ERIE, Pa. — The Public Policy Fund at Penn State Behrend will host a panel discussion about Ukraine on Wednesday, Feb. 9, beginning at 3 p.m. on Zoom. This program is open to the public at no charge.

Lena Surzhko-Harned, assistant teaching professor of political science, will moderate the discussion, which will explore ongoing Russian aggression and a troop build-up that has escalated tensions in the region. She will be joined by Elena Besedina, a professor at the Kyiv School of Economics; Olena Lennon, a professor at the University of New Haven; and Nataliia Kasianenko, a professor at California State University, Fresno.

The program will be offered on Zoom, in the webinar format, at this link.

The Public Policy Fund at Behrend was created to bring together a diversity of perspectives to inform public policy decisions that affect the Erie region and similar communities in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Basin areas. The fund is based in the political science program of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Behrend. To learn more, visit the Public Policy Fund webpage.