View this Newsletter Online Penn Today Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:42:27 -0400 For more News from Penn, visit the Penn Today website A sun and a red sky over a city. Extreme weather OJAU7d3EH5 gwXoZa2rf2 GmEqMHh1JH Uc9qursD9g PJEJA7XJnC uYE4fmOTye hZxNMMqK0e LHphdg2eKP 61KjiNO2nD Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences and collaborators found that the effects of climate change on the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather events like wildfires could lead to massive increases in all three variables. "Places like Philadelphia and some of the regions in the eastern U.S. are where we expect to see an increase in these sorts of events; urban environments in the summertime will witness the highest relative frequency of these events," Mann says. Read more → zqkhD8k0MS UHQiQAjnd6 BIMcS5P6Ci 47AXDaePI4 C1cPbGpuLv v8xXPmRkiB 0wTQjuAR6W A5EuzPM5wn 3h236O92C5 The Penn Masala a cappella group performed at the White House, invited by President Biden in honor of the state visit by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 19 members and alumni sang two songs at the evening state dinner and three songs at the morning arrival ceremony. At the White House The Penn Masala a cappella group was invited to perform at the White House during the state visit by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 19 members and alumni sang before the arrival ceremony and at the state dinner. "It was a really proud moment," says Raghunandan Raman, a rising third-year in the College of Arts and Sciences from West Windsor, New Jersey. Read more → RtGXIPaUVJ LnDdDn8j7S 6TrJH02OSK 5D8MDBlgWD LiPZuAGQOj auDU4UuSEz uTqzxlSBl8 2uCzgeBRmg xzfedr6PX1 A view of the rose garden at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens. Climate and roses Erin Conley of the Morris Arboretum & Gardens discusses how climate change affects roses, as well as changes to the recently reopened rose garden at the Arboretum. "Some roses are bred in England and thrive in that climate, which is different than ours," Conley says. "Others thrive in the Texas heat. It's thinking about what varieties might be bred for humid or hotter climates than we currently are in, so that we do well in the future." Read more → A woman in a hospital gown kisses a baby's forehead. Doulas in medicine Elizabeth Howell of the Perelman School of Medicine and Leonard Davis Institute is leading the new Penn Research Center for Advancing Maternal Health Equity, which will determine how non-medical birth support workers can become a greater part of maternal care teams. The center's first project, headed by Sindhu Srinivas, is focused on demonstrating the positive impact of doulas in maternal care. Read more → N0S0sYQPZP NokFNBfwb1 lx788m5jo3 n4UwrafgeJ 3y3vZjbD2z GQeqAG4DG7 08HAPLNfT0 iRo7mBnGCH aTcNePdqh2 Seth Berger holds basketballs in a high school gymnasium. Competitive coaching In a profile for The Pennsylvania Gazette, Wharton School alumnus Seth Berger discusses his Manhattan childhood, his foundation of basketball juggernaut AND1, and his enduring love of the game as coach for a suburban Philadelphia boarding school. "I'm coaching entrepreneurs by day, and by night I'm coaching high school basketball players," he says. Read more → FzduOHl6Jo pbZEsKLB8o C8I4SdGaRL q7hIlytDJu UqFFo9S83I jpFYyhh20W HyKFf1IgXX WbJCcbsA9G ewuHYnSi3E S5S0tuiw9H 8k61foyo6D w8qcxpQ32g xxfun5xpmW LjL8pJycpP 0euqysTnHP BkO9csxuHE S6s4ypzG3a LOXJDXaH7e Penn in the News U.S. judges halt health care bans for transgender youth Reuters | July 3, 2023 Speaking about courts granting temporary relief from bills banning transgender youth from receiving treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, Tobias Wolff of Penn Carey Law says, "It's quite noteworthy that the results in these cases have so far been so consistent. And it's not because the law in this area was such a slam dunk. It's because the facts are so clearly against these laws." Inside Penn ― Penn Engineering's GRASP Lab helps lead $5M effort to accelerate robotics research VLEjso0zS3 F1J7pJ7INt eBHUUPmsI2 6DqbddTvgx LsIyWmuCjf FY8mK2y4h4 unjFqiJXn1 MO6C6QktRh pTZwtJqL0S University of Pennsylvania "The noblest question in the world is: What good may I do in it?" — Ben Franklin Penn Flickr Penn Twitter Penn Facebook Penn Instagram Penn Youtube Penn LinkedIn Penn Today Office of University Communications Suite 200 3901 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 qjnk2d526h cPvf31h9jl ViHYjziTkB siZchI5SUH tw4aEA2iSZ rTs5duo6Ug Kjuyei59OW unVZVaiu7N Y6h4hPzpnv WJaEjZ3XVS 9nxtN1RtT5 7dlVeDO7Ih B5epI2xbkL SRDlUAMEWX 3j2YuPmRwc clUXAGy7tc uVY4mXBf9D LzM7WYnglg

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