Lauder Institute News

Lessons in Reconciliation – Justice & Truth in Africa

What happens when societal harmony is broken? What kinds of tools and resources can be deployed to bring people back together? Truth commissions, a form of restorative justice, have been deployed in many Africa nations as a means to address past injustices, conflict, and mistrust from the bottom-up. The most…Read More

Dr. Regina Abrami Receives a Wharton Teaching Excellence Award

Dr. Regina Abrami, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Wharton School of Business, and Director of the Lauder Institute’s Global Program and Head of its International Studies faculty, has been named a recipient of a Wharton Teaching Excellence award for academic year of 2020. Among the…Read More

Lauder Student Meet Production Crew for ‘Fandango at the Wall’

Lauder students in the Latin America program met the team of the production Fandango at the Wall, “a music documentary without borders.” Students met Kabir Sehgal (producer), Varda Bar-Kar (director), Francisco Castillo (featured musician) and Arturo O’Farrill (featured musician), and they discussed how this project was “inspired by the annual…Read More

Lessons in reconciliation: justice and truth in Africa (Virtual Webinar)

Join us virtually for our third Fall webinar Lessons in reconciliation: justice and truth in Africa What do African experiences of truth, justice and reconciliation have to teach us about the potential for social healing? What are some solutions to overcoming past conflict, polarization and mistrust? During our third Lauder Africa Fall…Read More

Lauder Student Spotlight: Jim Gianakopoulos

We are delighted to share profiles of our new Lauder Class of 2022. Lauder students are gifted, driven, and exceptionally academically talented. Students share their stories, offer advice, and discuss their reasons for joining the Lauder program. 1. Where you are from and what were you doing before Lauder? I…Read More

Lauder Student Spotlight: Azline Nelson

Lauder Student Spotlight: Serene Darwish

Lauder Student Spotlight: Clark Brown Jr.

Internship Opportunity Leads to Career in Energy

Julia Hoos, G’18, WG’18, knows that renewable energy is driving the future. By participating in two Lauder Leadership Immersion Internships, Julia witnessed this growing energy transformation first hand.Originally from Germany, Julia was drawn to the Lauder Institute because of its global mission. “I knew the way to learn about other…Read More

The health hustle in East Africa

Webinar recap: health infrastructures in Africa by: Dr. Lynsey Farrell, Director of the Lauder Africa Program & Senior Lecturer, Anthropology Despite dire predictions in February and March, countries across Africa are doing remarkably well in their battle against the spread of COVID-19. The explanations for these more positive outcomes have…Read More