At Penn State Dickinson Law: Fall 2025 Blog Posts from Seminar Students in “Health Law, Policy and Ethics in an Aging World”

Earlier this semester, I published a Blog Post written by a student as part of my fall Seminar course assignments. Ezeck Warren, a 2L student at Penn State Dickinson Law, wrote an important update on “Community-Based Paths for Aging in Place: NORCS and Villages.” Ezeck paved the path for other students!

Now I have the happy task of choosing additional student submissions for publication. Keep an eye on this Blog for additional timely topics! To make it easy to follow, I recommend choosing the “Subscribe” option for the Elder Law Prof Blog. It is free and you can unsubscribe easily whenever you tire of receiving email updates.

It is appropriate that I’m writing this post on Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. This year, my special thanks go to Professor Vanessa Gruben, the Director of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa, and the Centre’s Associate Director, Dina Idriss-Wheeler, who helped to inspire and guide our seminar students throughout the fall semester, especially by offering Canadian perspectives on key topics.

A year ago I was a Fulbright Fellow residing in Canada and in residence at University of Ottawa. had the idea for this “comparative” course while attending a great research conference co-sponsored by Bruyere Health Research Institute and uOttawa, challenging us to “Imagine the Future” for health research. One of the specific dares was to imagine the future without disabilities or Alzheimer’s Disease.” Many of my seminar students took a similar approach in selecting their topics this semester!