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Weitzman and Netter Center to tackle urban heat in West Philadelphia

Weitzman and Netter Center to tackle urban heat in West Philadelphia

A collaboration between the Thermal Architecture Lab at Penn’s Weitzman School of Design, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, and the Annenberg School has been awarded an Environmental Protection Agency Thriving Communities Grant for $137,000 to work with William L. Sayre High School, a University-Assisted Community School, on measurement of urban heat and solution design.

‘The Academy at Penn’ names High School of the Future and Horace Howard Furness High School for Philadelphia college and career readiness program

‘The Academy at Penn’ names High School of the Future and Horace Howard Furness High School for Philadelphia college and career readiness program

The School District of Philadelphia’s High School of the Future and Horace Howard Furness have been selected as the inaugural participants in “The Academy at Penn,” a new initiative designed to create a national and scalable model to transform high school education and expand college and career opportunities for students from underserved communities. The $8 million-funded project is a partnership between Foundations, Inc., Penn GSE, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Penn GSE, and the School District of Philadelphia.

A window into East Asian history: Conserving Buddhist murals
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A window into East Asian history: Conserving Buddhist murals

Penn Museum staff are restoring Buddhist murals that were crafted in a style prevalent between the 13th and 14th centuries, bringing renewed vibrancy to art from a distinct era of East Asian religious history.

How will the universe end? A changing understanding of dark energy may provide a new answer
Associated Press

How will the universe end? A changing understanding of dark energy may provide a new answer

Speaking about a changing understanding of dark energy, Bhuvnesh Jain of the School of Arts & Sciences says, “It's moving from a really surprising finding to almost a moment where we have to throw out how we've thought about cosmology and start over.”

Fellowships for Penn Nursing’s Sharon Y. Irving and Selena Ann Gilles

Fellowships for Penn Nursing’s Sharon Y. Irving and Selena Ann Gilles

Irving, the Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Chair in Nutrition, professor of Pediatric Nursing, and standing faculty in the Department of Family and Community Health, and Gilles, practice professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences and associate dean for school and community engagement, have been elected as Distinguished Fellows of the National Academies of Practice.

Mom, the brands are fighting again
The Wall Street Journal

Mom, the brands are fighting again

Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School says that attack ads can help newcomers establish a presence by associating themselves with a better-known name, even in a negative way.