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Winners of President’s Sustainability Prize are making a difference for people and the planet
community grocer team Eli Moraru won the 2022 President’s Sustainability Prize for his work with Alex Imbot on The Community Grocer (TCG). Moraru and Imbot hope to launch a new business model, revolutionizing food stamp usage by reinventing the corner store and reimagining nutritional assistance.

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Winners of President’s Sustainability Prize are making a difference for people and the planet

Springboarded by University recognition and support, the alums behind the three prize-winning projects—Baleena, The Community Grocer, and Shinkei Systems—are realizing, even surpassing, their goals.

Katherine Unger Baillie , Kristina García , Nathi Magubane

The next generation of tiny batteries
Multicolored used electric batteries view from above.

Photo credit: iStock Photo / Olga Shestakova

The next generation of tiny batteries

Assistant professor James Pikul speaks to the growth of interconnected devices and the robotics industry—leading to emerging designs and novel research unlocking the potential for smaller, more powerful batteries
Red & Blue finish first in four events in Miami
Fourth-year runner Robbie Ruppel competes during a race.

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Red & Blue finish first in four events in Miami

On Saturday at the Hurricane Invitational, Penn track and fielders took the top spot in the women’s 100m, women’s 4x100m, men’s 4x400m, and the pole vault.
New neutrino detection method
Aview inside the SNO detector when filled with water.

A view inside the SNO detector when filled with water. In the background, there are 9,000 photomultiplier tubes that detect photons and the acrylic vessel that (now) holds liquid scintillator. The ropes that crisscross on the outside hold it down when the scintillator is added to prevent it from floating upwards. The acrylic vessel is 12 m wide, about half the width of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The detector is located in SNOLAB, a research facility located 2km underground near Sudbury, Canada.

(Image: SNO+ Collaboration)

New neutrino detection method

Research by Joshua Klein of the School of Arts & Science and an international team has found a way to detect distant subatomic particles using water.
Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn
Michael Mann on Penn's campus

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    • Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn

    Known for his “hockey stick” graph that hammered home the dramatic rise of the warming climate, the climate scientist is now making his mark on Penn’s campus, both through his science and his work on communicating the urgent need for action on the climate crisis.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America
    A line of people waiting outside a polling place.

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    Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America

    President Liz Magill moderated the third Forum on Social Equity and Community, which featured Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Lisa Fairfax, Michael Jones-Correa, and Liz Theoharis.

    Lauren Hertzler

    Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting
    Guy Grossman.

    Guy Grossman, political science professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

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    Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting

    The political science professor investigates the effects of Uganda’s refugee-hosting reforms on preventing public backlash.

    From Omnia

    Penn Athletics receives big boost to lacrosse programs
    A collage showing men's and women's lacrosse players huddling up, swinging their sticks, and defending the goal during games.I

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    Penn Athletics receives big boost to lacrosse programs

    A commitment from James H. Greene, Jr. and the late Marritje V. Greene will strengthen men’s and women’s intercollegiate lacrosse programs at the University.

    Penn Today Staff