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Beyond classroom learning: The Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program
Farah Essam Girat-Allah, Rawan Sleem, Carine Mankarious, and George Habib in front of Penn’s LOVE statue on College Green.

Students in the Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program gather in front of Penn’s LOVE statue on College Green. Pictured left to right: Farah Essam Girat-Allah, Rawan Sleem, Carine Mankarious, and George Habib. (Image: Inspiring Impact)

Beyond classroom learning: The Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program

The initial cohort of five students from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt are finishing their first semester on Penn’s campus as Sawiris Scholars.

From Penn Inspiring Impact

At Engaging Minds, three Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors take the stage
Lance Freeman, at a podium on a stage, speaks to a crowd with a presentation displayed in the background

At Engaging Minds, three Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors take the stage

Alumni heard Lance Freeman examine racial equity in city planning, Dolores Albarracín talk about how conspiracy theories take hold, and Kevin Johnson discuss the importance of clear science communication.

Michele W. Berger

A relief wall that’s a window onto architecture’s future
A large two-story wall inside a library beside a staircase.

The wall is a foam construction designed using artificial intelligence and fabricated by a robot in Penn’s Robotics Lab at Meyerson Hall. (Image: Jay Kan)

A relief wall that’s a window onto architecture’s future

A public library relief wall is a novel approach to architectural design and robotic fabrication from the Weitzman School and the Robotics Lab.

From the Weitzman School of Design

People and places at Penn: Research
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People and places at Penn: Research

From Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall to the Schuylkill River, four researchers share their science and their spaces.

Kristina García

At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage
The American continent is seen on a revolving globe

Image: AP Photo/Peter Dejong

At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage

More than 30 representatives from the University traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for two weeks of negotiations at this year’s United Nations climate change conference.

Marilyn Perkins , Michele W. Berger , Michele W. Berger

Tuskegee-Penn partnership advances Black preservation
Weitzman students standing outside the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and The Armstrong School.

Tuskegee’s Kwesi Daniels leads a visit to St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and The Armstrong School. (Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)

Tuskegee-Penn partnership advances Black preservation

Architecture students at Tuskegee University are studying historic preservation through explorations of buildings on and near the historic HBCU campus, in part through a collaboration with the Weitzman School of Design.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Weitzman’s Daniela Fabricius on architecture, labor, and history
Daniela Fabricius.

Assistant professor of architecture Daniela Fabricius. (Image: Weitzman News)

Weitzman’s Daniela Fabricius on architecture, labor, and history

The architectural theorist and historian is teaching a class titled Architecture and Labor while working on two books, including “The Ethics of Calculation: Architecture and Rationalism in Postwar Germany.”

From the Weitzman School of Design

Through public art, the U.N. sustainability goals come to life
Two people standing over a large-scale painting that will be mounted on an outdoor portico.

At 10 feet by 10 feet, the mural makes a statement all on its own. Yet if people want to learn more, a plaque alongside explains the artwork, the SDGs, and the overall project, plus includes a QR code scannable for additional information.

Through public art, the U.N. sustainability goals come to life

In FDR Park, a 10x10-foot mural sponsored by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and painted by Penn grad student Eliza Nobles represents the global target of clean energy for all.

Michele W. Berger , Lindsey Samahon

Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
View of Fisher Fine Arts Library and College Green through a large window inside Van Pelt library seating area.

Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories

From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Dee Patel

Celebrating future renovation and expansion of historic Stuart Weitzman Hall
Four people wearing white hardhats are putting shovels into a trough of dirt in front of a stage, which is outside in front of a brick building.

The ceremonial groundbreaking for the future renovation and expansion of the newly named Stuart Weitzman Hall featured (from left) Weitzman School of Design Dean Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, Penn President Liz Magill, and Matt Nord of the School's Board of Advisors. 

Celebrating future renovation and expansion of historic Stuart Weitzman Hall

At a ceremonial groundbreaking, Dean Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, President Liz Magill, and Matt Nord of the School’s board of advisors joined guests to celebrate the future renovation and expansion of the 130-year-old Weitzman School of Design building now named Stuart Weitzman Hall.