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Emergency stabilization work finally begins at the historic Henry Ossawa Tanner House

The Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights at the Weitzman School of Design has partnered with the Friends of the Tanner House to stabilize the historic building in North Philadelphia.

For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

Brent Leggs of the Weitzman School of Design says that the designation of a national monument honoring Emmett Till represents a milestone in the effort to preserve and protect places tied to wounds in American history.

Emmett Till and his mother to be honored with national monument

Brent Leggs of the Weitzman School of Design discusses the physical and societal landscape surrounding Emmett Till’s murder in 1955.

Dragonfly wings used to design lighter, stronger and ‘greener’ Boeing 777 wings

Masoud Akbarzadeh of the Weitzman School of Design and Weitzman alum Hao Zheng are studying dragonfly wings to redesign the wings of a Boeing 777.

Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment

The inaugural Matt and Erika Nord Director of Weitzman’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites discusses her new role.

Camila Irabien and Dionne Yeung working in a lab side-by-side.

The art and science of ‘living-like’ architecture

Collaborators from Penn Engineering and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design have created “living-like” bioactive interior architecture designed to one day protect us from hidden airborne threats.

Cars wait in a line to divert from an exit roadway.

Following I-95 collapse, attention turns to public transit alternatives

In a Q&A, Jay Arzu, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of City & Regional Planning, discusses how investment in public transit would alleviate travel stress caused by incidents like the I-95 bridge collapse.

What time, day, and month are the most dangerous to drive in Pennsylvania and New Jersey?

Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design says that crashes in Philadelphia stop-and-go traffic often result in fender-benders rather than deaths.

How to hack your commute during the I-95 bridge collapse repairs

Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design says that knowing what to expect helps commuters have patience and handle traffic.

Philadelphia City Council explores subway line under Roosevelt Boulevard into Northeast

Doctoral student Jay Arzu in the Weitzman School of Design is one of the main advocates for the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway Movement in Northeast Philadelphia.

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