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It was a big day for 10 high school students gathered in Fisher-Bennett Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. The 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds enrolled in Penn’s Art in the City Academy were preparing to give their final presentations.
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop by literary scholar Adam Bradley is the selected text for the 2013-14 Penn Reading Project at the University of Pennsylvania and kicks off Penn’s Year of Sound.
At a time when debates over technology policy are as significant as they are complex, the University of Pennsylvania Law School and School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) are launching an innovative joint degree program whose goal is to graduate lawyers and engineers able to address issues at the inte
Through Friday, Aug. 16, multiple locations across the University of Pennsylvania campus will serve as drop-off points for the Penn Volunteers in Public Service’s annual back-to-school drive.
As a kid, Joshua Taton, genuinely enjoyed studying math in school. “I loved theory: proving theorems and linking broad ideas together into a logical framework. Math had a certain purity, completeness or even artistic appeal that I found fascinating,” explains the Ph.D. student in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, joined other university presidents and chancellors in calling on leaders in Washington to close what they call the “innovation deficit.”
You don’t need an app for that. The University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics has partnered with an online video technology company to launch the Ivy League® Digital Network for the 2013-2014 season.
The University of Pennsylvania Project for Civic Engagement and WHYY/NewsWorks will host a series of community forums along the New Jersey shore to gather citizen input that can be used to inform decision-makers about what individuals, communities and governments can do to limit the harm done by the next storm. “Ready for Next Time? Rethinking the Shore After Sandy” invites citizens who live, vacation or make a living at the Jersey shore to participate in this public discussion featuring moderators who will guide the dialogue.
For more than a quarter of a century, University of Pennsylvania professor Kenneth Shropshire has taught students at Penn’s Wharton School about the global business of sports.
(This is the second in a series about University of Pennsylvania students who took their arguments in support of federal student financial aid to Washington this summer in a project organized by the Office of Student Registration and Financial Services. Other profiles feature students Kristin Thomas and Mounica Gummadi.)
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court may try to issue a measured, unanimous decision in Donald Trump’s politically charged immunity case.
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Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court should not have taken Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case because an ideologically diverse panel of the federal appeals court in Washington adequately addressed its issues.
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Justin (Gus) Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court, given its current composition, would likely uphold a TikTok ban.
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Justin (Gus) Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that federal legislation is more likely to be seen by the courts as responding to and addressing national security concerns than similar legislation by a state.
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Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that the current Supreme Court has a majority that’s looking skeptically at the exercise of governing power by administrative agencies like the Federal Trade Commission.
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