Stuart Weitzman School of Design

Taking a closer look at cryptocurrency

Experts across the University share their thoughts on how cryptocurrency has globally transformed businesses, research, and the environment.

Aerial view of a city block of houses in West Philly.

With OurPlan, Weitzman team pilots new data tool for neighborhood democracy

A team of Weitzman scholars designed OurPlan to give residents of West Philadelphia a voice in planning and preservation.

Book cover for Under Pressure: Essays on Urban Housing, edited by Hina Jamelle.

‘Under Pressure: Essays on Urban Housing’ is released

The new publication, edited by Hina Jamelle, senior lecturer and director of urban housing in the Department of Architecture, gathers and contextualizes recent conversations on urban housing through a design lens.

Penn at COP26: By the numbers

A look at who is representing the University at this global conference, what they’re focused on, and how it fits into the bigger picture of worldwide climate action.

Answering ‘How will we live together?’ at the Venice Biennale

After more than a year of delays, Penn faculty and students were able to participate in La Biennale di Venezia architectural exhibition with both virtual and physical submissions.

Design School Dean Fritz Steiner seated behind table in front of abstract green and white painting

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.

A person in jeans, a blue button down shirt and a blazer stands with hands in pockets in front of an ornate white-iron stairwell.

Cities: ‘Where all the good stuff happens’

In his new book, Mark Alan Hughes of the Kleinman Center and Weitzman School of Design argues that cities don’t need to change to be livable. Rather, their unique qualities are the very origins of livability itself.

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Penn concludes landmark fundraising and engagement campaign with extraordinary results

The Campaign exceeded its initial goal, making this fundraising and engagement effort the most successful in Penn’s history.

A landscape of Dana Tomlin’s face that appears to be block cut.

30 years of cartographic modeling later, Dana Tomlin retires

This year, Dana Tomlin is retiring from the Department of Landscape Architecture in the Weitzman School of Design, where he has taught courses in cartographic modeling for thirty years.

Rethinking resilience in the face of climate change

Hurricane Ida brought record-breaking rainfall and flooding, and stronger, more destructive storms will inevitably come. Being better prepared will require reconsidering how to protect people and their homes.

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