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Map of the earth with extinct animals superimposed over the continents.

Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal

The Green New Deal and its implications for the design professions have been areas of sustained focus for The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at Weitzman since 2019.

Large tree without leaves on a sunny day

Goodbye to an iconic tree

More than a century old, the American elm located in the heart of the Quadrangle residences has been ailing and is due to be removed the week of July 25. The site will be replanted at a later date with three native white oaks.

Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’

Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design is the recipient of AGO’s 2019 Gershon Iskowitz Prize for his biting and satirical image-and-text works.

Design Dialogues No. 56 with Winka Dubbeldam and Dror Benshetrit, presented by Arca

Winka Dubbeldam and Dror Benshetrit of the Weitzman School of Design discuss environmentally conscious design and sustainability in architecture.

Four ways to promote Philly’s nightlife as a possible antidote to nuisance and violence

Michael Fichman of the Weitzman School of Design co-writes that it’s essential to draw on a wider range of solutions to create safe experiences in nightlife corridors without damaging their vibrancy.

Ken Lum with Iyko Day

Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design delves into some of the push and pull of identity in Asian North America.

Teenage students working on a scale design model.

New gift brings design education to underserved youth

Lori Kanter Tritsch and William P. Lauder, University of Pennsylvania Trustee, have created a new program for PennPraxis, the practice arm of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Penn.

‘Let all be educated alike up to a certain point’

Sonja Dümpelmann of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design writes about pedagogical legacies that enforced racialized divisions and affect landscape architecture to this day.

Talking Headways Podcast: Megaregions and Our Future

Fritz Steiner and Bob Yaro of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design talk about their new book, “Megaregions and America’s Future.”

Following the trail of Elizabeth Thomas, fossil hunter

Claire Conklin Sabel, a doctoral student in Penn’s History and Sociology of Science department, uncovers the findings of 18th-century amateur naturalist Elizabeth Thomas, along with illustrator Alix Pentecost-Farren, who brings Thomas’ work to life.

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