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On May 8, 2025, the Mitchell Center co-sponsored an event on the enduring legacy of the COVID-19 Crisis.

The conference was divided into three panels, titled: Layers of Political Economy, Place and Displacement, & Interpretation: Text, Interview, Violence, Embodiment. 

The Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law has released a report, "The Trump Administration, the Rule of Law, and the Future of Business."

The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy will award undergraduate research fellowships for projects to be begun in the summer of 2025 and completed during the 2025-2026 academic year.

The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy will award 2 graduate fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year to University of Pennsylvania graduate students with approved prospectuses for dissertation topics in any discipline relevant to the study of democracy, its theory or practice, or related topics of citizenship and constitutional government.

Andrea Mitchell Center Associate Director Ibrahim Bakri was featured on TVNZ Breakfast to discuss the future of Syria and the Middle East after the recent collapse of the Assad regime in Syria.

Mitchell Center Director Professor Jeffrey Green, along with the Penn Political Union, were featured in a recent article by Inside Higher Ed.

The Daily Pennsylvanian recently published an article spotlighting Poetry and Politics, a new initiative by the Andrea Mitchell Center.

A delegation of Swedish politicians, journalists, think tank experts from Arena Idé, and concerned citizens visited the Mitchell Center to discuss the 2024 U.S. election from a global perspective and examine its implications for the future of democracy.