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Turning bicycles into an engineering study tool
Penn students riding bikes over a bridge in Amsterdam.

Students explored Amsterdam with a bike tour and even a bicycle scavenger hunt.

(Image: Elizabeth Feeney)

Turning bicycles into an engineering study tool

Penn students explore the Netherlands’ cycling infrastructure and learn about bicycle design principles in Dustyn Roberts’ popular Penn Global Seminar.

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‘Ripple Effect’ asks ‘Who benefits from innovations?’
People walking in a city scape with digital data atmospherically surrounding them.

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‘Ripple Effect’ asks ‘Who benefits from innovations?’

The latest installments of The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, ‘Ripple Effect,’ delves into transformative innovations and their effect on the populations they reach.

From Knowledge at Wharton

California’s controversial new fuel rules rejected by state legal office
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California’s controversial new fuel rules rejected by state legal office

A report by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design predicted that fuel standard changes in California could increase the cost of gas by 85 cents a gallon through 2030.

Balancing renewable energy development and land protection
Jonathan Thompson, Andrew M. Hoffman, and Grace Wu on stage.

University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Andrew M. Hoffman, center, moderated a discussion with Jonathan Thompson and Grace Wu on tradeoffs in land use for renewable energy.

(Image: Ashley Hinton/Penn Vet)

Balancing renewable energy development and land protection

In an Energy Week event, Grace Wu and Jonathan Thompson provided perspectives on tradeoffs in land use from their work in California and Massachusetts.
Fifth Energy Week to bring Penn community together around solutions
Angela Pachon and Danny Cullenward at 2024 Energy Week event.

As part of Energy Week in 2024, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Research Director Angela Pachon moderated a discussion with Kleinman Center Senior Fellow Danny Cullenward on decarbonizing the industrial sector.

(Image: T. Kevin Birch)

Fifth Energy Week to bring Penn community together around solutions

More than two dozen events held Feb. 10-14 will give students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to learn about energy-related research and work at Penn and beyond.