Through the PennPraxis program Design to Thrive, high schoolers are paired with Penn graduate students to learn the design process, from planning to welding and all parts in between.
Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood?
A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space.
Design to Thrive gathers students ages 13 to 18 four days a week for an intensive design and making studio, where PennPraxis Design Fellows teach design skills and approaches, including welding with blowtorches, creating ceramic molds for porcelain bells, and building a precise topographic model. (Image: Gaja Papa for The Fresh Air Fund.)
New gift brings design education to underserved youth
Lori Kanter Tritsch and William P. Lauder, University of Pennsylvania Trustee, have created a new program for PennPraxis, the practice arm of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Penn.
Frederick “Fritz” Steiner, dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Steiner’s term as dean of Penn’s Weitzman School of Design is extended
Frederick “Fritz” Steiner’s term as dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design has been extended two years to June 30, 2025. The announcement was made by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Interim Provost Beth A. Winkelstein.
The Stuart Weitzman School of Design’s PennPraxis and the Center for Architectural Conservation will examine, assess, and prioritize the conservation of the buildings, grounds, and collections of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Penn Design’s Kenneth Lum Named an Officer in the Order of Canada
University of Pennsylvania Professor Kenneth Lum, chair of the Fine Arts Department in the School of Design, has been named an Officer in the Order of Canada, one of the
Penn Design’s Mary Reid Kelly Receives MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’
Mary Reid Kelley, a senior critic in the Master of Fine Arts program in the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania has been selected as a 2016 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
