project she calls “Healthy Pequeños,” or “Healthy Little Ones,” which aims to help children in a Mexican orphanage fight infectious disease.