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Penn sends largest ever delegation to UN climate conference
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At COP 25, the United Nations climate conference that runs from Dec. 2 through Dec. 13, 2019, Penn sent its largest delegation ever, including philosophy professor Michael Weisberg (center, in blue). He and others from around the University participated in the inaugural Resilience Lab and led discussions on topics like adaptation and climate-resilient urban infrastructure. (Image: Jocelyn Perry)

Penn sends largest ever delegation to UN climate conference

At COP 25, representatives from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Perry World House, Penn IUR, and elsewhere discuss global climate challenges.

Michele W. Berger

Moelis Fellowships brings African-American and Latinx students to city planning
Eboni Senai Hawkins and Sean Dajour Smith

Planning students Eboni Senai Hawkins and Sean Dajour Smith are the Weitzman School’s first Moelis Scholars. (Image: Weitzman School)

Moelis Fellowships brings African-American and Latinx students to city planning

The Department of City and Regional Planning is welcoming the first cohort of Moelis Scholars, a new program open to African-American and Latinx students who are thinking about pursuing careers in housing and community and economic development.

Penn Today Staff

Five events to watch for in November
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Penn students examine Queen Puabi’s Headdress through a glass case at the 2018 Penn Museum Student Gala. (Image: Penn Museum)

Five events to watch for in November

On the calendar for November around campus: an art party at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Penn Museum's annual Student Gala, and much more.
The Addams Family legacy lives on
Pen and ink drawing of the Addams Family cartoon from the cover of the Pennsylvania Gazette.

Charles Addams took this “new look at College Hall” for the March 1973 cover of The Pennsylvania Gazette magazine. And, he said, “I did enjoy working on it.” Design by Charles Addams. (Image courtesy: The Pennsylvania Gazette)

The Addams Family legacy lives on

Former Penn student Charles Addams’ creations are back on the silver screen in a new 3D computer-animated film, more than 80 years after the characters were created by the artist.
Leading the way in the field of energy policy
Mark Alan Hughes at his desk standing and talking with associates by windows in the sunlight.

Hughes (second from left) with the Kleinman Center team, including from left to right, Angela Pachon, Bill Cohen, Mollie Simon, Cornelia Colijn, and Kimberle Szczurowski.

Leading the way in the field of energy policy

During two decades at Penn, Mark Alan Hughes has made the University a leader in the field of energy policy—and he’s showing no signs of slowing down.

Michele W. Berger, Lindsey Samahon

A Q&A with landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann
Cover of book by Sonja Dümpelmann, "Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin"

A Q&A with landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann

Landscape historian and standing faculty in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Weitzmann School Sonja Dümpelmann discusses her new book, “Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin.

Penn Today Staff

Sculptor Michelle Lopez creates installation for ICA exhibition ‘Ballast & Barricades’
Artist with hands on long metal pipe with fragment of a building behind her and scaffolding hanging from the ceiling during sculpture installation.

Michelle Lopez (right) created a site-specific sculpture with construction-derived materials for a new exhibition, “Ballast & Barricades,” at the Institute for Contemporary Art. 

Sculptor Michelle Lopez creates installation for ICA exhibition ‘Ballast & Barricades’

Michelle Lopez of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design created a sculpture with construction-derived materials hanging from, and reaching up to, a 30-foot-high gallery ceiling in the Institute of Contemporary Art. The new site-specific installation, “Ballast & Barricades,” is on display until May 10.
‘Power of design’
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A bronze bust of Stuart Weitzman is unveiled by Dean Fritz Steiner (left) and President Amy Gutmann, while Weitzman (right) looks on during the Stuart Weitzman School of Design naming celebration. 

‘Power of design’

In a ceremony Thursday afternoon, President Amy Gutmann celebrated the naming of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and Stuart Weitzman Plaza. Weitzman, the designer and footwear industry icon, graduated from the Wharton School in 1963.
Talking climate change with Rafe Pomerance
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Environmental activist, Rafe Pomerance, founder of Arctic 21 and a senior fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, spoke at the Penn’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy last week. 

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    • Talking climate change with Rafe Pomerance

    In a Q&A, the longtime environmental activist, who came to campus to speak at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, discusses where we are today and how we can avoid the worst effects of a warming planet.

    Michele W. Berger