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Soft materials, sustainability, and the environment
Chinedum Osuji.

Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative and the Eduardo D. Glandt Chair and a professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Soft materials, sustainability, and the environment

Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative, discusses his research and its connections to sustainability and the environment, and how industry and researchers can work better together.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

Fungi on the front lines against environmental injustice
Mycellium growing in soil.

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Fungi on the front lines against environmental injustice

The collective efforts of the Symbiotic Architecture for Environmental Justice research community are making former industrial sites reborn as vibrant community gardens, and safe, green spaces for children to play a reality.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

A greener approach to end the academic year
Person gives item to another person staffing donation truck

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A greener approach to end the academic year

Efforts have expanded this year to ensure student Move-Out for the summer break is more clean, green, and convenient than ever before. On campus, PennMOVES—operated by Business Services—is in full effect, partnering with Goodwill to collect materials students can’t take with them when they leave campus.

Lauren Hertzler

Exploring sustainable development and the human impact of natural disasters
Chenyi Ma.

Chenyi Ma, a research assistant professor at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.

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Exploring sustainable development and the human impact of natural disasters

The School of Social Policy & Practice’s Chenyi Ma focuses on the social determinants of health and behavioral outcomes in disaster contexts, including public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

How Penn Medicine is going green for good health
An exterior view of the Perelman School of Medicine. The Smilow Research Center is at right.

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How Penn Medicine is going green for good health

The University of Pennsylvania Health System prioritizes sustainability in its day-to-day practices, while envisioning novel approaches to greening efforts.

Christina Hernandez Sherwood for Penn Medicine Magazine

Penn celebrates operation and benefits of largest solar power project in Pennsylvania
interim president larry jameson at solar panel ribbon cutting

Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, FRES Senior Vice President Anne Papageorge, Interim President J. Larry Jameson, and AES Senior Director of Origination Walter Crenshaw cut a ribbon to celebrate the operation of the Great Cove I and II solar facilities.

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Penn celebrates operation and benefits of largest solar power project in Pennsylvania

Solar production has begun at the Great Cove I and II facilities in central Pennsylvania, the equivalent of powering 70% of the electricity demand from Penn’s academic campus and health system in the Philadelphia area.
What’s That? Sun shades at the Vagelos Lab
Sun shades attached to building windows.

The sun shades on the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology.

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What’s That? Sun shades at the Vagelos Lab

The shades account for solar geometry to make for an eye-catching view from the east and west—all while reducing energy usage.