For PENN EES Department spring break, my Earth Surface Processes class returns to White Sands, 3 years since we were last here while America shut down due to covid. This time we've got robots!

Join us on March 20 for "From East Palestine to West Philadelphia," a panel discussion on the risk of train derailment in our community. Experts in public health, transportation systems, and emergency response will discuss the vulnerability of our Campus. tinyurl.com/thcwfvup

I'll be giving an "Undergrad Climate and Energy Policy Seminar" on Wed March 22 as part of Penn's "Energy Week", courtesy of Kleinman Energy/PennCSSM: web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/calendar… #EnergyAtPenn

Researchers at #PennVet uncover a battle between the #immunesystem and Yersina bacteria, a relative of the bacteria causing gastrointestinal disease and the plague. The insights could inform the development of immunotherapies. Read more: bit.ly/3yDEBDG

Join us today at the Kleinman Energy Center, with partners Penn Sustainability, and Penn IUR for lunch and a discussion about how to decarbonize urban institutions like Penn. With speakers from MIT, Columbia, and the City of Philadelphia. Online or in person: eventbrite.com/e/decarbonizat…

Next, we would like to highlight #WomenInSTEM Penn postdoc Christine Vazquez, PhD (BS & MS Johns Hopkins University, PhD DukeMGM) a #PennProvostFellow in Kellie Ann Jurado lab, Penn Microbiology. Christine shares with us the impacts she hopes to make in the scientific community #WomensHistoryMonth

Prof. Dan Janzen of Penn Biology explains how the climate crisis has led to catastrophic declines in insect numbers in the The New Yorker. bit.ly/3K3Wl1w Penn

"Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn" | Thanks Katie Unger Baillie & "Penn Today" for the kind profile: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/climate-s…

We are excited to have Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic staff writer, kick-off #PennVet's IIZD symposium with her talk “Stories in Crisis: How the Pandemic Changed Science Journalism.” Want a sneak peek of the talk? Read her interview with Penn Today: bit.ly/42KtoyH

During this last week of #WomenInSTEM highlights, we will be featuring our many women leaders (faculty, postdocs, & grad students) who lead & support biomedical trainees Penn. We greatly appreciate their leadership & celebrate their research & mentorship this #WomensHistoryMonth

The application deadline for the Global University Climate Forum 2023 🌎is coming up! Make sure you submit your proposal by March 30th here: knowledgesector.org/application

Our 15th Annual Graduate Research Conference celebrated the academic excellence of our Masters of Environmental Studies, MS in Applied Geosciences, and PENN EES Department doctoral students. Thanks to our poster presenters, speakers, advisors, exhibitors, and attendees for a great event!

The Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System (PADLS) has received the 2023 PennAg Distinguished Service Award! PADLS, a tripartite laboratory system with a branch at #PennVet’s @NewBoltonCenter, was recognized for its diagnostic contributions to #PAagriculture.

What are the global impacts of diseases of animal origins, and how to do we prevent them to avoid a future pandemic? Join us and Penn Vet Dean @DrAndyHoffman, @LouiseHMoncla, and The New York Times' Benjamin Mueller to discuss. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/stopping-the…

Happy to be back Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology! We are busy checking in on our tagged coral colonies, which Katie Barott has been tracking for 8 years! This living library is a great resource to understand how different phenotypes of #coral 🪸respond & recover from heat stress🌡️Penn Biology U.S. National Science Foundation

Another beautiful day on the reef Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology! We were joined by @rayna_mcc & spent the day doing benthic surveys of species composition & #coral colony size demographics - all part of our long-term monitoring into #coralreef structure & function🪸Katie Barott Penn Biology U.S. National Science Foundation

It's Earth Week! Check out some highlights and find a event, or a few, to mark the occasion: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/celebrati… Penn Sustainability

Yesterday Perry World House: “Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Role of Animals in Disease Transmission” with #PennVet Dean @DrAndyHoffman, and Assistant Professor of Pathobiology @LouiseHMoncla, moderated by The New York Times Health Reporter Benjamin Mueller.

For the love of limu! ❤️ Dr. Kristen Brown and I are starting a new project with Coral Resilience Lab to look at how native limu (seaweeds) influence seawater carbonate chemistry. A huge mahalo to the Waikalua Loko fishpond ohana for sharing their knowledge and limu with us Pacific American Fnd

We’re counting down to #URMA2023 on June 13-16 at Research at Penn / Penn with previews of the conference activities! Still need to register? Visit urma.org/2023-conferenc….