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![A protester outside the Islamic Community Center on May 29, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona.](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/islamophobia_salon.jpg)
August 29, 2022
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](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/SIA_orientation_2022_header_image_2400px.jpg)
August 26, 2022
School of International Affairs Class of 2024 attends orientation
![Tunisian President Kais Saied, right, meets the US delegation at Carthage Palace.](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/tunisia_pres_us_delegation.jpg)
August 23, 2022
Al Hurra television interviewed Ambassador Gray about the future of U.S.-Tunisian relations
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July 29, 2022
Ambassador Gray quoted in article about U.S. policy toward Tunisia
![Ambassador Dennis Jett](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/dennis_jett_2400px.jpg)
July 29, 2022
Professor Jett on why decades of recruiting women peacekeepers has had little effect
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July 25, 2022
BBC News interviewed Ambassador Gray about Tunisia's draft constitution
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July 25, 2022
Ambassador Gray quoted in New York Times article about constitutional referendum
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July 20, 2022
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).](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/CapeVerdePhoto-1_Pennstatenews.jpg)
July 20, 2022
Penn State uses interdisciplinary approach to aid fishermen
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July 18, 2022
Ambassador Gray reviewed President Biden's Middle East trip on Al Hurra television
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July 15, 2022
Ambassador Gray discussed the I2U2 summit on the Asharq News program
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July 12, 2022
Ambassador Gray quoted in VOA article on White House ASEAN dinner
![Wei Peng](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/wei_peng.jpg)
July 07, 2022
Professor Peng quoted in article on Supreme Court's EPA ruling & air pollution
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July 05, 2022
Ambassador Gray advises deploy all the instruments of statecraft, not just the military ones
June 28, 2022
Ambassador Gray urges NATO to learn from the lessons of 2011 Libya as it plans to support Ukraine
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June 28, 2022
Al Hurra interviewed Ambassador Gray about Negev Summit steering group meeting in Bahrain
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June 27, 2022
Ambassador Gray reviews U.S.-Tunisian relations on "From Washington" news program
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June 13, 2022
Ambassador Gray discussed U.S.-Russian relations on Asharq News television
![Professor Mare Sarr](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/mare_sarr.jpg)
June 08, 2022
Professor Sarr partners with Penn State units & UniCV to improve forecasts for fishing industry
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June 06, 2022
Al Jazeera interviewed Amb. Gray about the U.S. reaction to recent developments in Tunisia
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June 03, 2022
Ambassador Gray interviewed about the State Department's International Religious Freedom report
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June 02, 2022
Affiliate professor Peter Hatemi published article in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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May 31, 2022
Ambassador Gray discussed terrorism in Africa on Moroccan television
![Professor Sophia McClennen](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/sophia_mcclennen.png)
May 25, 2022
Professor McClennen analyzes Putin's purpose for the Russo-Ukrainian war
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May 23, 2022
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](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/SIA_grads_2022_alma_mater_1920px.jpg)
May 16, 2022
School of International Affairs celebrates Class of 2022
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May 13, 2022
Ambassador Gray discusses the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Al Hurra satellite television
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May 06, 2022
Professor Gray recently elected to AMIDEAST Board of Directors
![Professor Sophia McClennen](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/sophia_mcclennen.png)
April 25, 2022
Professor McClennen quoted in an article 'Birds Aren't Real'
![Professional Masters Excellence Award recipients Megan Soetaert and Adam VanGorder](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/Soetaert_VanGorder_1080x1622.jpg)
April 25, 2022
Two SIA students receive Penn State Graduate School award for excellence
![Elizabeth Ransom](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/elizabeth_ransom.jpg)
April 12, 2022
Ransom named recipient of 2022 Kopp International Achievement Award
![Ambassador Dennis Jett](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/dennis_jett_2400px.jpg)
April 11, 2022
We must reflect on the ‘whys’ of terrorism by Ambassador Jett
April 06, 2022
The Middle East Institute announces Ambassador Gray as an inaugural member of its Advisory Council for new program on North Africa & the Sahel
![Professor Sophia McClennen](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/sophia_mcclennen.png)
April 05, 2022
Professor McClennen's piece on salon: The GOP Needs a Civics Lesson
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April 04, 2022
Interactive event seeks to spark conversation on 'Paradox of Skin Tone'
![Seth Blumsack](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/seth_blumsack.jpg)
March 31, 2022
SIA affiliate professor Blumsack discusses electric vehicle home charging
March 30, 2022
North Africa Post cites Professor Gray's call to the U.S. to 'stand for the rule of law in Tunisia'
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March 22, 2022
New Student Study Abroad support fund opportunity
![Left to right: Amelia Vance, Kellye Gordon, and Peter Margulies](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/JLIA_sp22_symposium_collage.jpg)
March 21, 2022
Law and international affairs journal hosts symposium on global data privacy
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March 21, 2022
Penn State workshop to focus on critical infrastructure protection
![Professor Sophia McClennen](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/sophia_mcclennen.png)
March 15, 2022
Dr. McClennen on President Zelenskyy's comedy background and its impact
![Expert panel on Ukraine](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/Ukraine_Panel_wide_1920x1280.jpg)
March 08, 2022
Experts analyze Russia’s war on Ukraine from multiple angles
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March 04, 2022
Watch: Expert panel discusses Russia’s war on Ukraine
![Robert Kagan speaks in the Lewis Katz Building](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/SIA_Kagen_Event_2022_2.jpg)
March 03, 2022
Kagan lecture urges the defense of democracy
March 03, 2022
Ambassador Gray publishes op-ed on U.S. assistance to Tunisia
![Expert panelists include (clockwise from top left) Vice Admiral (Ret.) James W. Houck, JAG Corps, U.S. Navy, interim dean of Penn State Law in University Park and the School of International Affairs; the Honorable Mary Beth Long, SIA professor of practice](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/Ukraine_panelists_collage.png)
March 03, 2022
Penn State expert panel to discuss Russia’s war on Ukraine
March 01, 2022
Professor Gray discusses Tunisia during an interview with Al Hurra satellite television
![SIA students on the D.C. career trip](/assets/uploads/news/_680x506_crop_center-center_80_none/SIA_2022_DC_trip_group_pic_masked_1920px.jpg)
February 21, 2022