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First UN Water Conference in four decades includes a delegation from Penn
Four panelists sit at table listening while one speaks into microphone

Rohit Aggarwala of the NYC Environmental Protection underscored that managing for drought necessitates cross-border cooperation. “If we think of this as a zero-sum game, we’re going to lose,” he said.

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First UN Water Conference in four decades includes a delegation from Penn

Events on campus last week kicked off the global proceedings, which will include representatives from the Water Center at Penn, Penn Carey Law School, and the School of Arts & Sciences.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Democracy in Israel
An Israeli protester holds a lit flare giving off a red glow as another waves an Israeli flag in a nighttime protest.

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 9, 2023. 

(Image: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Democracy in Israel

Perry World House hosted a conversation to look at how the proposals from Israel’s new far-right government could weaken the country’s democracy.

Kristen de Groot

Gittis Legal Clinics bring experiential education with impact
Praveen Kosuri (standing) talks with four students at desktop computers.

Praveen Kosuri (standing) is the director of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, one of Penn Carey Law’s legal clinics.

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Gittis Legal Clinics bring experiential education with impact

Penn Carey Law’s teaching law firm provide second-and third-year students with real-world experience through pro bono legal services.

From Penn Carey Law

Videotaping interrogations in Pennsylvania
Video still of a police interrogation.

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Videotaping interrogations in Pennsylvania

The Quattrone Center has released “Videotaping Interrogations in Pennsylvania,” the first study to review Pennsylvania interrogation practices.

From Penn Carey Law

Shaun Ossei-Owusu on ‘velvet rope discrimination’
Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

Presidential Professor of Law Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

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Shaun Ossei-Owusu on ‘velvet rope discrimination’

The Presidential Professor of Law at Penn Carey Law explores the civil rights’ implications of pervasive race, gender, and sex discrimination in bars, nightclubs, and restaurants.

From Penn Carey Law

The psychology of playing the fool
Left, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan; right, cover of the book Fool Proof.

Tess Wilkinson-Ryan is a professor of law and psychology at Penn Carey Law.

(Images: Courtesy of Penn Law (left) and Harper Wave)

The psychology of playing the fool

Law professor Tess Wilkinson-Ryan’s new book “Fool Proof: How Fear of Playing the Sucker Shapes Ourselves and the Social Order―and What We Can Do About It” explores the psychology of fools, dupes, cons, and morality.
The case for affirmative action with professor Cara McClellan
Affirmative action advocates rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court, holding signs that read "defend diversity, affirm opportunity" as justices heard oral arguments on two cases on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions.

Affirmative action advocates rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices heard oral arguments on two cases on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions on Oct. 31, 2022. (Image: Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO via AP Images)

The case for affirmative action with professor Cara McClellan

The Penn Carey Law professor and founding director of the Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic shares how affirmative action benefits institutions and how the diversity it brings helps colleges and universities fulfill their educational missions.

Kristen de Groot

Policing marginalized communities
A Black Lives Matter protest with police presence.

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Policing marginalized communities

This past semester, Quattrone Center fellow Anjelica Hendricks engaged students in the study of how policing intersects with race, gender, ability, and other intertwined socioeconomic identities.

From Penn Carey Law

‘Embodying love’ at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Commemoration
A man speaks at a podium with a woman waiting behind him. The screen says "An Interfaith Commemoration of the Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

Graduate student Ayo Aladesanmi spoke about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. (Image: Damien Townsville)

‘Embodying love’ at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Commemoration

At the Interfaith Commemoration and award ceremony, student speakers and performers reflected on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and six Penn community members were honored for working towards positive social change.

Kristina García