The Washington Post

Forecast group predicts busiest hurricane season on record with 33 storms

A research team led by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences is predicting the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season will produce the most named storms on record, fueled by exceptionally warm ocean waters and an expected shift from El Niño to La Niña.

FULL STORY →

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.

FULL STORY →

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.

FULL STORY →

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.

FULL STORY →

  • American Academy of Oral Medicine’s highest award

    Eric Stoopler, professor of oral medicine in Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, has been recognized by the American Academy of Oral Medicine as this year’s recipient of its Craig S. Miller Diamond Pin Award.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Three Annenberg doctoral candidates awarded 2024 Sachs Program Grants

    Azsaneé Truss, Cienna Davis, and Melissa B. Skolnick-Noguera were all awarded funding for creative projects from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

    • 5/2

    Science of Laughter

    As part of the ongoing PennAITech Collaboratory for Healthy Aging Webinar Series, Sophie Scott of University College London discusses science and laughter at the intersection of informatics and gerontology.

    12:00 p.m.

    Virtual

    4/26

    Alliances Amidst Uncertainty

    farmer sits on cracked earth near drying water source
    The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy and the Penn Program for Environmental Humanities present a panel discussion about building alliances to advance solutions to climate change in light of uncertainty. A screening of “Youth v. Gov” will follow, about a constitutional lawsuit brought against the United States government for its role in contributing to the climate crisis.

    12:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

    Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 133 S. 36th St.

    4/29

    Maggie Nelson

    A yellow and green victorian house
    Scholar and poet Maggie Nelson reads. Nelson is the author of several poetry collections, including “The Argonauts,” which won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2015. A conversation with her will follow on April 30 at 10 a.m.

    6:30 p.m. - 10:00 a.m.

    Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

    5/17

    Graduate Leadership Awards Ceremony

    Members of the Penn community and graduate and professional alumni are invited to honor graduating student leaders receiving awards for transformative and lasting new developments that enhance graduate and professional student like at Penn, as well as outstanding service involvement in student life programs, initiatives, or organizations.

    4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

    Graduate Student Center, 3615 Locust Walk