A limited number of seats are available in Van Pelt for students to study individually.
Some TAs have struggled with the transition to online courses because of little guidance from professors.
Students cannot study abroad in China this semester because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Sambanis concluded that adherence to social norms can partially reduce anti-immigrant bias even if differences in ethnic or religious appearance remain.
Penn Political Science Chair Nicholas Sambanis is the founder and faculty director of the Penn Identity and Conflict Lab.
Behavioral and Decision Sciences master's student in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies Nicole Grabel, said, "The research is important in that it opens people’s ideas to the idea that discrimination is real, which should be obvious by now but people are still unaware.”
Attendees included economists, political scientists, anthropologists, and scholars from other fields. They were joined by representatives from the World Bank, an external host of the event.
College freshman Diellë Duga, who is in professor Kristin Ghodsee's class, said "The panel was so inclusive."
“Social Impacts of Post-Socialist Transition and Policies for the Future” coincided with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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