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Thabo Lenneiye on PennPraxis, global outreach, and cross-discipline collaboration
Thabo Lenneiye on Penn’s campus.

Managing director of PennPraxis Thabo Lenneiye.

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Thabo Lenneiye on PennPraxis, global outreach, and cross-discipline collaboration

The new managing director of The Weitzman School’s PennPraxis is a Penn alum who has worked for years on complex mixed-use development and urban planning projects and spearheading DEI initiatives.

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By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants
Distorted visions of people in a grid-like mirror

Untitled, 1974-1977, gelatin sliver print. Tamir Williams, a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art and Sachs Program student grantee, will curate an exhibition titled A Space to Appear, A Space to Tarry, which will present works from the photographic series “Black Nightclubs on Chicago’s South Side” (1975-1977) by Penn alumnus Michael Abramson. The exhibition and supplemental programming is anticipated in the summer and fall 2023, and will be presented at a Penn-affiliated gallery and at a collective art space in Philadelphia.

(Image: Michael Abramson)

  • By the Numbers

    • By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants

    This week, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced its latest round of spring grants for students, and Penn Today offers a by-the-numbers look at the Program’s investment in students to date.
    At Penn Energy Week, a time to reflect on energy science, technology, and policy
    Solar panels and three wind turbines set against a blue sky and setting sun.

    Image: iStock/hrui

    At Penn Energy Week, a time to reflect on energy science, technology, and policy

    Hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, the third annual Energy Week, which runs March 20-24, offers events on decarbonization, careers in the energy sector, global energy security, and more.

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    Finding a forgotten architect, Philadelphia’s Minerva Parker Nichols
    four blueprint architectural drawings on a table with an open photo book

    Architectural drawings by Nichols of a Philadelphia home in the Archives’ collection, and her journal tracking the growth of her four children, with photos and handwritten notes, are in the exhibition.

    (Image: Eric Sucar)

    Finding a forgotten architect, Philadelphia’s Minerva Parker Nichols

    More than a decade of research by Molly Lester of the Weitzman School of Design is the foundation of a new exhibition at Penn’s Architectural Archives: “Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect” focuses on the nation’s first woman to practice architecture independently.
    Weitzman’s first dual degree student in Fine Arts and Historic Preservation
    Aislinn Pentecost-Farren.

    Aislinn Pentecost-Farren.

    (Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)

    Weitzman’s first dual degree student in Fine Arts and Historic Preservation

    In a Q&A, Aislinn Pentecost-Farren discusses her road to the dual degree program and how the legacy of historic sites is foundational to the climate crisis.

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    Weitzman’s celebration of visionary architecture and planning returns to New York
    Entrance the the Weitzman School and art structure in Weitzman Plaza.

    Image: Eric Sucar

    Weitzman’s celebration of visionary architecture and planning returns to New York

    Held at The Shed in New York City, and hosted by Weitzman Dean Fritz Steiner, Penn President Liz Magill joined the celebration with awards and prizes for innovative architecture and planning.

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    A new role for NATO in conflict zones
    A damaged area in Mosul. Image: Gina Haney

    A view of Mosul following attacks on the city by ISIS. Image: Gina Haney

    (Image: Gina Haney)

    A new role for NATO in conflict zones

    One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, PIK Professor Lynn Meskell calls on the alliance to take a more expansive view of cultural property protection.

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    The brief: Affordable housing that’s both contextual and funky
    June Lin, Jessica Lin, and Jason Cornelison preparing a model building at the Weitzman School.

    June Lin, Jessica Lin, and Jason Cornelison preparing their model for presentation. (Image: Weitzman News)

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    The brief: Affordable housing that’s both contextual and funky

    Undergraduate architecture students and community members strike a balance for a proposed development in historic Germantown.

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    Clearing the air with biomaterials
    Laia Mogas-Soldevila leans over a railing to smell a hanging display at the ICA.

    “We were excited that it was a pleasant smell, had been historically mapped to human health, and could contribute to air quality,” Laia Mogas-Soldevila says of the aromatic lattice.

    Clearing the air with biomaterials

    Senseable Biomaterials for Healthier Habitats, a project led by assistant professor of architecture Laia Mogas-Soldevila, contributed a lattice installation made from architectural biomaterials to the ICA, acting as an antimicrobial air purifier.

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