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Education, Business, & Law
Brookings Institution Tops Penn 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index
The Brookings Institution tops the list of the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report, an annual ranking of the world’s top think tanks released today by the University of Pennsylvania Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the Lauder Institute. This is the eighth consecutive year that Brookings has been ranked first.
Aviv Nevo Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor
President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price are pleased to announce the appointment of Aviv Nevo as the University of Pennsylvania’s 17th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
In Social Movements, ‘Slacktivists’ Matter
You know them well. You might even be one of them.
Penn to Release Annual Global Think Tanks Ranking Report
WHAT: Release of the 2015 Global Go To Think Tanks Report and Index andPanel Discussion “Global Cities: The Philadelphia Story”
Penn Junior Sophie Beren Has People Singing and Talking
Sophie Beren, a junior communications major at the University of Pennsylvania, is a natural connector.
The World Economic Forum and Wharton Release the Global Risk Report 2016: A World at Risk
Evidence is mounting that inter-connections between risks are becoming stronger – for example, climate change and involuntary migration or international security – often with major and unpredictable impacts.Failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation is the number one global risk in terms of impact.Large-scale involuntary migration tops the list of risks in terms
Penn Honors MLK Through Annual ‘Day of Service’
WHAT: The University of Pennsylvania will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Activities coordinated by Penn’s African-American Resource Center include a volunteer breakfast, community-service projects, community workshops and a candlelight vigil.
Black Lives Matter Co-founders Headline MLK Lecture in Social Justice at Penn
WHO: Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi are two of the three co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Penn Honors Martin Luther King Jr. With Annual Symposium Events
The University of Pennsylvania will remember Martin Luther King Jr. with its 21st annual MLK Commemorative Symposium on Social Change, a series of nearly 30 community events, Jan. 18-Feb. 4.
Penn Science Café Presents ‘Friendship and Your Brain’
WHO: Michael Platt Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor James S. Riepe University Professor of Neuroscience Perelman School of Medicine
In the News
The Wall Street Journal
Meet the AI expert advising the White House, JPMorgan, Google and the rest of corporate America
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is profiled for his knowledge and expertise in generative artificial intelligence.
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Associated Press
No one is above the law. Supreme Court will decide if that includes Trump while he was president
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court should not have taken Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case because an ideologically diverse panel of the federal appeals court in Washington adequately addressed its issues.
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Associated Press
TikTok has promised to sue over the potential U.S. ban. What’s the legal outlook?
Justin (Gus) Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court, given its current composition, would likely uphold a TikTok ban.
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BBC
U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Trump has immunity in election interference case
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court may try to issue a measured, unanimous decision in Donald Trump’s politically charged immunity case.
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The Washington Post
Groups sue to block FTC’s new rule barring noncompete agreements
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that the current Supreme Court has a majority that’s looking skeptically at the exercise of governing power by administrative agencies like the Federal Trade Commission.
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