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Following I-95 collapse, attention turns to public transit alternatives
Cars wait in a line to divert from an exit roadway.

Traffic is diverted from a collapsed elevated section of Interstate 95, in Philadelphia on June 14, 2023.

(Image: AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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.
Design and build, but first, collaborate
A group of people in a small urban park in West Philadelphia.

Students and community members celebrated the Lex Street Garden’s completion on May 4, 2023.

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Design and build, but first, collaborate

The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia.

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In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source
students standing on a hill of seashells

Students with Kaitlin Pomerantz and site host and Bayshore Center Facilities Manager Scott Eves in Shell Pile, New Jersey, learning about sand mining and marine aquaculture.

(Image: Lucia Thome)

In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source

Through an innovative new course in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, students explore the life cycles of the materials frequently used in art and design—from paints to potting soil.
At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth
Krzysztof Wodiczko.

“My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland.

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At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth

The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes.

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Infrastructure planning on a megaregional scale
Zoe Kerrich and students in a gallery.

Students including Zoe Kerrich (far left) presented their proposals to community members and other guest critics at the final review.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Infrastructure planning on a megaregional scale

A Weitzman School research studio focusing on megaregions brings an interdisciplinary practice to both academia and infrastructure planning.

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