Stuart Weitzman School of Design

Honoring the fallen: a Q&A with Ken Lum

The School of Design professor and chair of the Fine Arts Department discusses the challenge of designing a war memorial, and shares which memorials he finds most compelling.

Monumental project rethinks public art in Philadelphia

As part of Monument Lab, a Philadelphia public art and history project, three PennDesign Fine Arts professors joined artists and residents to answer the question, ‘What makes a monument in the 21st century?’

The human story of coal’s downturn

A forthcoming report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy will offer a range of strategies to directly impact the economic and mental health crisis in coal country.

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announces 23 project grants

At a special event featuring a performance by John Waters and remarks by President Amy Gutmann, the late Keith Sachs was celebrated and $123,000 of grants were doled out for arts projects.

Three years on: A look at the Penn Wharton China Center

The impact of the Beijing-based center and research fund has been far-reaching on campus and in China.

Penn Design Dean Frederick Steiner Earth Day 2018

48 years ago: PennDesign Dean Frederick Steiner on Earth Day

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

Science steps out of the lab and into Philly’s parks and neighborhoods

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

Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy talks with "Energy Policy Now" producer Andy Stone.

Energy podcast brings esoteric, provocative topics down to earth

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.

Making Mongolian ger dwellings more energy-efficient

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.

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