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Students looking at Climate Justice Mural

Tri-Co Philly: Heat and Health: Design Action Lab

Fall 2025

This transdisciplinary and community-engaged course focuses on challenges of responding to extreme heat in Philadelphia. Site visits, guest speakers, readings, and community-driven research will deepen students鈥 understanding of the intertwined social, economic, health, and environmental challenges facing Philadelphia in a warming world.

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360掳: Struggles for Global Health Equity

This 360掳 aims to help students begin to understand both significant problems of and promising approaches to the practice鈥揳nd study鈥搊f community health promotion.

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360掳: Empires

This 360 cluster consists of three courses that examine different aspects of 鈥渆mpires.鈥 It brings together historical, linguistic, and scientific perspectives in the study of imperial experiences and their present-day implications.

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