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Inclusive, ambitious research to meet the needs of a changing planet
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Inclusive, ambitious research to meet the needs of a changing planet

Collaborative research communities supported by the Environmental Innovations Initiative are addressing issues related to climate action, stewardship of nature, and societal resilience.

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Catherine Seavitt’s transdisciplinary approach to landscape architecture
Catherine Seavitt.

Catherine Seavitt, professor and chair of Landscape Architecture at the Weitzman School.

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Catherine Seavitt’s transdisciplinary approach to landscape architecture

The Weitzman School’s chair of Landscape Architecture discusses her influences and inspirations on her work as an architect and landscape architect.

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Weitzman’s Sarah Lopez on migration, architectural history, ethnography, and urban and spatial justice
Sarah Lopez.

The Weitzman School’s Sarah Lopez, associate professor of city and regional planning.

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Weitzman’s Sarah Lopez on migration, architectural history, ethnography, and urban and spatial justice

The architectural historian and migration scholar is part of the Department of Historic Preservation as well as the Department of City & Regional Planning, focusing on both the material and social connections of labor between Mexico and the U.S.

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PennPraxis Design Fellows help reimagine New Orleans highway corridor
A group of people posing for the cameria in New Orleans.

Design Fellow and MArch student Cheyenne Yamada (front row, at right) with members of the Colloqate team and community members in New Orleans.

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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.

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Recession or soft landing?
Closeup Benjamin Franklin face on USD banknote with stock market chart graph for currency exchange and global trade forex concept.

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
Researchers at the Wupatki National Monument.

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.

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Duo of exhibitions showcase ‘Moveables’ and portraiture
Love seats and side tables placed in front of arched mirrors.

One of three furniture pieces by Ken Lum, a featured artist in the “Moveables” exhibit at the ICA.

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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.