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young person drinking water while the sun is setting

Penn faculty gather to build collaborations on extreme heat

The 2022 cohort of PEP, PIP, and PSP winners smile for a photo with Interim President Wendell Pritchett and Interim Provost Beth Winkelstein.

Celebrating the newest President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prize winners

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Researchers used data on soil lead content to inform their analysis of the contributing factors to lead exposure risk around Philadelphia. Many samples were collected during Academically Based Community Service courses taught at Penn. (Image: Alex Schein)

Lead toxicity risk factors in Philadelphia

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2022 President’s Sustainability Prize winners Julia Yan, Sarah Beth Gleeson, and Shoshana Weintraub.

Engineering a solution for microplastic pollution

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Saif Khawaja, a graduate of Wharton, is one of the winners of the inaugural Penn President’s Sustainability Prizes.

A fish harvest that’s more sustainable—and tastier, too

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Michael E. Mann is Penn’s inaugural Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science. (Image: Joshua Yospin)

Climate scientist Michael Mann to join Penn faculty

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Columbus, Texas, was one small town that experienced devastating floods from Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Allison Lassiter’s research focuses on coastal communities from New Jersey to Texas. (Image: Weitzman News)

Unlocking the potential of ‘smart’ water in responding to climate change

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Bill Cullina, director of the Morris Arboretum, poses inside the Arboretum's Victorian fernery in March 2022.

A ‘reawakening’ of interest in nature

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The Galápagos giant tortoises at the the Charles Darwin Research Station on the Galápagos Islands. (Image: Elias Rovielo)

Protecting a singular ecosystem in the Galápagos

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Green building wall with living fern elements.

Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC

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Wind turbine in Chile

Turning Latin America green

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In a Q&A about their new book “Megaregions and America’s Future,” Dean Frederick Steiner (left) and Emeritus Professor of Practice Robert Yaro of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design discuss how megaregions in the U.S. can address complex challenges.

Climate resilience, economic competitiveness, and equity at the megaregional level

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Faced with an onslaught of changes—heat, drought, fire, flood, pests, and disease—forests are under stress.

The future of forests

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Today the Delaware River in Philadelphia is a site for both recreation and industry. Provisions in the Clean Water Act, passed by Congress a half-century ago, changed the “life history” of many waterways such as this one, Penn experts note.

The Clean Water Act at 50

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On a given night Quaker Kitchen serves as many as 200 meals like the Earth Week meal, which included pea puree, pasta carbonara, mushrooms, carrots, and sustainably sourced salmon. “The big message is, if you’re interested in climate change, the choice you make at your dinner table has a big impact,” says Barbara Lea-Kruger, director of communications and external relations for Penn’s Division of Business Services.

A farm-to-table meal at Penn, in photos

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Island ambassadors to the United Nations speak at the Perry World House Global Shifts Colloquium event moderated by Michael Weisberg (fourth from left).

Islands on the climate front line

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Receding Arctic sea ice, as seen from space. (Image: NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio)

Facing climate change with optimism

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