Penn reports success on Climate and Sustainability Action Plan goals nocred Penn reports success on Climate and Sustainability Action Plan goals Sustainability Director Nina Morris recently shared with the Board of Trustees an update on progress.
2023 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn nocred 2023 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn The Fellows come from the nine schools at Penn that offer Ph.D. programs, and will receive a three-year fellowship, including funds to support their research.
PennPraxis Design Fellows help reimagine New Orleans highway corridor Design Fellow and MArch student Cheyenne Yamada (front row, at right) with members of the Colloqate team and community members in New Orleans. (Image: Courtesy of the Weitzman School) PennPraxis Design Fellows help reimagine New Orleans highway corridor A collaboration with members of PennPraxis Design Fellows program and design firm Colloqate Design tackles a ‘design justice’ project, working with residents of the Tremé since 2017 on new visions for the corridor.
Recession or soft landing? Susan Wachter, of the Wharton School and the Penn Institute for Urban Research, co-hosts the monthly webinar with William Glasgall, a Penn IUR Fellow, featuring panel discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic’s fiscal effects on cities and states. Penn Today spoke with Wachter and Glasgall about the latest episode, which explores effects of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes. (Image: iStock / Dilok Klaisataporn) Recession or soft landing? Susan Wachter and William Glasgall of the Penn Institute for Urban Research discuss key takeaways from their webinar on interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve.
Penn milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation Through Weitzman’s Center for Architectural Conservation, preservation faculty and students are working with the National Park Service and the Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps to preserve Wupatki National Monument, where people first gathered in the 1100s. (Image: Ha Leem) Penn milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation For 40 years, Penn’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation has expanded its purview and explores how to become more of a public design practice.
Duo of exhibitions showcase ‘Moveables’ and portraiture One of three furniture pieces by Ken Lum, a featured artist in the “Moveables” exhibit at the ICA. nocred Duo of exhibitions showcase ‘Moveables’ and portraiture “Moveables” and “When the Children Come Home” are the latest exhibits on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art, which remains free to all.
Paul Farber on the Monument Lab and public art Wendy Red Star, The Soil You See..., 2023, from Beyond Granite on the National Mall in Washington, DC. (Image: AJ Mitchell/Courtesy of Monument Lab) Paul Farber on the Monument Lab and public art The Penn alum and co-founder of Monument Lab offers a behind-the-scenes look at the new public art installation curated by Monument Lab on the National Mall.
How to design across species to increase biodiversity Module growth of engineered living materials. (Image: Courtesy of Abby Weinstein and Terreform ONE) How to design across species to increase biodiversity SNF Paideia Fellow Abigail (Abby) Weinstein participated in a summer internship with Terreform ONE, a nonprofit architecture and design research group.
A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn Kay Seohyung Lee, lecturer in fine arts at the Weitzman School of Design. nocred A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn An exhibition of 50 artworks by 34 undergraduate students in six Philadelphia colleges and universities, “Let Me Know You Are Alright,” is on view at the Charles Addams Gallery on campus through Aug. 18.
The Mancos Commons rises Printing type at the Mancos Common Press. (Image: Courtesy of the Weitzman School of Design) The Mancos Commons rises A historic preservation project in the Colorado town of Mancos led by Weitzman professors Frank Matero and Matt Neff includes a printing press inspired by Penn’s Common Press and an affordable mixed-use housing space.