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The quest to find actionable data for policymakers in developing countries
Cocoa farming in Ghana.

In Ghana, a team led by associate professor of practice Heather Huntington is working with many partners to support “deforestation-free cocoa,” which could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase carbon sequestration, and help cocoa farmers up their productivity and resilience.

(Image: Courtesy of Heather Huntington)

The quest to find actionable data for policymakers in developing countries

A collaboration between the Penn Development Research Initiative and the DevLab@Penn is on the ground in developing nations to generate better evidence that can influence real-world decisions.

From Omnia

University announces Penn Global Middle East Distinguished Visiting Scholar Initiative
Dahlia Scheindlin, Shay Hazkani, and Amal Jamal

(Left to right) Dahlia Scheindlin, Shay Hazkani, and Amal Jamal are the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Scholars in the Penn Global Middle East Distinguished Visiting Scholar Initiative.

(Left image: Eyal Warshavsky)

University announces Penn Global Middle East Distinguished Visiting Scholar Initiative

The program will formally launch in fall 2025 with the arrival of the inaugural visiting scholar, Dahlia Scheindlin, followed by Shay Hazkani in spring 2026, and Amal Jamal in fall 2026.
In ‘Sacred Stuff,’ students explore religion through material culture
An ornate Anglican church with stained glass. Students stand near the pews listening to a frocked speaker.

The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Jong welcomes Penn students to the chapel of Keble College, Oxford.

(Image: Donovan Schaefer)

In ‘Sacred Stuff,’ students explore religion through material culture

In the Penn Global Seminar “Sacred Stuff” taught by religious studies professor Donovan Schaefer, students visited religious sites in England.

Kristina Linnea García

Where scientific nationalism meets tradition
A group of Penn students looking at Japanese artifacts being presented in a museum.

(On homepage) At Uji, a city south of Kyoto that’s famous for tea, Penn students learn from a matcha master.

(Image: John Kehayias)

Where scientific nationalism meets tradition

In May, John Kehayias led a Penn Global Seminar to Japan, exploring ideas of wartime-era scientific nationalism while cultivating cross-cultural exchange.
New dissertation grants expand global research support
A glass globe sitting on a woodend table shows north and south America.

Penn Global has announced the first recipients of the newly established Penn Global Dissertation Grants program, which provides up to $8,000 in funding to nearly a dozen Ph.D. students.

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New dissertation grants expand global research support

The newly established Penn Global Dissertation Grants program provides as much as $8,000 in funding to each of 11 Ph.D. candidates to enhance global components in their research.

Kristen de Groot

Penn Global Seminar offers a look at Italy’s Palermo in Empires, Migrations, and Mafia
Students in front of Palermo's Teatro Massimo, the third-largest opera house in Europe. 

The class poses in front of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, the third-largest opera house in Europe.

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Penn Global Seminar offers a look at Italy’s Palermo in Empires, Migrations, and Mafia

As part of the spring course Domenic Vitiello of the Weitzman School of Design and School of Arts & Sciences led students on a trip exploring Sicily’s capital and its eras of colonization, imperial rule, Mafia, and migration.

Kristen de Groot

Two international students honored with the 2024 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award
Rudie Altamirano, David Kato, Aishwarya Pawar and Amy Gadsden stand next to a tower or red and blue balloons and in front of a sign reading Bringing the world to Penn and Penn to the world.

(Left to right) Rudie Altamirano, executive director of International Student and Scholar Services, Penn Global Student Citizenship Award winners David Kato and Aishwarya Pawar, and Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Amy Gadsden at the awards ceremony at Perry World House.

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Two international students honored with the 2024 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award

Aishwarya Pawar, a Ph.D. student at the Perelman School of Medicine, is the graduate student winner, and David Kato, a fourth-year political science major in the School of Arts & Sciences, is the undergraduate winner.

Kristen de Groot

Making study abroad accessible
Kristyn Palmiotto posing among flowers.

Kristyn Palmiotto, executive director of Penn Abroad.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Making study abroad accessible

Kristyn Palmiotto was named executive director of Penn Abroad in the fall. Here, she discusses what’s next for the program and her journey to the University.