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2023-04-07

Trends in Competition Law and Policy

The Penn Carey Law Antitrust Association hosts its second annual symposium on issues surrounding antitrust law and competition policy on the global level.

9:15 a.m.

Hybrid; Penn Carey Law, 3501 Sansom St.

2023-04-03

Beginning to End the Climate Crisis

Join a panel that focuses on debunking myths surrounding climate change and the societal and structural changes needed to address it.

3:00 p.m.

Hybrid; 4th floor, The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Fisher Fine Arts Building, 210 S. 34th St.

2023-03-30

Executive Power under the Constitution

Michael W. McConnell, the Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, joins Claire Finkelstein, the Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, to discuss themes from McConnell’s book, “The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power under the Constitution.”

4:00 p.m.

Annenberg Public Policy Center, 202 S. 36th St.

2023-04-01

Bifocal Film Festival

Annenberg School for Communication at University of Pennsylvania.

Join Penn’s first student-run film festival which seeks to amplify student voices through screenings, filmmaker discussion panels, and keynote talks on the entertainment industry.

All Day

Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

“Good Morning America,” ABC News

Mom and son celebrate matching residency programs together: ‘Still incredible to me’

Hefei Liu has matched with the radiation oncology residency program at the Perelman School of Medicine.

KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)

New Penn mentorship program focuses on shaping Black doctors

Master’s student Dennis Mashindi of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the Hinkson Holloway program, a collaboration between PSOM and the College of Physicians to mentor young Black men who want to pursue a career in medicine.

The New York Times

I took over my father’s finances at 25. The lessons were hard-won

Wendy De La Rosa of the Wharton School says that people tend to internalize financial situations, eliciting emotions that direct a lot of future spending behavior.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia accent turns water to wooder. Researchers try to explain why

William Labov of the School of Arts & Sciences co-authored a 2013 paper that examined Northern influences on the Philadelphia dialect.

Foreign Policy

What America’s civil war can teach us about Israel’s

In an Op-Ed, Ian S. Lustick of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Israeli protestors will need to ally with Palestinians to protect their own rights and democracy.

NPR

A case on free speech and immigration at the Supreme Court

In a Q&A on “All Things Considered,” Amanda Shanor of the Wharton School discusses the details and impact of United States v. Hansen, a Supreme Court case that will examine free speech rights and unlawful immigration.