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UPenn's Beta Tau chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, has been awarded a Best Chapter Award for 2023-2024
Monday, August 12, 2024
This is the twelfth time that the chapter has received this award, which is quite an achievement!
Emeritus Professor Rogers Smith featured in new article about the Most Patriotic States in America
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Professor Rogers M. Smith was featured in WalletHub's recent article about Most Patriotic States In America. You can find it here:… Read More
Professor Tariq Thachil wins 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Tariq Thachil’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics, coauthored with Adam Auerbach, was awarded the 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award from APSA’s Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Section, and the 2024 Best Book award by APSA’s Experimental Research Section.
2023 David A. Lake Award for best paper awarded to professor Julia Gray and Ph.D. student Chloe Ahn
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Political science professor Julia Gray and graduate student Chloe Ahn received the 2023 David A. Lake Award for the best paper presented at the 20023 International Political Economy Society Conference for their paper “Re-Dedicating Ourselves to the Cause of Bleeding Africa: Sociotropic Portrayls… Read More
Professor Edward Mansfield elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Congratulations to Prof. Ed Mansfield, Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science and Christopher H. Browne Center director, who is one of five Penn professors elected this year to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This honor celebrates his research and contribution to the field of… Read More
Two graduate students receive Andrea Mitchell Center Fellowship for A24-25
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Miranda Sklaroff and Yara Damaj, graduate students in Political Science, have been awarded the Andrea Mitchell Center Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year. Congratulations to both!
Graduate Student Awards and Fellowships
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Congratulations to the 5 Ph.D. students who have received a Dissertation Research Award for 2024-2025: Apurva Bamezai, Jason Hartwig, Nick Pangakis, Chloe Ricks, and Rashi Sabherwal.
Congratulations to Deepaboli Chatterjee and Sirwan Renas for obtaining the Rodin Fellowship for… Read More
Dean's Scholar Award presented to Ph.D. student Rashi Sabherwal
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Congratulations to Rashi Sabherwal who was named Dean's Scholar, one of nine given out to graduate students from across all of the departments of Penn's School of Arts & Sciences.
Ph.D. Student Sarah Gerstein receives Margaret E. Galey Award
Monday, April 15, 2024
The Browne Center for International Relations has awarded Political Science Ph.D. student Sarah Gerstein the Margaret E. Galey Award for 2024.
The award is given to a female graduate student writing a doctoral dissertation in the field of international relations. The award is granted to… Read More
Ph.D. Student Daniel Shapiro receives prestigious Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching
Monday, April 15, 2024
Congratulations to Political Science graduate student Daniel Shapiro for being awarded the prestigious teaching award. It was highly deserved!