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Stuart Weitzman School of Design
‘Monument Lab’ Public Art Project to Feature PennDesign Faculty and Alumna’s Work
The University of Pennsylvania’s David Hartt, Sharon Hayes and Shira Walinsky and alumna
Penn IUR Fellow, Design Professor Wins International Best Paper Award
The University of Pennsylvania’s Megan S. Ryerson, of the School of Design, has received the Transportation Research Board’s 2016 Fred Burggraf Award.
Penn Fels Policy Research Initiative Announces Fall Interdisciplinary Grants
The Fels Policy Research Initiative in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania has announced eight collaborative grant recipients.
Penn Awards IEA Director Kleinman Center’s Carnot Prize, Creates Fellowship in His Honor
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design awarded its second annual Carnot Prize to Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.
Penn’s Inaugural Digital Humanities Fellows Study Art, Urban History and Media
For University of Pennsylvania senior Konhee Chang, Kandinsky’s “Circles in a Circle” painting sings. Or at least it will soon.
Penn Announces Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price have announced the creation of the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
Penn IUR to Participate in United Nations Conference on Sustainable Urbanization
The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) will participate in Habitat III, the United Nations premier conference addressing sustainable urban development, to be held in Quito, Ecuador on October 17-20, 2016.
Penn’s EnerFront Sparks New Ideas on Energy Sustainability
By Patrick Ammerman Scientists can seem set apart from other disciplines, interpreting the rules of the natural world without the involvement of the social sciences and the humanities. But a new initiative at the University of Pennsylvania is trying to change that by fostering new collaborations around the lynchpin issue of energy.
Penn Design’s Mary Reid Kelly Receives MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’
Mary Reid Kelley, a senior critic in the Master of Fine Arts program in the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania has been selected as a 2016 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Penn’s Kleinman Center Welcomes Hederman, Quigley and Neukrug as Senior Fellows
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design has named three new senior fellows: William Hederman, former senior advisor to the U.S.
In the News
Dwell
Why do we keep developing in climate disaster zones?
Jessica Varner of the Weitzman School of Design says that the federal buyout timeline for homes destroyed by natural disasters opens the door to predatory buyers. William “Billy” Fleming of Weitzman says that adaptation requires various types of interventions that deal with the urgent effects of climate change.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Saving Philly’s bats, one DIY condo at a time
The Wildlife Futures Program at the School of Veterinary Medicine has facilitated the design and construction of wooden bat boxes to be installed in campus parks, with remarks from Julie Ellis. The project is the brainchild of Penn undergraduate Nick Tanner.
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The Wall Street Journal
How can we remove carbon from the air? Here are a few ideas
Jennifer Wilcox of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that the carbon-removal potential of forestation can’t always be reliably measured in terms of how much removal and for how long.
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Associated Press
California air regulators approve changes to climate program that could raise gas prices
Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that many things being credited in California’s new climate program don’t help the climate.
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6ABC.com
Artist Ken Lum snaps life on the streets with new exhibit ‘Klump’ at Ulises bookstore
“Klump,” an exhibit by Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design, will display photos of people in urban settings at the Philadelphia art bookstore Ulises.
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