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Climate crisis meets nursing know-how
Roxana Chicas speaking at a Penn Nursing lecture.

Roxana Chicas speaking at Penn Nursing about her research focused on heat stress among migrant workers.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Nursing News)

Climate crisis meets nursing know-how

How nurses at Penn are innovating public health care for a changing world.

Christina Hernandez-Sherwood

Using data to make city planning more safe and accessible
Xiaoxia Dong.

Xiaoxia “Summer” Dong is an assistant professor of city and regional planning in the Weitzman School.

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Using data to make city planning more safe and accessible

Weitzman School of Design’s Xiaoxia ‘Summer’ Dong focuses on the travel behavior and mode choice impacts of driverless cars.

From the Weitzman School of Design

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Chinatown and community as a cornerstone
Will Chan leans against a reflective class in the Pan-Asian American Community House

As a Thouron Scholar and a Ph.D. candidate in theoretical physics, Will Chan also works as an advocate for building Asian communities at Penn as president of the Pan-Asian Graduate Student Association and the sponsorships and partnerships lead at the Ginger Arts Center, a youth-led organization in Philadelphia’s Chinatown.

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Chinatown and community as a cornerstone

Will Chan, a Thouron Scholar and Ph.D. candidate in theoretical physics, is also an advocate for building Asian communities.

Kristina Linnea García