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Penn State Law professor Shoba Wadhia dons the Kente on graduating student Brianni Frazier at the "Donning of the Kente" ceremony on April 21.

Penn State Law students ‘don the Kente’ in emotional ceremony

4/27/17

The Donning of the Kente is an event common among African-American communities at schools and universities around the country, and has been a tradition at Penn State Law for several years. “The Donning of the Kente pays homage to our ancestors and our future at the same time,” said first-year law student Amber Linton. “The cloth symbolizes what a long way we’ve come, while we recognize the next generation that’s going forward into the world.”

Penn State Commencement, Agricultural Sciences, Dec. 2016

Penn State announces spring 2017 commencement events and speakers

4/24/17

This spring Penn State expects to award 13,894 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 226 associate, 11,435 baccalaureate, 1,590 master’s, 262 law, 244 doctoral and 137 medical degrees. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State’s 24 locations.

Four graduate students receive the Professional Master’s Excellence Award

4/21/17

Four Penn State graduate students received the Professional Master’s Excellence Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in a professional master’s degree program, in any discipline, based upon the student’s academic record in the graduate program and the quality and impact of the student’s culminating experience, including creative works, performance and projects, conducted in a professional setting.

Graduate student excellence celebrated at annual awards luncheon

4/19/17

Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Nicholas P. Jones presented 10 awards to more than 30 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Graduate Student Awards Luncheon held April 18 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Careers in the Law | Penn State Law

Penn State Law hosts career exposure event

4/12/17

On Friday, April 7, Penn State Law held its first Careers in the Law event, designed to help students learn more about the various practice areas of the legal field.

Marks TEDxPSU

Professor’s TEDxPSU talk about benefits of conflict featured on TED.com

4/11/17

A Penn State associate professor’s TED talk on the benefits of conflict between government agencies and corporations has been featured on TED.com. Jonathan Marks, an associate professor of bioethics, humanities and law in the College of the Liberal Arts, delivered his TED talk during February’s TEDxPSU event.

Eleanor Brown

Eleanor Brown joins faculty in Penn State Law, SIA, Rock Ethics Institute

4/10/17

Eleanor Brown, a leading scholar of property, migration, globalization, development, and the law, will join the Penn State faculty, effective July 1, as a professor of law at Penn State Law, a professor of international affairs in the School of International Affairs, and a senior scientist in the Rock Ethics Institute.

Gamini Keerawella, the deputy chief of mission of Sri Lanka in the United States

Sri Lankan diplomat to visit Penn State to discuss post-war peace building

4/4/17

Gamini Keerawella, the deputy chief of mission of Sri Lanka in the United States, will visit Penn State on April 24 to discuss socio-political dynamics of the conflict and post-conflict reconciliation initiatives in Sri Lanka. Keerawella’s talk, “Ethnic Conflict and Post-War Peace Building in Sri Lanka,” will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Monday, April 24, in room 112 of the Lewis Katz Building.

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