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August 22, 2023
Amb. Dennis Jett discusses Mozambique on new PINDROP podcast episode
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August 01, 2023
Dr. McClennen discusses her new book & how political satire decoded chaos of forty-fifth presidency
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July 14, 2023
Amb. Jett joins The World radio program to discuss impact of vacant ambassador posts on U.S. diplomacy
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July 07, 2023
WATCH: Faculty Spotlight featuring Dr. Sophia McClennen
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June 28, 2023
Penn State rises 10 places in 2024 QS World University Rankings
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June 23, 2023
Dr. McClennen featured on 'Lean to the Left' podcast to discuss her new book "Trump Was a Joke."
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June 23, 2023
Dr. McClennen among the six Penn State recipients of 2023 CSRE Grant Award
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June 20, 2023
Dr. McClennen on how political satire educates the public & the partisan nature of satire in episode of Rick Wilson’s The Enemies List
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June 16, 2023
Dr. McClennen's new piece: Why No GOP Candidate Can Outperform Trump’s Theatrics
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June 15, 2023
Dr. McClennen featured on The Hrvoje Morić Show podcast to discuss her new book ‘Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't’
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June 14, 2023
Ambassador Gray discussed U.S. support for Tunisian university students with Al Hurra television
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June 02, 2023
Al Hurra television interviewed Ambassador Gray about the Administration's budget request for the Middle East
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May 31, 2023
The New Arab interviewed Amb. Gray about the implications of President's Erdogan's re-election on relations between the U.S. and Turkey
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May 30, 2023
Dr. McClennen's new op-ed on how comics can either depress turnout or activate voters in 2024
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May 16, 2023
Dr. McClennen publishes op-ed: The news media is blowing Trump coverage again
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May 12, 2023
Mitchell Smith named director of School of International Affairs
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May 09, 2023
The Diplomatic Pouch published recent SIA graduate Lilybeth Chavez's article on U.S.-Chinese competition in Morocco
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May 09, 2023
School of International Affairs celebrates Class of 2023
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May 01, 2023
Ambassador Jett quoted in Christian Science Monitor article about the Sudan Evacuation
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May 01, 2023
Dr. McClennen interviewed about her book on Political Satire during the Trump Era for the David Knight Show
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May 01, 2023
Al Jazeera quoted Ambassador Gray's views on U.S. diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Sudan
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April 26, 2023
The New Arab published SIA student Cierra Powell's op-ed on the Tunisian president's racist rhetoric
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April 25, 2023
Dr. McClennen discusses her new book and how satire can be used as a foil for Trump and Trumpism in new piece for Salon
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April 21, 2023
Ambassador Gray interviewed by Al-Monitor about U.S. policy toward Tunisian President Saied
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April 18, 2023
Arabi21 News interviewed Ambassador Gray about U.S. diplomatic efforts following the outbreak of violence in Sudan
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April 13, 2023
KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Dr. McClennen about satire and comedy as a political strategy
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April 05, 2023
Amb. Gray interviewed by Responsible Statecraft about the likely Israeli response to the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement
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April 05, 2023
Affiliate faculty Lara Fowler comments on CA lake flooding for the first time in 110 years
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April 04, 2023
Penn State community celebrates Campus Pride Month in April
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April 03, 2023
Dr. Sophia McClennen quoted in Wall Street Journal essay by Peter Flunk
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March 31, 2023
Dr. McClennen interviewed with Texas Public Radio on her new book, Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't
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March 29, 2023
New American Diplomat podcast episode: 'In Case of Democracy Break Glass' featuring Amb. Jett
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March 28, 2023
Newsweek publishes Ambassador Gray's op-ed advocating international support for Tunisian civil society
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March 27, 2023
Times Radio (UK) interviewed Ambassador Gray about declining living standards in Tunisia
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March 24, 2023
SIA Professor McClennen publishes new book on how satire made sense of the Trump era
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March 24, 2023
Interim Director Elizabeth Ransom & other Penn State faculty visit Belize to forge collaborations
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March 17, 2023
SIA alum Timothy Truong to recieve Alumni Achievement Award March 17
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March 16, 2023
Professor DeThomas quoted in article about fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2023 CPAC speech
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March 16, 2023
Ambassador Gray interviewed by The New Arab about China’s brokering of the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran
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March 14, 2023
Al Jazeera quoted Ambassador Gray in article analyzing Saudi-Iranian rapprochement
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March 14, 2023
SIA student takes nontraditional path to grad school
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March 13, 2023
Professor McClennen publishes article in Salon: Neoliberalism made us broke. Now it's killing us
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March 13, 2023
Ambassador Gray cited in The New Arab article on Algerian support for Tunisia's president
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March 10, 2023
Amb. Jett's new piece: Should America be the world's cop? What the experts say
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March 10, 2023
Affiliate faculty Lara Fowler comments on drought conditions in CA improving
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March 07, 2023
Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy published SIA student Emilio Lugo’s article on SWIFT
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March 06, 2023
Amwaj Media quoted Ambassador Gray in article on Saudi-Israeli relations
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March 02, 2023