Administrator of BP and Sept. 11th Victim-Compensation Funds to Speak at Penn Law School Today
WHO: Kenneth Feinberg
WHAT: “Unconventional Responses to Unique Catastrophies”
WHEN: Oct. 12, 2010, 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Law School 3400 Chestnut St.
Kenneth Feinberg will discuss how the law can be applied to provide unconventional responses to national tragedies.
Feinberg is the administrator of the $20 billion BP oil spill compensation fund. In 2009, he oversaw compensation for executives at firms that received federal bailout funds. Also, he was the special master for the federal September 11th victim compensation fund.
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
