Game-changing gift announced at inaugural Penn Africa Research Symposium
The $5 million gift creates the Holman Africa Initiative, expanding financial aid and enhancing opportunities for faculty and students to engage in research and teaching in and on Africa.
Ocek Eke, director of Global and Local Service-Learning Programs at Penn Engineering, speaks at the start of the Penn Africa Research Symposium.
A $5 million gift from Wendy and Wayne Holman will create a new initiative at Penn aimed at dramatically expanding financial aid and enhancing opportunities for faculty and students to engage in research and teaching in and about Africa.
The Holman Africa Initiative was announced at the start of the inaugural Penn Africa Research Symposium organized by Penn Global, which offered more than 40 participants from across the University an opportunity to virtually present their wide-ranging research on Africa during a three-hour event. The newly launched event was similar to previous Penn Global-organized symposia on China, India, and Latin America that highlight research from schools across Penn.