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Art matters: ‘Ava’ by Shirin Neshat

By: Penn Today A new installment in the ‘Art Matters’ series examines ‘Ava’ by photographer and filmmaker Shirin Neshat, on view at Perry World House. SHIRIN NESHAT (IRANIAN B. 1957) AVA, 2012 INK ON SILVER GELATIN PRINT GIFT OF RICHARD C. AND LISA PERRY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ART COLLECTION  LOCATION: PERRY WORLD HOUSE, SECOND FLOOR Photographer…

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COP28 takeaways

By: Penn Today Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg. More than two dozen delegates from Penn were in Dubai late last year to attend and share their expertise…

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At COP28, Penn delegation shares wide-ranging knowledge and builds connections

By: Penn Today More than two dozen researchers from schools and centers across the University traveled to Dubai for the UN’s annual climate change conference. Descending on Dubai for the world’s largest climate change conference, more than two dozen delegates from Penn shared their expertise on topics ranging from the energy transition to urban climate finance to…

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Where U.S.-China Competition Leaves Climate Change

By: Michael Schuman The latest round of international negotiations on climate change, which concluded on Sunday, achieved a significant breakthrough by creating a fund to compensate poor countries for damage caused by global warming. But the two weeks of intense haggling at COP27, this year’s United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, may focus…

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