Penn students win Model U.N. Awards

Penn High School students Renee Yaseen and Siddarth Das earned awards at the Model United Nations conference at Notre Dame on Feb. 4. 

Yaseen won outstanding delegate representing Somalia in the Disarmament and International Security Committee.  Student delegates debated and created resolutions on issues of autonomous weapons and arms trading.

Das won best position paper representing India in the World Health Organization. Student delegates debated and created resolutions for the Zika virus and sustainability of clean water.