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    Can China stop climate change?
    Scott Moore sitting on a bench Scott Moore, director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives, pictured along Locust Walk.

    Can China stop climate change?

    In a political science course and new book, Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives Scott Moore unfurls the layers of China’s approach to sustainability and technology.
    The Lauder Institute’s Chad Payne on Web 3.0 in Africa
    Chad Payne beside podium and microphone with 'Penn Grad Talks' backdrop

    Chad Payne pictured in March delivering his Penn Grad Talks presentation. (Image: Penn Arts & Sciences)

    The Lauder Institute’s Chad Payne on Web 3.0 in Africa

    Chad Payne, a second-year student in the Lauder Institute’s Africa Program, talks about his winning speech for this year’s Penn Grad Talks and the potential of Web 3.0 in Africa.
    Streamlining the health care supply chain
    William and Luka pose in front of College Hall

    William Danon and Luka Yancopoulos pose in front of College Hall in April 2022. They are co-founders of Grapevine and the winners of the 2022 President’s Innovation Prize. 

    Streamlining the health care supply chain

    William Danon and Luka Yancopoulos, winners of the 2022 President’s Innovation Prize, will offer a software solution to make the health care supply chain more efficient.
    ‘Oft-delayed but never deterred,’ Class of 2020 and 2021 grads celebrate
    graduates toss caps at commencement

    (Homepage image) An in-person Commencement, held at Franklin Field on May 22, represented a long-awaited milestone for the Class of 2020 and graduate students from the Class of 2021.

    ‘Oft-delayed but never deterred,’ Class of 2020 and 2021 grads celebrate

    Embodying adaptability and persistence, themes of the speech by Angela Duckworth, alums from the classes of 2020 and 2021 returned to campus to make up for a missed milestone.
    A celebration of the ‘resilient creativity’ of the Class of 2022
    graduates celebrate on franklin field Penn held its 266th Commencement celebration on Monday, May 16. The ceremony was held at Franklin Field and honored the Class of 2022.

    A celebration of the ‘resilient creativity’ of the Class of 2022

    Penn’s 266th Commencement showcased graduates who Interim President Wendell Pritchett said demonstrated an “advanced ability to roll with the challenges.”
    The Sachs Program celebrates fifth year of supporting arts innovation at Penn
    Various designs

    A mosaic by Laia Mogas-Soldevila, an assistant professor of architecture in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and a recipient of an Independent Creative Production Grant from The Sachs Program. She will develop a collection of everyday objects made from biomaterials. (Image: The Sachs Program)

    The Sachs Program celebrates fifth year of supporting arts innovation at Penn

    The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced its 2022 cycle of grantees, with new funding for alumni and community partnership projects.
    Penn Live Arts celebrates 50 years with upcoming season
    Ballet dancers posing

    Ballet Hispanico pictured performing in Linea Recta. The ballet company will perform as part of the 50th anniversary season of Penn Live Arts. (Image: Penn Live Arts)

    Penn Live Arts celebrates 50 years with upcoming season

    For its 50th anniversary, Penn Live Arts is rolling out a season like none before it—complete with a John and Alice Coltrane festival, one-act plays in partnership with the Negro Ensemble Collective, and a new ListenHear composer series.
    At Fuyao Glass factory, students put Chinese language skills into practice
    Students posing for a photo inside Fuyao America building

    Penn students, senior lecturer Mien-hwa Chiang (fourth from left), and director of the Chinese Language Program Ye Tian (first from left) visited Fuyao America in Moraine, Ohio, in February. Fourth from the right: Lillian Wagner; second from left: Sam Gan, third from left: Ryan Morris. (Image: Penn Chinese Language Program)

    At Fuyao Glass factory, students put Chinese language skills into practice

    At Fuyao Glass America in Moraine, Ohio, the subject of the Oscar-winning 2019 film “American Factory,” students and faculty were led on a tour and dialogued with the Fuyao America CEO.
    Inspiring the next generation of archive scholars
    students examine a long scroll in the archive class

    Homepage image: Graduate students in the Inside the Archive course look on as Bill Whitaker, the curator and collections manager at the Weitzman School of Design’s Architectural Archives, unfurls an artifact from the Louis Kahn Collection.

    Inspiring the next generation of archive scholars

    Through Inside the Archive, a course taught by Liliane Weissberg of the School of Arts & Sciences, Penn students explore what an archive is, how history gets written, and what is ahead in a digital future.
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