Stuart Weitzman School of Design

Dean Frederick Steiner, Stuart Weitzman and Stephen Kieran standing outside on Penn’s campus.

Penn announces plan for Stuart Weitzman Hall at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design

The renovation and expansion of historic Morgan Building will create a state-of-the-art facility.

The Sachs Program celebrates fifth year of supporting arts innovation at Penn

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced its 2022 cycle of grantees, with new funding for alumni and community partnership projects.

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Design on display

For the first time since design became a major two years ago in the College of Arts and Sciences, 15 seniors created an in-person exhibition to showcase their final projects, interpreting the theme “in search of” in a variety of media.

Senior Eleanor Shemtov, a design major in the College of Arts and Sciences, co-founded a new student publication, t-art, and created a campus community focused on technology, art, and design. (Image: Courtesy of Eleanor Shemtov)

Senior Eleanor Shemtov is designing a career

The design major in the College of Arts and Sciences co-founded a new student publication, t-art, and created a campus community focused on technology, art, and design.

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Symposium highlights range and reach of Penn Global research

The Penn Global Research and Engagement Grant is supporting 21 faculty-led projects that span research, capacity-building, and development efforts across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, India, China, and beyond.

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Weitzman School of Design receives gift to establish fellowships and global internships for architecture students

A new gift from Aedas, a global architecture and design firm, will establish a fellowship for architecture students to work in Asia.

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The Clean Water Act at 50

Approaching the half-century mark of this landmark piece of environmental legislation, Penn students, staff, and faculty share their reflections on its legacy, both strengths and shortcomings.

Image of a river with thickly forested banks. Ducks are on the rocky shoreline.

The future of forests

Faced with an onslaught of changes—heat, drought, fire, flood, pests, and disease—forests are under stress.

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Q&A

Climate resilience, economic competitiveness, and equity at the megaregional level

In “Megaregions and America’s Future,” Emeritus Professor of Practice Robert Yaro and Dean Frederick Steiner discuss how megaregions in the U.S. can address complex challenges.

Lacey Rivera, Rashida Ng, and Sonia Shah talking and walking outside.

Q&A with Rashida Ng, Presidential Associate Professor of Architecture

In July, Ng will become chair of the undergraduate architecture program, an opportunity to teach students the responsibilities of architects to the environment and then the social conditions of the world.

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