Stuart Weitzman School of Design

The dean of the School of Design discusses his inspiration for the original environmental awareness event, and its surprising endurance.

Louisa Shepard , Louisa Shepard ・April 18, 2018

Penn researchers and students help get people enthused about STEM fields at the 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival.

Ali Sundermier April 17, 2018

A little more than a year into its podcast series, the Kleinman Center has hit its stride, bringing interesting and intriguing energy-related topics to a broad audience. Now, the key is to keep the momentum going.

Michele W. Berger ・March 29, 2018

Gers, called yurts in Russian, are the traditional one-room round, tent dwellings of Mongolian herders. In the last twenty years, about half of Mongolia’s population has settled in permanent “ger districts” around the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, bringing their nomadic tents with them.  

Jacquie Posey March 24, 2018

A PennDesign pilot study tracks riders in urban bike lanes to visualize a safer redesign.

Brandon Baker ・March 21, 2018

Instead of thinking about moving people from point A to point B, think about how to make A and B better, more welcoming places.

Michele W. Berger ・February 8, 2018

University of Pennsylvania Professor Kenneth Lum, chair of the Fine Arts Department in the School of Design, has been named an Officer in the Order of Canada, one of the

Michael Grant, Louisa Shepard ・January 8, 2018

They could make up the shortfall if efforts begun by the Obama Administration — increasing vehicle fuel economy standards and proposing the Clean Power Plan — are not carried out as planned.

Michele W. Berger ・November 30, 2017

She spent the summer working for the Philadelphia Orchestra, an opportunity that enabled her to travel to China to support the musicians.

Michele W. Berger ・November 20, 2017

Drawn to Penn for the architecture greats who taught and trained here, William Whitaker moved across country in the early 1990s to pursue a master’s degree in what was then known as the Graduate School of Fine Arts.

Staff Q&A with William Whitaker November 16, 2017