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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.

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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.”

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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. 
Weitzman’s Rob Fleming talks sustainable design and inclusive leadership
Rob Fleming leans on a tree on Penn’s campus.

Rob Fleming, director of online innovation at the Weitzman School.

Weitzman’s Rob Fleming talks sustainable design and inclusive leadership

This past summer, the educator and author joined Weitzman as director of online innovation, and is organizing the launch of Weitzman’s new Executive Program in Design Leadership program.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Jayson Musson: ‘His History of Art’
Jayson Musson with frizzy muppet

Jayson Musson. (Image: Carlos Avendaño)

Jayson Musson: ‘His History of Art’

Musson, an alumnus of the Master of Fine Arts program in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, will speak at the Annenberg Center about his artistic practice and current exhibition “His History of Art.”

Anna Chen

Projects for Progress, two years in
A group of people in front of a PowerPoint that reads "Penn Projects for Progress"

The Projects for Progress awards reception celebrated the 2021 and 2022 recipients. 2021 recipients are pictured with Charles “Chaz” Howard, University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity & Community. (Image: Eddy Marenco)

 

Projects for Progress, two years in

An Oct. 17 event celebrated six teams of Penn students, faculty, and staff working to promote equity and inclusion in Philadelphia by addressing health care, education, and systemic racism as part of the Projects for Progress.

Kristina García

Ken Lum on art and controversy
An exhibition by Ken Lum of a purple couch with four sides and two prints hanging on the wall.

Installation view of Ken Lum’s exhibition at Magenta Plains in New York. (Image: Weitzman News)

Ken Lum on art and controversy

The Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professor and Chair of Fine Arts at the Weitzman School, who has solo art exhibitions in New York and Ontario, discusses his art and controversy surrounding it.

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Engaging teens in the art of design
high school student working at design table

Engaging teens in the art of design

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.

Michael Grant