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Law students at the forefront of election protection efforts in Pennsylvania
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Law students at the forefront of election protection efforts in Pennsylvania

As a long and contentious campaign season enters its final days, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students are volunteering their time and skills to ensure the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.

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Four things to know about violence erupting in Nigeria
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Protesters decrying police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, take a knee as the National Anthem plays on Oct. 8, 2020. (Image: TobiJamesCandids)

Four things to know about violence erupting in Nigeria

Osagie Imasogie of the Law School, who earned his early legal education in Nigeria, shares his take on the escalating unrest in the country.

Kristen de Groot

A post-pandemic path to solving the nursing home crisis
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A post-pandemic path to solving the nursing home crisis

A collaboration of experts across Penn schools has created a detailed, long-term policy plan for nursing homes, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Indigenous views of Christopher Columbus
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Indigenous views of Christopher Columbus

Members of Penn’s Indigenous community discuss their views of Christopher Columbus and how Indigenous people have suffered from Columbus-style colonialism.
Robert and Jane Toll Foundation makes $50 million gift to Penn Law
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Robert and Jane Toll Foundation makes $50 million gift to Penn Law

The gift will expand the Toll Public Interest Scholars and Fellows Program, doubling the number of public interest graduates in the coming decade through a combination of full and partial tuition scholarships.

Rebecca Anderson

Remembering RBG
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Remembering RBG

Penn Today reached out to five experts from centers and schools across the University to reflect on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy. 

Kristina García, Kristen de Groot

An ambitious new Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations
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Experts at Penn’s Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC) have launched a new initiative to help chart the future of U.S.-China relations.

An ambitious new Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

Launched in May, the initiative brings together “next generation” thinkers—scholars and practitioners—to address the complex and changing relationship between the two countries.

Kristen de Groot