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Six Lancaster County farms preserved
LancasterOnline.com

Six Lancaster County farms preserved

Tom Daniels of the Weitzman School of Design says that Lancaster County has the most preserved farmland of all U.S. counties.

Paul Farber on the Monument Lab and public art
An installation on the National Mall.

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.

From the Weitzman School of Design

As renewables grow, questions remain for utilities and regulators
StateImpact

As renewables grow, questions remain for utilities and regulators

A new paper from the Kleinman Center of Energy Policy in the Weitzman School of Design shows that utilities and regulators will need to consider how home energy storage systems for renewable energy will affect the electric grid.

How an oil giant took control of Biden's billion-dollar bet on carbon capture
Bloomberg

How an oil giant took control of Biden's billion-dollar bet on carbon capture

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that there’s a strong case for gigaton-scale carbon removal but criticizes oil company Occidental’s claim that such technology will enable the continuation of oil production.

How to design across species to increase biodiversity
Two computer generated living materials.

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.

From the SNF Paideia Program

On our National Mall, new monuments tell new stories
The New York Times

On our National Mall, new monuments tell new stories

Paul Farber of the Weitzman School of Design is helping to curate “Pulling Together,” an open-air exhibition at the National Mall that will address some of the stories neglected by past monument makers.

Pa. participation in RGGI has been held up for more than a year. What has the state lost?
WESA Radio (Pittsburgh)

Pa. participation in RGGI has been held up for more than a year. What has the state lost?

A report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design found that joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would cause only a minor increase in retail electricity prices or possibly a small decline.

Russia aims to restore prestige in race to moon’s south pole
The Wall Street Journal

Russia aims to restore prestige in race to moon’s south pole

Benjamin L. Schmitt of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Weitzman School of Design says that sentiment in the scientific and astronaut communities has begun to shift toward a future in which NASA and Roscosmos are no longer close partners.

A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn 
Kay Seohyung Lee standing in art gallery leaning against a wall

Kay Seohyung Lee, lecturer in fine arts at the Weitzman School of Design.

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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.