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The Greek crisis has mutated into a Franco-German confrontation over the rules that govern European unity. For France, European integration is a goal to be achieved regardless of the cost. For Germany, although European unity figures prominently on its agenda, the speed and depth of European integration must be analyzed…Read More

Infrastructure needs worldwide have never been greater. Population growth, migration from rural to urban areas, and the rise of the middle class of consumers will in combination create vastly greater needs for transportation, energy, water, and telecommunications. Much of the increased demand will originate from Asia, while repairs and upgrades…Read More

In May 2012, the second annual Culture Quest took place in South Africa. Nine student teams, including an undergraduate team from the Huntsman Program, participated in this self-guided, 10-day race from Johannesburg to Cape Town.  Along the way, teams collected points for a range of daring activities such as a…Read More

In May 2011, 12 teams of Lauder students recently participated in a new course in Central America called “Culture Quest.”  This student-led, 10-day, self-guided cultural immersion experience consisted of 4-person teams who “raced” from Tikal, Guatemala, to Panama City, Panama, using only public transportation.  Along with required readings and lectures…Read More

Mauro Guillen at the Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award ceremony, with Leonard and William Lauder; Linda Johnson; friends from the Lauder Institute’s board Jan Burns and Norm Savoie; and Kim Conroy, Lauder’s Global Relationship Advisor. Dr. Mauro Guillén, Director of the Lauder Institute was awarded the Faculty Pioneer Award from…Read More

Tereza Widmar ’15 speaks about the benefits of cross-disciplinary programs in a Penn Law video.

William Lauder’s class on “Decision-Making in the Leadership Chair” featured in Fall 2013 Wharton Magazine.

The third annual Culture Quest featured our greatest adventure to date! Seventy-five participants (57 Lauder students, 14 partners, and 4 Huntsman students) raced from Vienna, Austria, to Istanbul, Turkey, in 10 days. They traveled through various countries in the region in a self-guided, “Orient Express”-themed trek. Using different modes of…Read More

Regina Abrami has published a chapter in Regina Abrami, Edmund Malesky, and Yu Zheng, “Vietnam through Chinese Eyes: Divergent Accountability in Single-Party Regimes.” In Martin Dimitrov, ed. Why Communism Did Not Collapse: Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press), pp. 237-275. She has also…Read More

Lauder’s Arabic Program featured in MBAPrograms.org‘s article, “8 MBA programs for Studying Abroad in Dubai.”