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  • At COP28, Penn delegation shares wide-ranging knowledge and builds connections

    More than two dozen researchers from schools and centers across the University traveled to Dubai for the UN’s annual climate change conference.
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    One of many events Penn held at the Higher Education Pavilion at COP28 was a briefing on extreme heat, featuring (from left to right) Sheela Patel, fellow at the Penn Institute for Urban Research; Harleen Marwah, pediatric resident doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Mauricio Rodas, visiting scholar at Penn IUR; Eleni “Lenio” Myrivili, Penn IUR fellow; and Genie Birch, co-director of Penn IUR.
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