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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

Bringing Ukraine to Penn
Dariya Orlova, Olena Lysenko, Serhii Shadrin, Hannah Kaluher, and Maksym Potlov

(Left to right) Olena Lysenko, a documentary filmmaker, and Dariya Orlova, a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Serhii Shadrin and Hannah Kaluher, graduate students participating in a one-year program for displaced scholars in the Russian and East European Studies Department; and Maksym Potlov, a fourth-year from Odesa, a Penn World Scholar.

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Bringing Ukraine to Penn

On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, displaced and visiting scholars and students from Ukraine share their experience at Penn.

Kristen de Groot

Where does charcoal come from—and is it sustainable?
A man tends to a kiln and collects charcoal in front of a eucalyptus plantation.

Penn researchers say that there are more sustainable alternatives to eucalyptus plantation and charcoal production sites like this one in Kyegaliro, Uganda. (Image: Courtesy of Catherine Nabukalu).

Where does charcoal come from—and is it sustainable?

Charcoal energizes everything from backyard barbecues to industrial metallurgy, but its environmental impact is worse than once thought. Research from the School of Arts & Sciences finds that policy changes could make charcoal more sustainable.

Marilyn Perkins