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Stuart Weitzman School of Design
A new energy and intentionality to Penn purchasing
A new energy and intentionality to Penn purchasing
The University launched its “Fueling Business Growth” campaign at this year’s Supplier Diversity Forum and Expo, meant to increase support of local, minority-owned businesses.
A new metric for designing safer streets
A new metric for designing safer streets
Penn researchers demonstrate how biometric data can help city planners more proactively design and evaluate the safety of urban infrastructure for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Americans face looming rent crisis
Americans face looming rent crisis
When the CDC’s eviction moratorium is lifted, 11 million Americans will face housing instability.
In the backyard at the Philadelphia Flower Show
In the backyard at the Philadelphia Flower Show
Abdallah Tabet of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design is one of 34 major exhibitors at this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show.
‘Cities in water’
‘Cities in water’
Architect and landscape architect Anuradha Mathur and anthropologist Nikhil Anand are collaborating on questions of design and human practices to create new ways of thinking about low-lying coastal cities in India and around the world.
Mystics and visionaries: A fine arts seminar
Mystics and visionaries: A fine arts seminar
The Weitzman School’s Jackie Tileston’s seminar looks at the ways in which alternative forms of knowledge have fed artistic practices, both in the past and for contemporary artists in cultures around the globe.
Urban planning and politics in Atlanta
Urban planning and politics in Atlanta
Akira Rodríguez’s new book, “Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta’s Public Housing” explores how the intersection of race and public housing development planning in Atlanta created a politics of resistance.
Planning a greener future for Philadelphia’s historic Parkside neighborhood
Planning a greener future for Philadelphia’s historic Parkside neighborhood
This spring, students from the Department of City and Regional Planning at the Weitzman School consulted with the Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation on ways to expand a community garden in the East Parkside neighborhood of West Philadelphia.
Reviving Philadelphia’s nighttime economy
Reviving Philadelphia’s nighttime economy
Even before COVID-19 curtailed public nightlife in Philadelphia, members of the Weitzman School’s PennPraxis have been working on a civic engagement project to articulate a better, more progressive Philly nightlife.
After the pandemic, how will society remember more than 3 million lives lost to COVID-19?
After the pandemic, how will society remember more than 3 million lives lost to COVID-19?
To date, more than 3 million people worldwide have lost their lives to COVID-19.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia home repair grants linked to decreased neighborhood crime, Penn study finds
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, School of Arts & Sciences, and Stuart Weitzman School of Design found that the crime rate on a given block was reduced by nearly 22% when the city of Philadelphia funded repairs for even a single house. “The social fabric of a neighborhood is very connected to the physical environment,” said the medical school’s Eugenia South.
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Bloomberg
How Philadelphia plans to beat the looming eviction cliff
Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design said Philadelphia’s approach to delaying evictions requires landlords to pursue alternatives before ousting tenants. “In our greater scheme of housing policy, we often focus on enforcement mechanisms while we lack the resources to create incentives,” he said. “If localities want to be proactive in protecting households from eviction, they can connect enforcement around evictions to those resources.”
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The Washington Post
The new American status symbol: A backyard that’s basically a fancy living room
Witold Rybczynski of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design commented on the popularity of exterior decorating in U.S. households. “All these alternative spaces, the sunroom, the parlor, create variety,” he said. “There are wonderful pleasures in being able to eat in different places. It brings a richness into your life.”
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Scientific American
A better way to cool ourselves
Dorit Aviv of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and international collaborators wrote an opinion piece about their work developing a healthier and more sustainable alternative to air conditioning.
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Vox.com
What happened to the $45 billion in rent relief?
Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design spoke about the challenges some cities have faced in distributing rent-relief funds. “It seems clear that the places that have really committed themselves to analyzing how things are going as they are going and making course corrections along the way have been most able to get dollars out the door,” he said.
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