Rod Smolla, dean of Delaware Law School, comments on how the First Amendment intersects with a new inquiry from the U.S. Surgeon General, which seeks to answer how the government should approach handling the spread of COVID-19 misinformation by doctors.
This article discussing access to gender-affirming health care references Widener's Advanced Training of Affirmative Therapies for Transgender Communities nondegree program led by the Center for Human Sexuality Studies.
This report on the month's stars and constellations by Harry Augensen, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, previews a planets cluster that can be seen the morning sky and stars that will be visible in the evening sky as spring approaches.
Students named to the President's List for academic achievement during the fall 2021 semester are listed in this article.
Michael Dimino, professor of law at Widener Law Commonwealth, provides commentary after the Court of Judicial Discipline issued a reprimand to former Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas Placey for violating the Code of Judicial Conduct with his outbursts in the courtroom.
This article explores what makes porn ethical and quotes Erica Smith, a graduate of the Center for Human Sexuality Studies.
Delaware Law School graduate Jeanine Howard, who now serves as an assistant attorney general in the D.C. Office of the Attorney General and is D.C. Chapter president of the National Black Prosecutors Association, is featured in this article that highlights ways Black prosecutors are working to change the criminal justice system to better reflect communities served.
This feature article profiles Matt Cahill, an MSW student, and his nonprofit VETS (Veteran Equine Therapy Specialists). Cahill, a retired combat veteran with more than two decades of service as a medic in the Army and the Pennsylvania National Guard, discusses his own experience with PTSD and how that led him to start his nonprofit, which serves a wide population that includes military veterans and first responders.
James May, professor of law at Delaware Law School, comments on a new environmental protection law passed in Panama and how the legislation will impact future legal decisions regarding the natural land.
Michael Dimino, professor at Widener Law Commonwealth, contributes to this explanation on why Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments.
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Delaware Law School graduate Ann D. Carey writes about how lawyers can successfully mediate in the face of a power imbalance.
This article promotes a recent one-year, $100,000 grant awarded to Sachin Patil, professor of chemical engineering, from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust, to study coronary heart disease, its causes and novel drugs to treat it.
Mechanical engineering major Pedro Ramos Orozco is recognized for earning Dean's List status during the fall 2021 semester.
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Professor Erin Daly of Delaware Law School is a guest on this podcast discussing her research on dignity rights and shares findings published in her book Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions, and the Worth of the Human Person.
Luke Mette, an adjunct faculty member at Delaware Law School, has been hired as solicitor of the planning commission in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
This article announces the creation of the Wollman Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which will be given annually to an employee who advocates and effects university change in support of diversity, equity and inclusion. The award has been made possible as part of a $100,000 endowed gift to the university by President Julie E. Wollman and her husband Dan L. King.
Alumnus James Gillespie is a guest on the podcast discussing his athletic career with the Pride playing football throughout his undergrad years and basketball in his senior year.
This article highlights a recently published report detailing the Delaware Supreme Court's strategic plan to improve the diversity of the state's bench and bar. The report recommends that colleges and universities in Delaware partner with Delaware Law School to create pipeline programs for Black and Latino students and improve diversity among their own faculty.
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Babak Eslami, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, explains the mathematical and scientific significance of today's date, 2/22/2022, and why it is so rare from a probability perspective.
In this written and video story, Michael Dimino, professor at Widener Law Commonwealth, provides insight into how the court will deliberate on a recent lawsuit brought against the Cumberland Valley School District by a group of parents for making masks optional.
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