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Education, Business, & Law
Seeing The World Through New Penn Summer Abroad Programs
Students at the University of Pennsylvania can study in Cuba thanks to a Penn Summer Abroad program in Havana.
Penn’s Lorene Cary Announces Safe Kids Stories Initiative
Lorene Cary, a senior lecturer in the English Department in the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences, is leading a new initiative called Safe Kids Stories, a website and social movement designed to promote Philadelphia programs that create safe havens for children and youth.
December Penn Grad Forges U.S./Middle East Dialogue Via Dorm Room Diplomacy
A deal he struck with his parents has enabled recent University of Pennsylvania grad Zachary Levine to pursue his passion for conducting international relations on the Internet. Levine has spent the last three years as president of Dorm Room Diplomacy, a nonprofit that uses online videoconferences to foster mutual understanding between students in the West and Middle East.
Eight Professors Appointed Penn Fellows
Eight faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania have been named Penn Fellows. The announcement was made today by Penn Provost Vincent Price and Anita Allen, vice provost for faculty.
Penn Presents Symposium on Social Change Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
The University of Pennsylvania will remember Martin Luther King Jr. with its 20th Annual Commemorative Symposium on Social Change, a series of nearly 20 community events, Jan. 19-30.
Penn Announces 2015 Kelly Writers House Fellows
The University of Pennsylvania will host three celebrated writers as Kelly Writers House Fellows during the 2015 spring semester: poet Anne Waldman, editor and author Dorothy Allison and playwright and novelist Jessica Hagedorn.
Penn Among Colleges and Universities Selected by Carnegie for 2015 Community Engagement Classification
The University of Pennsylvania is among 240 institutions in the United States selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its 2015 Community Engagement Classification.
Penn’s 2015-16 Theme Year is Discovery with Penn Reading Project: The Big Sea
University of Pennsylvania Provost Vincent Price, Vice Provost for Education Andrew Binns, the Council of Undergraduate Deans and the Office of New Student Orientation and Academic Initiatives today announced that the 2015-16 academic theme will be the Year of Discovery and that The Big Sea by Langston Hughes will be the Penn Reading Project.
Kicking Boards: Penn Engineering Sophomore Excels With Tae Kwon Do
Jasheel Brown came to the University of Pennsylvania with no experience in Tae Kwon Do, but, by the time he graduates, he will have earned a black belt.
In the News
The Wall Street Journal
Meet the AI expert advising the White House, JPMorgan, Google and the rest of corporate America
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is profiled for his knowledge and expertise in generative artificial intelligence.
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Associated Press
No one is above the law. Supreme Court will decide if that includes Trump while he was president
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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Associated Press
TikTok has promised to sue over the potential U.S. ban. What’s the legal outlook?
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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BBC
U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Trump has immunity in election interference case
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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The Washington Post
Groups sue to block FTC’s new rule barring noncompete agreements
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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