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Amanda Mott
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Facilities and Real Estate
Five takeaways from the Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0 FY22 Annual Report
Five takeaways from the Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0 FY22 Annual Report
The University-wide report outlines progress during the last year toward sustainability goals made in academics, waste minimization, utilities and operations, purchasing, transportation, and outreach and engagement.
Celebrating future renovation and expansion of historic Stuart Weitzman Hall
Celebrating future renovation and expansion of historic Stuart Weitzman Hall
At a ceremonial groundbreaking, Dean Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, President Liz Magill, and Matt Nord of the School’s board of advisors joined guests to celebrate the future renovation and expansion of the 130-year-old Weitzman School of Design building now named Stuart Weitzman Hall.
At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation
At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation
The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new season and a planned building expansion. Penn Today looks back at the Center’s history—and where it’s going under Penn Live Arts.
Reopening the ARCH building
Reopening the ARCH building
A Sept. 7 event celebrated the building’s new incarnation as a centrally located space dedicated exclusively to cultural resource centers and affiliate groups.
Move-In 2022 by the numbers
Move-In 2022 by the numbers
With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the campus Move-In experience.
With school out, construction crews work in earnest
With school out, construction crews work in earnest
Campus may have depopulated for the summer, but construction workers have moved in to begin or accelerate work on projects both big and small. Here, an overview of what’s in progress on Penn’s campus—and beyond.
New College House named for President Emerita Amy Gutmann
New College House named for President Emerita Amy Gutmann
The newly named college house at 40th and Walnut streets honors Penn’s eighth president.
Goodbye to an iconic tree
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.
A farm-to-table meal at Penn, in photos
A farm-to-table meal at Penn, in photos
Honoring Earth Week, Penn Dining and the Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative teamed up to create a vegetable-forward menu for Quaker Kitchen, sourcing produce from local purveyors to highlight what’s currently growing on the quarter-acre Penn Park Farm.
‘Groundbreaking future for groundbreaking educators’
‘Groundbreaking future for groundbreaking educators’
A groundbreaking ceremony kicked off a $35.6 million Graduate School of Education expansion project that includes the renovation of two 1965 buildings. The new spaces are expected to open in August 2023.
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PhillyVoice
Greening vacant lots in Philly raised surrounding property values by 4.3% in first year, Wharton study finds
A study by Susan Wachter and Shane Jenson of the Wharton School finds that cleaning vacant lots in Philadelphia neighborhoods increased property values for nearby homes.
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Bloomberg
Housing pain to continue until economy slows and prices fall
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School expects home prices to fall 5% to 10% nationally in 2023 but find a floor as markets gain confidence that inflation is under control.
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Marketplace (NPR)
Like other banks before it, Wells Fargo pulls back from mortgage biz
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that banks’ shift away from involvement in the mortgage market has been driven by the growth of regulations on banks around mortgage lending.
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Philadelphia Business Journal
2022 in Review: Health care building boom continued with new children's hospital, proton therapy center
The University of Pennsylvania Health System and Virtua Health held a grand opening ceremony for their $45 million proton therapy center in Voorhees, seven years after the beginning of their clinical partnership.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Why there’s nowhere to hang out at night in Philly anymore
The Penn Bookstore is noted as one of the few public evening spaces remaining after the pandemic, with remarks from Associate Vice President Anthony P. Sorrentino and Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice.
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Bloomberg
Why Blackstone’s $69 billion property fund is signaling pain ahead for real estate industry
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that Blackstone’s limit on withdrawals and Wells Fargo’s mass cutting of employees are realistic pullback responses to overall economic weakness and rising interest rates.
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