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Crowd of people holding Tunisian flags

Responsible Statecraft quoted Ambassador Gray in its analysis of U.S. support for democracy in Tunisia

President Biden and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Ambassador Gray discussed the U.S.-Saudi relationship with The New Arab

John Kerry speaking to crowd

Al Arabiya television interviewed Ambassador Gray about John Kerry’s tenure as Secretary of State

Michael Moore

Professor McClennen analyzes Michael Moore's political predictions

Professor Sophia McClennen

Professor McClennen analyzes why obsessing over election polls is ineffective and harmful to a functioning democracy

Transmission lines in Louisa County, Va.

Professor Blumsack comments on America shifting to clean energy options

Crowd of people protesting in Tunisia

Ambassador Gray: the U.S. should focus assistance to Tunisia to further interests in security, democracy

Ambassador Dennis Jett

Amb. Jett discusses why international peacekeeping is so hard

Ambassador Dennis Jett

Amb. Jett quoted in news piece 'Should big-money Dem donors really head embassies in NATO’s east?'

Seth Blumsack

Professor Blumsack comments on PA's climate plan uncertain future

Affiliate professor Sascha Meinrath quoted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article

Affiliate professor Sascha Meinrath quoted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article

Medi1TV graphic on Western Sahara from Washington

Medi1TV interviewed Ambassador Gray about the Western Sahara

Assistant Secretary Leaf meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied

Ambassador Gray discussed Assistant Secretary Leaf’s visit to Tunisia on Al Hurra television

Ambassador Dennis Jett

Amb. Jett featured on podcast, Schedule F & other threats to America's ability to govern itself

Professor Sophia McClennen

Penn State Center for Global Studies receives more than $2.1 million in funding

A protester outside the Islamic Community Center on May 29, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Professor McClennen argues in Salon that Islamophobia in the U.S. is worse than ever

SIA students on the lawn of the Katz Building during orientation

School of International Affairs Class of 2024 attends orientation

Tunisian President Kais Saied, right, meets the US delegation at Carthage Palace.

Al Hurra television interviewed Ambassador Gray about the future of U.S.-Tunisian relations

Ambassador Gray quoted in article about U.S. policy toward Tunisia

Ambassador Dennis Jett

Professor Jett on why decades of recruiting women peacekeepers has had little effect

BBC News interviewed Ambassador Gray about Tunisia's draft constitution

Ambassador Gray quoted in New York Times article about constitutional referendum

Al Hurra television interviewed Ambassador Gray about the Trafficking in Persons report

Left to right: Mare Sarr (SIA and AESEDA, Penn State); Miguel Maquina (Penn State student); Eufémio Miranda Pereira (fisherman, Santa Cruz, Santiago); Mateus Andrade (Faculty of Science and Technology, UniCV); and Edson Moreno (UniCV, electrical engineering student).

Penn State uses interdisciplinary approach to aid fishermen

Ambassador Gray reviewed President Biden's Middle East trip on Al Hurra television

Ambassador Gray discussed the I2U2 summit on the Asharq News program

Ambassador Gray quoted in VOA article on White House ASEAN dinner

Wei Peng

Professor Peng quoted in article on Supreme Court's EPA ruling & air pollution

Ambassador Gray advises deploy all the instruments of statecraft, not just the military ones

Ambassador Gray urges NATO to learn from the lessons of 2011 Libya as it plans to support Ukraine

Al Hurra interviewed Ambassador Gray about Negev Summit steering group meeting in Bahrain

Ambassador Gray reviews U.S.-Tunisian relations on "From Washington" news program

Ambassador Gray discussed U.S.-Russian relations on Asharq News television

Professor Mare Sarr

Professor Sarr partners with Penn State units & UniCV to improve forecasts for fishing industry

Al Jazeera interviewed Amb. Gray about the U.S. reaction to recent developments in Tunisia

Ambassador Gray interviewed about the State Department's International Religious Freedom report

Affiliate professor Peter Hatemi published article in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ambassador Gray discussed terrorism in Africa on Moroccan television

Professor Sophia McClennen

Professor McClennen analyzes Putin's purpose for the Russo-Ukrainian war

Ambassador Gray reviewed the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship on the news show "Decision Capital."

A roomful of graduates in dark cap and gown singing

School of International Affairs celebrates Class of 2022

Ambassador Gray discusses the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Al Hurra satellite television

Professor Gray recently elected to AMIDEAST Board of Directors

Professor Sophia McClennen

Professor McClennen quoted in an article 'Birds Aren't Real'

Professional Masters Excellence Award recipients Megan Soetaert and Adam VanGorder

Two SIA students receive Penn State Graduate School award for excellence

Elizabeth Ransom

Ransom named recipient of 2022 Kopp International Achievement Award

Ambassador Dennis Jett

We must reflect on the ‘whys’ of terrorism by Ambassador Jett

The Middle East Institute announces Ambassador Gray as an inaugural member of its Advisory Council for new program on North Africa & the Sahel