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Penn third-year named 2024 Udall Scholar
Joey Wu standing outside wearing a suit and tie

Third-year undergraduate Joey Wu has been named a 2024 Udall Scholar.

(Image: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn third-year named 2024 Udall Scholar

Third-year Joey Wu, studying bioengineering and environmental science in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) program, has been named a 2024 Udall Scholar.
Energy Week to highlight research across disciplines at Penn
Students talks during Energy Week in 2023.

Joey Wu, a student in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER), gave a presentation on "Super Plants" as part of the Lightning Talks during Energy Week in 2023.

(Image: Courtesy of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy)

Energy Week to highlight research across disciplines at Penn

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology are hosting Energy Week March 11-15, with more than two dozen events featuring Penn faculty, students, and outside experts.
Could Florida electric bills go up because of a fuel made from manure?
Tampa Bay Times

Could Florida electric bills go up because of a fuel made from manure?

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that federal and California state subsidies have led to a gold rush of companies trying to get into the business of renewable natural gas around the country.

Why don’t we just ban fossil fuels?
The New York Times

Why don’t we just ban fossil fuels?

Joseph Romm of the School of Arts & Sciences says that stronger action against fossil fuels is essential to save the planet.

Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated
Bloomberg

Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a life-cycle assessment is simpler than a land-use analysis but misses meaningful system-level insight, like the complexity inherent in a biological system like a forest.

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people
Salon.com

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the displacement of hundreds of millions of climate refugees is inevitable but would take place over a much more manageable timeline if carbon emissions were immediately reduced, as opposed to continuing with current rates of fossil fuel burning.