Week of Events
Cultural Heritage, Violent Conflict, and Atrocity Crimes Workshop
On 22 February 2023, the Cultural Heritage, Violent Conflict, and Atrocity Crimes workshop was held at the Penn Club. The workshop brought together scholars and United Nations (UN) representatives to develop a shared understanding of the key debates in the academic literature about the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage in violent conflicts, situations at risk of atrocity crimes, and their aftermaths. The participants also discussed the evidence of and intersection between heritage destruction and the act of atrocity crimes; and explored how the UN system can better prepare and respond.
CPPF Meeting on Guatemala
CPPF Meeting on Guatemala
On 20 February 2023, CPPF convened the 13th meeting in a series of meetings on the situation rule of law, corruption, and impunity in Guatemala.
Health Care as Social Insurance: The Role of Medicaid in Improving US Health
Health Care as Social Insurance: The Role of Medicaid in Improving US Health
About the Lecture Expanded access to healthcare in the United States through the nation’s public health insurance program, Medicaid, has led to meaningful–and measurable–improvements in people’s health. Insurance expansions that have targeted pregnant women, children, and adults have all had important short- and longer-term effects on health, and this talk will discuss some of those outcomes and the ways that researchers are exploring and measuring Medicaid’s impact. Event Recording About Laura Wherry Laura Wherry's primary area of research focuses on the changing role of the Medicaid program and its impact on access to health care and health. Recent work examines …