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  • Class of 2020 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced

    Collage of PEP/PIP winners: Top Row (from left to right): Kwaku Owusu, Hyungtae Kim, Philip Chen (top), Aditya Siroya (middle), Artemis Panagopoulou. Bottom Row (from left to right): Nikil Ragav, Mckayla Warwick, Meera Menon, Shivansh Inamdar
    Top row (from left to right): Kwaku Owusu, Hyungtae Kim, Philip Chen (top), Aditya Siroya (middle), Artemis Panagopoulou. Bottom row (from left to right): Nikil Ragav, Mckayla Warwick, Meera Menon, Shivansh Inamdar

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  • From a desert to an oasis: Penn engages in ambitious greening effort in the Sahel
    People gather around a large map placed on the floor.

    In Senegal, the ambitious Dakar Greenbelt project seeks to create an extensive network of ecological infrastructure in and around the city to sustainably address environmental concerns and enhance urban life. With support from David Gouverneur and Ellen Neises, Ph.D. candidate Rob Levinthal in the Weitzman School of Design led two courses that included a field trip to Dakar, that culminated in students presenting their visions for parts of the Greenbelt.

    (Image: Courtesy of Chaowu Li)

    From a desert to an oasis: Penn engages in ambitious greening effort in the Sahel

    Students from the Weitzman School of Design journeyed to Senegal to help with a massive ecological and infrastructural greening effort as part of their coursework. The Dakar Greenbelt aims to combat desertification and promote sustainable urban growth.

    Jan 31, 2025