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New Penn Global program fosters ethical research around the world
A portrait of a seal at the beach

As part of the PGRI program, students are studying the effects of climate change, which threatens both wildlife and humans living in the Galápagos. (Image: Victoria Moffitt)

New Penn Global program fosters ethical research around the world

The first student cohort of the Penn Global Research Institute piloted the program this summer in the Galápagos.

Marilyn Perkins

A modern history of ancient trees, through the lens of climate change
jared farmer sitting on a bench on college green

Jared Farmer, history professor and chair of graduate studies. (Image: Eric Sucar, University of Pennsylvania).

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    • A modern history of ancient trees, through the lens of climate change

    Historian Jared Farmer discusses his new book, “Elderflora,” looking at why humans have no trouble looking at the ancient past but can’t seem to envision the deep future, and what trees can teach us.

    Kristen de Groot

    Meeting a ‘generational challenge’: Feeding the world and doing it sustainably
    cows in new bolton center pasture

    (Homepage image) Cattle contribute a quarter of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions, yet animal protein can be an invaluable source of nutrition and way of combatting malnutrition around the globe. The new Center’s work is stepping into this tension, says Parsons, to address “a generational challenge.” (Image: Penn Vet)

    Meeting a ‘generational challenge’: Feeding the world and doing it sustainably

    With the launch of the Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security, the School of Veterinary Medicine is working “to make animal agriculture part of a solution to a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable future.”

    Katherine Unger Baillie