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Law schools left reeling after latest Supreme Court earthquakes

Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law comments on the Supreme Court ruling that presidents have broad immunity from prosecution when they are engaging in official acts.

What the Civil Rights Act really meant

William Sturkey of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that in a healthier democracy and in a freer and more open country, we would pass more laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Will the regulation shielding workers from heat be finalized before the election?

Penn Carey Law's Cary Coglianese says heat affects every outdoor worker and some major industries: construction, travel, transportation, and others.

Philadelphia Orchestra bassist Duane Rosengard; Peter Noël, director of CT Research at the Perelman School of Medicine; luthier Zachary S. Martin; Leening Liu, a Ph.D. student in Noël’s Laboratory of Advanced Computed Tomography Imaging; and Mark Kindig.

How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT

Radiology experts at Penn Medicine applied imaging technology to centuries-old instruments to better understand how to care for masterworks built between the 17th and 19th centuries, and provide insights into building new ones.

Could a president really order SEAL Team 6 to kill a rival? It seems so

Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law warns of problems from the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.

In blockbuster term, Supreme Court boosts its own sway

Penn Carey Law’s Kermit Roosevelt comments on Supreme Court decisions that work to take power away from the federal administrative agencies and shift power to judges.

Penn researchers develop AI tool to help evaluate media bias

Amir Tohidi of the Wharton School says his work on detecting media bias was inspired in part by the “fake news” phenomenon.

The growing evidence that Americans are less divided than you may think

Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences says the more involved in politics a person is the more distorted their view of the other side.

As more AI tools emerge in education, so does concern among teachers about being replaced

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School worries that many businesses and organizations are too focused on efficiency and downsizing as they rush to adopt AI technologies.

Record-breaking Category 5 Hurricane Beryl wouldn’t be possible without climate change

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the increase in ocean temperatures and wind speeds is not only detectable it’s now readily observable.

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