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  • A success story from Southern Africa

    The Botswana-UPenn Partnership celebrates 20 years of medical, scholarly, and educational progress.
    A person in Botswana checks the eyes of another person outdoors.
    Though it began as a many-faceted program to address the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Botswana-UPenn Partnership has expanded to encompass scholarship, health care, and education for a variety of other health needs. A collaboration with the Botswana government and a private company led to a national eye health screening program, involving a mobile device powered by a solar-charged backpack, enabling screenings to proceed even in remote villages. (Image: Kim Firn/Penn Medicine)

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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

    An illuminating celebration to a brighter, greener future
    The exterior of the Vagelos building lit up with dramatic lighting.

    The new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology boasts adaptable laboratory spaces to support the dynamic needs of pioneering research.

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    An illuminating celebration to a brighter, greener future

    Members of the Penn community celebrated an energy research milestone: the unveiling of the new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.

    Dec 12, 2024