In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice research community allows teachers to design highly effective active learning experiences for climate education, empowering students to directly confront the crisis.
FULL STORY AT Environmental Innovations Initiative →
The lecturer in Weitzman’s Department of Landscape Architecture and principal at Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects has been elevated to the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
Fewer than half of U.S. adults know that drinking raw milk is less safe than drinking pasteurized milk and many Americans do not understand the risks of consuming raw milk, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s latest health survey.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim weighs in on the Supreme Court’s ruling over social media content moderation, which she says remains a contentious and unsettled issue.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Eleven faculty and lecturers from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences share the books they’re reading now that the academic year has wound down.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
The International Journal for Water, Equity and Justice, an open access, digital publication of The Water Center at Penn and the Global Water Alliance, recently relaunched with a new scope, name, and digital platform, with the support of the Penn Libraries.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
The study, from Penn LDI, finds Black and Hispanic Veterans experienced persistent disparities with VA-funded care delivered outside of the VA health system by non-VA providers, which underscores a need for better administrative processes to help all Veterans navigate community care and for focused efforts to improve Black and Hispanic Veterans’ experiences with community care.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The collaborative project aims to uncover the structural and biological changes caused by brain injury that leads to neurodegeneration.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
For the third straight year, Penn Athletics set a school record for its best finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup, which measures broad-based national success in Division I college athletics.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
The research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center also finds that public perceptions of scientists working in artificial intelligence differ from those of scientists as a whole.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
