Faculty Impact
Our faculty is engaged in a constant quest for knowledge and wisdom it can share with our students as well as with the legal profession, scholars, policy makers, and others, consistent with Penn State’s role as a world-class research university.
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PROFESSOR KATHERINE C. PEARSON CO-AUTHORS MONTREAL GAZETTE OP-ED June 2025—While coming to the close of her time as the 2024-25 Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, Professor Katherine C. Pearson collaborated with Dr. Andrew Frank at Bruyère Health Research Institute in Ottawa to write in support of Canada’s important research work on Alzheimer’s disease, including development of treatments for the disease. The Montreal Gazette published their op-ed on June 26. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN JILL C. ENGLE'S ARTICLE ON MATERNAL HEALTH PUBLISHED IN VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY & LAW June 2025—Professor of Clinical Law and Associate Dean of DEIB Jill C. Engle has published her most recent article, "Birth on Mother Earth: Mitigating the Maternal Health Crisis," in the University of Virginia's Journal of Social Policy and the Law. You can find the article here. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM E. BUTLER MARKS 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF GROTIUS TREATISE June 2025—Professor William E. Butler delivered a paper on “The Carnegie Translation of Grotius: Influencing Public Opinion” at a conference marking the 400th anniversary of the Grotius treatise. The publication has been accepted for Grotiana, no. 1 (I225), and the online version of that journal already has appeared. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM E. BUTLER INVITED TO MARTENS READINGS June 2025—Professor William E. Butler was invited to appear at the Martens Readings, established in 2000 jointly by the International Red Cross and St. Petersburg University to honor the contributions made to international humanitarian law by Fedor Fedorovich Martens (1845-1909). Full story |
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PROFESSOR JULIE TEDJESKE CRANE HAS AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED AND TWO BOOK CHAPTERS ACCEPTED June 2025—An article by Legal Research Professor and Reference Librarian Julie Tedjeske Crane, “Grading Legal Research,” has been published by Law Library Journal, the peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the American Association of Law Libraries. Crane also has two chapters forthcoming in the book Creating Healthy Library Workplaces: Five Factors That Improve Employee Engagement and Satisfaction. Full story |
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ASSISTANT DEAN GISELLE SANTIBANEZ-BANIA PRESENTS AT 2025 NALSAP CONFERENCE June 2025 — Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Services Giselle Santibanez-Bania presented on three different topics at this year's National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP) Conference in Columbus, Ohio. The conference took place June 9-12, 2025, and was hosted by the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University. Full story |
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PROFESSOR BRENT E. NEWTON FILES MOTION THAT PREVENTS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY June 2025 — The same day that Professor Brent E. Newton finished grading final exams in May, he received a call from the federal public defender in the District of Maryland asking if he would accept a court appointment to file a motion to strike the Department of Justice's recent notice of its change in position about whether it would seek the death penalty against a man charged with murder in federal court in Baltimore. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM QUOTED ON FTC SCRUTINY OF SANOFI-BLUEPRINT MERGER June 2025 — CTFN quoted Associate Dean for Research and Innovation Daryl Lim on June 17, 2025, regarding the antitrust review of Sanofi’s proposed acquisition of Blueprint Medicines by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Full story |
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PROFESSOR BALACHANDRAN PUBLISHES ESSAY IN PRESTIGIOUS LITERARY JOURNAL June 2025—Professor Gopal Balachandran published a creative nonfiction essay—"The Trials of Subu Vedam”—in the New England Review. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARAH WILLIAMS’S RESEARCH ON AUDITOR REGULATION IS FORTHCOMING IN UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW REVIEW June 2025 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an offer from University of Cincinnati Law Review to publish her manuscript, “Should We Watch the Watcher or the Watched? The Transparency Debate in Auditor Regulation.” Full story |