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A ‘human-focused approach’ to sustainability
Nina Morris against the backdrop of an urban farm

Nina Morris, Penn's sustainability director, hopes to engage more members of the campus community by “meeting people where they are, showing up to support them and their interests, and then finding out how their passions connect to sustainability.”

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    • A ‘human-focused approach’ to sustainability

    Sustainability Director Nina Morris, who started at Penn in October, aims to build on the University’s strengths in creating a more sustainable campus and community.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Penn’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions within the endowment
    Facade of a Penn Campus building from the ground view with a blue sky.
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    • Penn’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions within the endowment

    Penn’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions within the endowment. The Office of Investments has established the goal of reducing the net greenhouse gas emissions from Penn’s endowment investments to zero by 2050.

    Dee Patel

    Exploring the future of higher education
    A masked student looks up while working on a laptop

    A new book, "Higher Education's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," looks to build a more resilient and just education system. 

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    • Exploring the future of higher education

    A new book co-edited by the Netter Center’s Ira Harkavy considers the various responses of universities to the pandemic, with the goal of building more sustainable and democratic societies.

    Kristina García

    Alumna Jessica Vaughn examines workplace space and culture in ICA solo exhibition
    Artist standing in gallery in front of an illustration painted on the wall of people running a race

    Artist and Weitzman School of Design alumna Jessica Vaughn examines the spaces, architecture, and cultures of the American workplace her first major solo exhibition, now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

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    • Alumna Jessica Vaughn examines workplace space and culture in ICA solo exhibition

    Artist and Weitzman School of Design alumna Jessica Vaughn examines the spaces and culture of the American workplace in her first major solo exhibition, now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
    Working at the intersection of data science and public policy
    an aerial view of city streets at night
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    • Working at the intersection of data science and public policy

    Ken Steif’s new book, “Public Policy Analytics: Code & Context for Data Science in Government,” available online and in print, provides guidance for how governments and policymakers can use data and algorithms to solve complex service-delivery problems.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Young and middle-age adults in the U.S. dying at higher rates
    An image with four maps of the U.S. shaded in different colors, with the text "Males" and "Females" up top. Below the first two maps reads "Absolute changes in mortality rate (ages 25-44) 1990-92 to 2015-17" and underneath that, "Deaths per 100,000 population." Below the bottom two maps reads, "Absolute changes in mortality rate (ages 45-64) 1990-92 to 2015-17" and underneath that, "Deaths per 100,000 population."

    A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reveals some new trends about working-age adults in the U.S., including what Penn’s Irma Elo considered the most disturbing: Increased mortality among 25- to 44-year-olds from cardiometabolic disease.

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    • Young and middle-age adults in the U.S. dying at higher rates

    According to a new National Academies report, cardiometabolic conditions now join drug overdoses, alcohol, and suicide as significant mortality causes. In a Q&A, demographer Irma Elo explains.

    Michele W. Berger

    What’s all the buzz about Bitcoin?
    picture of coins with the letter "B" on it and computer chip
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    • What’s all the buzz about Bitcoin?

    What’s all the buzz about Bitcoin? Mauro Guillén, a professor of international management at the Wharton School answers the questions surrounding the sudden interest.

    Dee Patel

    Invested and engaged
    View of Philadelphia skyline with Penn Park in foreground
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    • Invested and engaged

    In a Q&A, Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli reflects on the University’s latest Economic Impact Report and the new effort to include an account of Penn’s civic engagement and impact on Philadelphia, its residents, and surrounding communities.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Myanmar coup, explained
    Members of Myanmar police stand by a cordoned off blockade area on the street.

    A police cordon in Myanmar on Feb. 1, 2021. (Image: OneNews)

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    • Myanmar coup, explained

    Laura Edwards, an LL.M. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law and Myanmar expert, shares her take on the crisis.

    Kristen de Groot