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 SARA GERKE’S ARTICLE WAS SELECTED AS THE TOP 10 MUST-READS 2022 BY THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW January 2022 — Professor Sara Gerke co-authored a piece, namely “When Machine Learning Goes Off the Rails,” in the Harvard Business Review. This piece was now selected as the top 10 must-reads 2022 by the Harvard Business Review. Full story |
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DICKINSON LAW SCHOLARS PRESENT AT 2022 AALS ANNUAL MEETING January 2022 — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) held their 2022 Annual Meeting on Freedom, Equality, and the Common Good from January 5-9. This virtual event provided participants with an opportunity to discuss how our legal system should deal with the realities of a post-pandemic world and explored how crafting a common understanding of what freedom means in a democratic society can be very complicated, particularly in the face of a crisis. Read more |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE PARTICIPATES IN THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’S “MAKING THE ROUNDS” PODCAST SERIES January 2022 — Professor Sara Gerke participates in the American Medical Association’s “Making the Rounds” podcast series. In this episode, called “Exploring the Ethics of Algorithmic Bias in Artificial Intelligence,” Professor Gerke talks about the ethical and legal challenges of AI in health care. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE RECEIVES COMMENDATION FOR COMPLETING ACT@PSU January 2022 — Professor Samantha J. Prince has received commendation from Penn State University for creating free open-source materials for her Entrepreneurship Law: Company Creation course through a grant received from the Affordable Course Transformation at Penn State (ACT@PSU ) program. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE SPEAKS AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH’S DIVISION OF AIDS SEMINAR January 2022 — Professor Sara Gerke was invited as one of three panel speakers in the seminar panel, “Data Sharing and Data Privacy in the Age of GDPR: Current Challenges and Potential Solutions for Moving Our Clinical Research Forward.” This seminar was organized by the Division of AIDS of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF ELECTED SECRETARY OF THE AALS SECTION ON LAW, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH CARE January 2022 — At the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), it was announced that Professor Medha D. Makhlouf had won the election for Secretary of the Association’s Section on Law, Medicine, and Health Care. Full story |
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LEGAL EDUCATION IN A POST-COVID WORLD January 2021 — On Friday, January 21, Penn State Dickinson Law and Willamette University College of Law will be co-hosting a virtual presentation titled “Legal Education in a Post-COVID World.” The event will run from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. ET and is free to all students, staff, and faculty. Full story |
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DEAN DODGE SERVES ON KEYNOTE PANEL December 2021 — Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Services, Assistant Professor, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, recently served on the keynote panel for the annual gathering of Penn State’s Coalition on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CoDEI). Full story |
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PROFESSOR JACKSON APPOINTED TO AALS SECTION ON ACADEMIC SUPPORT December 2021 — Titichia Mitchell Jackson, Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Academic Success and Bar Passage, has been appointed Treasurer of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Academic Support. Full story |
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STANLEY BRAND COMMENTS ON FBI TACTICS IN INVESTIGATIONS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS December 2021 — Penn State Dickinson Law Distinguished Fellow Stanley Brand comments on F. B. I. tactics in investigations of members of Congress in Jeff Gerstein’s Politico article, “Fortenberry indictment raises questions about FBI tactics.” Full story |