Faculty News

Professor Francis Shen, Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow, recently joined The Crisis Files podcast with Roshini Rajkumar ’97,…

Prof. Francis Shen, Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow, is part of the interdisciplinary and multi-institutional Neurotech Justice Accelerator at Mass…

Professor Francis Shen, Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow, was interviewed by Relias Media about a research study on the development of new portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies that…

Professor Francis Shen, an expert in neuroscience and law, argued in Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper that similar to how we mandate financial reporting, we should mandate disclosure of objective cognitive testing for…

Professor Francis Shen co-authored an opinion piece in the publication STAT advocating neuroimaging counseling. The authors noted that due to the availability of portable MRIs, the ease of having a brain…

In his dissent in Borden v. United States (decided June 10, 2021), Justice Brett Kavanaugh cited Professor Francis Shen's law review article, Sorting Guilty Minds. The case involved…

Professor Francis Shen’s research on the relationship between wartime casualties and the 2016 election was cited in a New York Times article exploring President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The…

Professor Francis Shen’s research exploring the effect of local wartime casualties on political behavior was cited in the New York Times. Citing published work co-authored by Professor Shen and Cornell…

Professor Francis Shen, director of the Shen Neurolaw Lab and executive director of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, is featured in an ABA Journal article highlighting leaders in the emerging field…

Science Magazine featured the collaborative work of Professors Francis Shen, Susan Wolf, and William McGeveran, in their joint project with University of Minnesota neuroscientist Mike Garwood on the…

In an essay published on The Conversation, Professor Shen raises…

Professor Francis Shen was interviewed on the WCCO radio program, “News and Views with Roshini Rajkumar.” Professor Shen spoke about his research on youth sports concussions, as well as his work on law and…