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From freezer efficiency and agroforestry to urban landscaping and clean energy, Penn experts are exploring innovative ways to address structural sustainability.

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The Center for Civil Rights will bring together three existing offices into a single team designed to strengthen Penn’s reporting, prevention, education, and response efforts related to civil rights. “This consolidated Center for Civil Rights will help Penn work better for every member of our community,” says President J. Larry Jameson.

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Dating back to the 1800s, Ivy Stones are embedded in the brick walls, walkways, and building facades throughout Penn’s campus, some weathered and bearing the signs of history and legacy.

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As sports betting expands across the U.S., researchers are finding that why people keep betting has as much to do with human biology as it does with business.

The same brain systems that once helped people survive famine and uncertainty are now being used in apps that push users to keep betting faster than they can think. “Your susceptibility isn’t a personal failing,” says Neuroscientist Michael L. Platt, who researches risk-taking behaviors. “It’s deeply baked in.” https://bit.ly/4o97ksS

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Why is everything gambling now? | Penn Today Neuroscientist Michael Platt discusses the biological basis of gambling as it relates to the over proliferation of gambling-based platforms.

Student group Penn Sustainability Consulting provides pro bono services to businesses, nonprofits, and government entities around the globe, including market research, life cycle assessment, and policy and legal review. “Penn has a very problem-solving-oriented approach to sustainability,” says rising fourth-year Sandro Mocciolo.

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Consulting for a more sustainable future in Philadelphia and beyond | Penn Today The undergraduate and graduate students involved in Penn Sustainability Consulting provide pro bono services to business, nonprofit, and government clients around the globe.

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As local newsrooms close nationwide, nonprofit journalism has emerged as a potential solution. A new study from Penn researchers identifies two competing visions: one focused on restoring lost coverage and another aimed at building an alternative to for‑profit media.

Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania researcher Victor Pickard notes the importance of reforms that work “towards building new journalistic models that are more resilient and more democratically accountable to local communities.”

How PA nonprofit newsrooms see their role in addressing the journalism crisis | Penn Today Penn researchers identified two competing visions of nonprofit news, a restorationist vision and a transformational vision, and calculated the cost of implementing each vision.

The new book ‘Side Effects: The Social Ecology of Adverse Drug Reactions,’ by Penn Arts & Sciences sociologist Jason Schnittker and former Ph.D. student Duy Do, makes the case that side effects are a product of social, cultural, and institutional forces.

A different way of thinking about side effects | Penn Today The new book “Side Effects: The Social Ecology of Adverse Drug Reactions,” by sociologist Jason Schnittker and former Ph.D. student Duy Do, makes the case that side effects are a product of social, cultural, and institutional forces.

In June 1776, amid rising tensions and calls for independence in Philadelphia, seven graduates of the College—later to be known as the University of Pennsylvania—received their degrees in a private ceremony. Trustees of the College give a glimpse into that moment, describing the “unsettled state of affairs” as decisive in their decision to limit attendance. On June 10, the Provost conferred the Degree of Bachelor of Arts upon the graduates.

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The Penn Arts & Sciences' nonfiction workshop this past semester focused on the American lawn. Students approached through the lenses of environmental studies, history, gender and media, veterinary medicine, and more.

“From hearing about my classmates’ pieces, everyone has such a different relationship with lawns,” says pre-med graduate Claire Zhang, who built data visualizations to examine urban heat. “Lawns are riddled with nuance, and that’s what makes them such an interesting subject.”

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