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Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala
Top row: Belinda Bentzin Buscher, Robert Cort, and Ira Hillman. Second row: Jennifer Krevit, Desiree Martinez, and Sally Jutabha Michaels. Bottom row: Marc Morial, Deepak Prabhkar, and Andre Dombroski.

Top row: Belinda Bentzin Buscher, Robert Cort, and Ira Hillman. Second row: Jennifer Krevitt, Desiree Martinez, and Sally Jutabha Michaels. Bottom row: Marc Morial, Deepak Prabhakar, and Andre Dombroski.

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Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala

On Nov. 15, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Alumni Social Impact Award, and the Creative Spirit Award, and André Dombrowski will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
What happens if an indicted candidate wins the presidency?
Donald Trump in a car driven by Secret Service.

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What happens if an indicted candidate wins the presidency?

A paper co-authored by Penn Carey Law professor Claire Finkelstein explores three questions that require urgent examination both prior to and immediately after the 2024 presidential election.

Supporting the next generation of ethical technologists
Students at the registration table for the Responsible Computing Challenge.

This past spring, scholars, students, technologists, activists, and West Philadelphia community members gathered for a workshop that planted the seeds for RC4JustFutures’ work moving forward.

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Supporting the next generation of ethical technologists

The Responsible Computing for Just Futures Initiative, an initiative of the Responsible Computing Challenge at Penn Carey Law, has ambitious plans for the mindset with which the next generation of Penn students will engage careers at the intersection of law and technology.

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Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’
Ramón Méndez Galain at Carnot Prize ceremony.

Carnot Prize recipient Ramón Méndez Galain, the former energy director for Uruguay, spoke at the 2023 Carnot Prize Policy Lecture and Award Ceremony, held at the Kleinman Center Energy Forum. 

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Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’

Through grants, awards, events, publications, a podcast, and more, the Center provides resources and a central hub for researchers across Penn tackling the energy transition.
Across Pennsylvania, Penn students practice ‘political empathy’ to connect across divides
HOPE painted colorfully on the exterior of the Hazelton Integration Project.

(On homepage) The Political Empathy Lab visited the Hazleton Integration Project, a nonprofit and community center serving a city that has seen a large increase in Dominican immigrants over the past two decades.

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Across Pennsylvania, Penn students practice ‘political empathy’ to connect across divides

Through the SNF Paideia Program, seven undergraduates and political scientist Lia Howard traveled all over the commonwealth this summer, listening to residents talk about their lives and the issues that matter to them.
Court no-shows: A systemic issue
The courtyard at City Hall in Philadelphia.

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Court no-shows: A systemic issue

Penn Carey Law professor Sandy Mayson has found that failure-to-appear plays a central role in criminal case processing in Philadelphia.

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Supporting vital immigrant defense
Members of Penn Carey Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic in the office of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Members of Penn Carey Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic traveled to Georgia to assist the Southern Poverty Law Center’s work representing immigrant detainees.

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Supporting vital immigrant defense

Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic students spent a semester with the Southern Poverty Law Center, learning immigration law while serving clients seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief.

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