September 22, 2021 – Climate Lectures
Ben Franklin and the Low-Carbon Economy
William W. Braham
Professor of Architecture and Director of the Master of Environmental Building Design and of the Center for Environmental Building + Design, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Climate Policy Is Anti-Poverty Policy
Susanna Berkouwer
Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, The Wharton School
Climate Change 2021: Where Do We Go From Here?
Marsha Lester
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Seeing Otherwise: The Liberatory Power of History
Kathleen Morrison
Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professor of Anthropology
The Challenge of Long-Term Thinking
Jared Farmer
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History
Climate Change: How Do We Measure Success?
Jane E. Dmochowski
Senior Lecturer of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Giga-Scale Problems Require Giga-Scale Solutions
Daniel Nothaft
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Why We Need a Green New Deal for K-12 Schools
Akira Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Graduate City and Regional Planning, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
September 23, 2020 – Virtual Lectures
Ain’t I a Student? Fieldnotes From the Frontline
Maris Jones
Ph.D. Student in Anthropology and Africana Studies
Care for the Planet as Spiritual Practice
Charles “Chaz” Howard
Vice President for Social Equity and Community and University Chaplain
Microbial Multitudes Turn Earth’s Biogeochemical Gears
Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez
Elliman Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Earth and Environment Science
Should Climate Change Change the Curriculum?
Bethany Wiggin
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Director of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities
Living on Borrowed Breath: We’re Pushing the Ocean to Its Limit
Katie Barott
Assistant Professor of Biology
September 25, 2019 – Lecture 4
Cleaner Living Through Chemistry
Karen Goldberg
Vagelos Professor in Energy Research
Plant Trees Strategically and Wisely
Frederick Steiner
Dean of Stuart Weitzman School of Design; Paley Professor; and Co-Executive Director, The McHarg Center
Origins of Climate Change and Global Warming: What’s Next?
Joseph Francisco
President’s Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science
The Effects of Climate Change on Food and Agriculture
Tom Daniels
Professor of City and Regional Planning
Student Perspectives
Jacob Hershman, C’20
Fossil Free Penn
Vyshnavi Kosigishroff, C’22
Student Sustainability Association at Penn
Closing Remarks
Paul Sniegowski
Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Biology
Simon Richter
Class of 1942 Endowed Term Professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
September 18, 2019 – Lecture 3
African American Literature’s Aberrant Weather
Herman Beavers
Professor of English and Africana Studies
Oil Is not Forever
Nikhil Anand
Associate Professor of Anthropology
On the Urgency of Ecological Grief
Paul Saint-Amour
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Chair of English
Will the Mongolian Steppe Step up to Climate Change?
Brenda Casper
Professor of Biology
Presented with Christopher Carlson, C’20, and Bonnie Mendelson, C’20
The Climate Patient’s Bill of Rights
Simon Richter
Class of 1942 Endowed Term Professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Presented with Kimberlie Dupiton, C’22, and Brea Watkins, C’22
September 11, 2019 – Lecture 2
Less a Puzzle to Solve Than a Decision to Make
Mark Alan Hughes
Professor of Practice and Faculty Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
An Astrophysicist’s View of Earth’s Climate
Gary Bernstein
Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
I’m Sensing Climate Change, What’s Your Story?
Bethany Wiggin
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Director, Penn Program in Environmental Humanities
Adapting our Cities for Climate Change: Revolution or Evolution?
Howard Neukrug
Professor of Practice and Executive Director, The Water Center
Businesses That “Get It” on Climate Change Must Also Get Political
Eric Orts
Guardsmark Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; and Director, Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership
September 4, 2019 – Lecture 1
What We Need Now to Stop Global Warming
Paul Sniegowski
Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Biology
How Do We Know How Bad It Will Get?
Michael Weisberg
Professor and Chair of Philosophy
Death of Carbon
Daniel Aldana Cohen
Assistant Professor of Sociology; Director, Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative
Predicting the Future of Our Climate
Irina Marinov
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Science
Time to Stop Flying
Megan Ryerson
UPS Chair of Transportation and Associate Dean for Research, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
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