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Penn Vet’s Dipti Pitta awarded agriculture grant to increase efficiency of dairy herds and reduce methane admissions

The associate professor of ruminant nutrition has received a $995,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to lead an interdisciplinary team of animal and data scientists to enhance dairy herd sustainability and moderate environmental impacts.

Douglas Robb named inaugural McHarg Fellow

Awarded by The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at Penn, the McHarg Fellowship provides $75,000 to support an emerging voice in landscape architecture and its related fields. Robb’s work lies at intersection of Indigenous sovereignty, climate change, and the energy transition in rural North America.

Summer Featured Books and DVDs: For the love of food

This month’s featured materials show some of the many ideas and values food can represent in cultural analysis and storytelling.

7/22

LGBTQ+ Ourspace

The LGBT Center’s Ourspace is a summer program, in collaboration with the Netter Center, that happens every Friday afternoon. All are welcome to enjoy food, games, community activities, and learning.

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Penn LGBT Center, 3907 Spruce St.

9/17

Concert at Laurel Hill Mansion

The Laurel Hill Mansion welcomes Women for Greater Philadelphia to present an outdoor concert by the Florion Trio, featuring Nancy Bean (violin), Lloyd Smith (cello), and Allen Krantz (guitar).

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Laurel Hill, 3487 Edgley Drive

ABC News

Twitter, Musk and the Delaware Chancery Court

Lawrence Hamermesh of Penn Carey Law comments on the Delaware Chancery Court judges who have a lot of exposure to high-stakes business disputes.

Fortune.com

‘I think most of our inflation is behind us’: Top economist Jeremy Siegel says we’ve reached the peak

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that the worst of inflation has already passed, and the Federal Reserve should be careful not to overshoot the mark when contemplating future policy changes.

CNBC

Stop saying ‘I’m sorry’ at work—and use these 3 phrases instead, says Wharton psychologist

Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School says that apologizing expresses care and empathy, but it’s often not the most effective way to take accountability.

The New Orleans Advocate

Abandoned in Louisiana in 1719, ‘Mutinous Women’ found a way to thrive. This book is their story

A new book by Joan DeJean of the School of Arts & Sciences about innocent women who were rounded up by police, put under the rule of a ruthless prison warden, and exported to the New World is reviewed.

The New Orleans Advocate