Through
4/26
A summer’s worth of renovations have brought revamped restaurants, a more comfortable and convenient atmosphere, and extended hours to Houston Market.
Wood’s hard work and compassion for her counterparts and Penn’s neighbors earned her a 2018 Pillar of Excellence Award for outstanding weekly-paid staff achievement.
The Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is rising as a towering example of the value of behavioral research in health-care building design.
The planned building expansion for the Graduate School of Education adds more than just space: It brings a new approach to building design to accommodate new technologies and spaces for collaboration.
The University utilizes the 68 working days between Commencement and Move-in for construction projects big and small.
Community garden coordinator Lila Bhide and Penn Park Orchard intern Cole Jadrosich of Facilities and Real Estate Services offer suggestions for creating a thriving, edible, urban garden.
Josh Sevin, who took over as president and CEO of International House Philadelphia in May, discusses plans for the nonprofit’s future.
The University’s 300 acres in West Philadelphia serve as welcoming habitat for dozens of bird species. Chloe Cerwinka is documenting the area’s feathered inhabitants to improve their habitat.
A Q&A with the visionary University Architect in the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services behind such projects as the Pennovation Center and Robbins House.
The 200 or so students in the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology didn’t just need a workspace, they needed a home. And with the newly renovated Robbins House, they got one.
Amanda Mott
Director of News and Media
ammott@upenn.edu
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that shifting title insurance costs to lenders won’t solve the current problem with the mortgage market.
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Susan M. Wachter of the Wharton School says that the number of young adults still living with their parents is at historic levels due to unaffordable housing costs.
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Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that without a functioning insurance market there’s no functioning mortgage market or housing market.
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Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that it’s basically impossible to take out a mortgage without having an insurance policy.
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An analysis by Joseph Gyourko of the Wharton School evaluated how much zoning and related restrictions added to the cost of a typical quarter-acre lot from 2013 to 2018, by metro region.
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According to research co-authored by Susan M. Wachter of the Wharton School, nearly 10% of U.S. homes were in foreclosure at one point during the early 1930s.
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