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Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Penn’s Exhibit on Artist Wharton Esherick to Receive Honor
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania exhibit "Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern" has won an award of merit from the American Association for State and Local History. Wharton Esherick and his circle of artistic friends shaped the definition of American modernism.
Penn Offering Postdoctoral Fellowships to Promote Academic Diversity
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania is accepting applications for its Academic Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
Denzel Washington, Six Others to Receive Honorary Degrees at Penn’s 255th Commencement
WHAT: University of Pennsylvania’s 255th Commencement ceremony
Penn IUR, PennDesign Launch 'The Penn Resolution, A Landmark Sustainabilty Manifesto'
PHILADELPHIA– The Penn Institute for Urban Research and the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania celebrated Earth Day with the release of The Penn Resolution: Educating Urban Designers for Post-Carbon Cities, an illustrated roadmap to guide 21st century urban design education.
Penn IUR Report on Vacant Land Management Released
PHILADELPHIA- The 40,000 vacant parcels in Philadelphia cause $3.6 billion in reduced property values, cost more than $20 million per year in city maintenance and nets the city $70 million less in property taxes, according to a report on the vacant land management system in Philadelphia released this month by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia.
Penn Researchers Tap Into Cell Power to Create Building “Skins” That Adapt to Heat/Light of Environment
PHILADELPHIA –- Engineers, design architects and cell biologists from the University of Pennsylvania will use a National Science Foundation grant to utilize the flexibility and sensitivity of human cells as the models for next-generation building “skins” that will adapt to changes in the environment and increase building energy efficiency.
Former Philadelphia Managing Director Camille Cates Barnett To Become Penn IUR Scholar
Today, Eugenie Birch and Susan Wachter, co-directors of the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) announced that Dr. Camille Cates Barnett, formerly Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia, will become a Penn IUR Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. With support of a William Penn Foundation grant to Penn IUR, Dr.
Architect and Pritzker Laureate Zaha Hadid to Speak at Penn’s School of Design
WHO: Zaha Hadid WHEN: 6-7:30 p.m., March 22, 2010 WHERE: University of Pennsylvania School of Design Meyerson Hall, Room B-1 34th and Walnut streets
In the News
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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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Historic Longwood Gardens in Chester County readies for its next modern chapter
Marion Weiss of the Weitzman School of Design has helped spearhead the renovation of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
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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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