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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.

NextCity.org

Can guaranteed income improve the health of pregnant people and children?

The Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice will evaluate data from a guaranteed income pilot program in Los Angeles.

Slate.com

Tucker Carlson says paying hush money is normal in America. Is that true?

In a Q&A, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan of Penn Carey Law discusses hush money payments, their relationship to nondisclosure agreements, and their limitations and extralegal power.

WHYY (Philadelphia)

Child shootings doubled in Philly during the pandemic. Black children bore the brunt

Joel Fein of the Perelman School of Medicine says that COVID has coincided with an increase in gun purchases and more guns in the home, as well as more kids stuck at home and unable to go to school.

The Washington Post

These women survived combat. Then they had to fight for health care

Caitlin “Cat” Clason is studying health issues specific to female veterans as a predoctoral student in the School of Nursing.

2023-04-19

A Student Reading of Oedipus Tyrannus

Join as students conclude the Wolf Humanities Center’s Forum on Heritage with a staged reading of Oedipus Tyrannus.

5:00 p.m.

Widener Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 S. St.

2023-04-12

Brave Testimony

Tyehimba Jess presents a reading of his two books of poetry, “Leadbelly” and "Olio,” in celebration of poetry of the African diaspora.

5:30 p.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

2023-03-28

The Ethics of Drugs in Warfare

Lukasz Kamieński, an associate professor at the Jagiellonian University, joins with Claire Finkelstein, the Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, and Jonathan D. Moreno, the David and Lyn Silfen and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, to discuss the history of use of state-sanctioned drugs in the military and the medical ethics of their continued use in the contemporary context. Beth Simmons, the Andrea Mitchell Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor of Law, Political Science, and Business Ethics, will moderate.

4:00 p.m.

Hybrid; Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk

2023-04-28

Reproduction of Inequality

Join a conference that focuses on social structures that perpetuate systems of inequality in the context of education, the family, and class distinction.

9:30 a.m.

Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.

Patients and doctors overlook the best hospitals for cancer care

New research by LDI associate fellow Caitlin Finn and LDI senior fellow Rachel Kelz find that even hospitals within miles of each other can provide a different quality of care, and their performance is often procedure-specific, meaning that a hospital with strong outcomes in one condition may have weak outcomes in another.