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Designing for, and with, forests
From left: Lon Henderson, U.S. Forest Service; Weitzman students Ari Vamos, Vyusti Agarwalla, Jiajing Dai, Caz Gagne, and Oliver Atwood.

Treated fire resilient forest, after thinning and prescribed burning, in the Tahoe National Forest, a project partner with the North Yuba Forest Partnership. From left: Lon Henderson, U.S. Forest Service; Weitzman students Ari Vamos, Vyusti Agarwalla, Jiajing Dai, Caz Gagne, and Oliver Atwood.

(Image: Nicholas Pevzner)

Designing for, and with, forests

Nicholas Pevzner, assistant professor of landscape architecture at the Weitzman School of Design, is leading a landscape architecture studio that focuses on forest management in the American West.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn
Michael Mann on Penn's campus

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  • Q&A

    • Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn

    Known for his “hockey stick” graph that hammered home the dramatic rise of the warming climate, the climate scientist is now making his mark on Penn’s campus, both through his science and his work on communicating the urgent need for action on the climate crisis.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    First UN Water Conference in four decades includes a delegation from Penn
    Four panelists sit at table listening while one speaks into microphone

    Rohit Aggarwala of the NYC Environmental Protection underscored that managing for drought necessitates cross-border cooperation. “If we think of this as a zero-sum game, we’re going to lose,” he said.

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    First UN Water Conference in four decades includes a delegation from Penn

    Events on campus last week kicked off the global proceedings, which will include representatives from the Water Center at Penn, Penn Carey Law School, and the School of Arts & Sciences.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    In a warming world, chief heat officers help adapt, prepare, and protect
    A low sun shines on a city street

    Urban centers are feeling the burden of extreme heat events. Chief heat officers from around the globe will reflect on the challenges they face and the adaptation strategies they are implementing in a discussion at Perry World House.

    (Image: iStock/deberarr)

    In a warming world, chief heat officers help adapt, prepare, and protect

    In advance of Perry World House’s Global Shifts Colloquium on extreme heat in urban areas, Penn Today spoke with chief heat officers about their role in influencing public awareness, preparedness, and policy.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Weitzman’s first dual degree student in Fine Arts and Historic Preservation
    Aislinn Pentecost-Farren.

    Aislinn Pentecost-Farren.

    (Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)

    Weitzman’s first dual degree student in Fine Arts and Historic Preservation

    In a Q&A, Aislinn Pentecost-Farren discusses her road to the dual degree program and how the legacy of historic sites is foundational to the climate crisis.

    From the Weitzman School of Design

    The hidden costs of AI: Impending energy and resource strain
    Industrial landscape with electric power lines, hydroelectric dam and metallurgical plants with smoke in the sky.

    In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) models like ChatGPT have seen notable improvements, with some people concerned about the societal impacts these new technologies may bring including looming concerns related to increasing energy and raw materials demands.

    (Image: iStock/Alexey Tolmachov)

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    • The hidden costs of AI: Impending energy and resource strain

    AI models like ChatGPT have seen notable improvements, but some people are concerned about the societal impacts these new technologies may bring. Deep Jariwala and Benjamin C. Lee discuss energy and resource problems with AI computing.