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young person drinking water while the sun is setting

Penn faculty gather to build collaborations on extreme heat

Penn Vet’s Zhengxia Dou, Laurel Redding, Meghann Pierdon, and Dipti Pitta, together with Parsons, will help lead work in five areas related to the Center’s mission: Animal Welfare, Regenerative Agriculture, Food Security, Climate Mitigation, and Human Health Interfaces. (Image: Penn Vet)

Meeting a ‘generational challenge’: Feeding the world and doing it sustainably

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Joseph S. Francisco

Joseph Francisco Wins Philadelphia Section Award from the American Chemical Society

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Morondava, Madagascar is one of three cities studied by The McHarg Center's team. Photo: Morondava Autrement

Where Biodiversity, Climate Risk, and Urban Growth Collide

Weitzman School of Design

Climate Week 1.5 Minute Lectures from Faculty 2021 Credit Eric Sucar

A week of building climate knowledge, awareness, and action

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(Left to right) Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Michael E. Mann discussed Australia’s leadership in fighting climate change at Perry World House’s 2022 Global Order Colloquium.

The future of globalization in a fracturing world

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Postdoctoral researcher Kristen Brown (above) collected coral samples from a reef slope to see how they fared in acidic conditions. (Image: Courtesy of Kristen Brown)

Environment influences coral’s resilience to acidification

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Students from Paul Robeson High School mimicked Philadelphia topography using aluminum foil and pieces of sponge in a hands-on lesson about water quality and hydrology at the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center. Support from Penn’s Projects for Progress initiative is enhancing the resources the Center uses to run such programming.

Bolstering environmental education in Cobbs Creek

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Penn IUR 2022-23 Fellows in Urban Leadership

Penn IUR Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows in Urban Leadership

Penn Institute for Urban Research

Perry World House Announces Visitors for 2022-2023

Perry World House Announces Visitors for 2022-2023

Perry World House

Penn launches 750 million dollar investment in science, engineering, and medicine

Penn launches $750M investment in science, engineering, and medicine

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Hemaphroditic coral, like this Montipora capitata , release both eggs and sperm into the water. New findings from Penn biologists reveal that the mechanism by which sperm begin to move is both pH-dependent and similar to the pathways used in a variety of other creatures, including humans. (Image: Courtesy of the Barott laboratory)

From corals to humans, a shared trigger for sperm to get in motion

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Climate change and the problem with time (from OMNIA)

Climate change and the problem with time

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Hands working the soil of the orchard at the Penn Park Farm, part of the Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative.

Understanding climate stories

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The Philadelphia Heat Vulnerability Index, an interactive map that details the areas of the cities most impacted by rising temperatures, is a product of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and the Office of Sustainability.

Adapting to Extreme Heat in Philadelphia to Increase Human Vitality

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Stuart Weitzman School of Design assistant professors Dorit Aviv (left) and Akira Drake Rodriguez.

Public schools, COVID-19, and addressing education’s aging infrastructure

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Some scientists have proposed planetary-scale solutions to address climate change, such as geoengineering using sulfur compounds to create a sunshield in the upper atmosphere. New research suggests there’s a good deal more chemistry to understand before proceeding. (Image: Courtesy of the Francisco laboratory)

Before geoengineering, some fundamental chemistry

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