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Forum addresses foreign policy priorities for the U.S.
Three people sit in chairs on a stage in front of a Perry World House logo. The person in the middle is talking with a hand-held microphone.

From left, Perry World House panelists Erin Sikorsky, Hussein Banai and Alexander Vershbow at a forum on foreign policy priorities for the incoming administration.

(Image: Gabrielle Szczepanek)

Forum addresses foreign policy priorities for the U.S.

Experts offered predictions and insights for leaders in the incoming administration at a Perry World House forum.
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

Guernica is always with us
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Guernica is always with us

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the U.S. election results will likely make stabilizing global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius impossible.

White House national climate advisor talks Inflation Reduction Act results and reasons for hope
Ali Zaidi (right) and Justin Worland in discussion at Perry World House.

White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi (right) and senior correspondent at Time magazine Justin Worland in discussion at Perry World House.

(Image: Gabby Szczepanek/Perry World House)

White House national climate advisor talks Inflation Reduction Act results and reasons for hope

In a fireside chat at Penn, Ali Zaidi talked about the Biden Administration’s climate policy as a throughline to securing global competitiveness and domestic prosperity.
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.
The other emissions coming from cars
A gloved mechanic holds a new tire.

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The other emissions coming from cars

Tiny tire particles discharge into the environment every time a vehicle brakes, accelerates, or rounds a curve. In a UN brief, geochemist Reto Gieré and colleagues aim to educate the world about this lesser-known environmental obstacle.

Michele W. Berger

A greener, cleaner way to extract cobalt
A large setup infrastructure for mining gold and other minerals in Australia.

(Image: Alfio Manciagli)

A greener, cleaner way to extract cobalt

Penn researchers led a collaborative effort pioneering safer, more sustainable technique to extract elements critical to battery-powered technologies. Findings pave the way for getting value from materials that would otherwise be considered waste.