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    Academics

    Collaborating on agricultural climate solutions, from plants to animals (link is external)

    The new Penn Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center brought together faculty speakers from five schools for its Climate Solutions for the Living World symposium.

    Exploring wildlife medicine in a summer externship (link is external)

    Two graduating Penn Vet students reflect on their Rocky Mountain Wildlife Veterinary Externship experience last summer, researching black-footed ferrets, bighorn sheep, and elk.

    Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds (link is external)

    Penn Upward Bound high school students from West Philadelphia got a tour of the Penn Smart Aviary, GRASP Lab, and the Penn Vet Working Dog Center during a visit to…

    By the Numbers: Penn Vet’s agricultural impact (link is external)

    In addition to excellence in teaching and clinical care for companion animals, Penn Vet makes indispensable contributions to the state’s agriculture sector.

    Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields (link is external)

    Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.

    Climate Week 2023 highlights the links between biodiversity and the climate crisis (link is external)

    The climate crisis impacts everyone. During Climate Week at Penn, which will be held from Sept. 18-22, everyone is invited to find their place in the climate movement.

    Social ecology and community work in the Galápagos (link is external)

    Daniel Beiting, PhD, associate director of the Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases, expanded his work this summer in the Galápagos, giving Stephanie Sila, V’25, an ideal opportunity to gain…

    Penn Vet students helping animals and their owners in Thailand (link is external)

    This summer, 14 students from Penn Vet traveled to Thailand to spay and neuter cats and dogs for owners who would otherwise be unable to afford the procedures.

    Dipti Pitta with a cow.

    Could we breed cows that emit less methane? (link is external)

    In a new study, researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine identified attributes of low-methane-emitting dairy cows that could be used as targets for selective breeding.

    Four from Penn awarded Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research (link is external)

    Faculty from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine were honored at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting in New Orleans.