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  • Winka Dubbeldam Named New Chair of Architecture at Penn’s Design School

    In her new role at PennDesign, Professor Dubbeldam will be leading the school's array of architecture programs, including the Master of Architecture, the Master of Architecture in Environmental Building Design, the Post-Professional Program at PennDesign, and the PhD in architecture as well as instruction of undergraduate students majoring in architecture.

  • National Science Foundation Awards PennDesign, PennGSE, Franklin Institute Project

    NSF Awards $499,873 for "Transforming STEM Competitions into Collaboratives," a project that engages students in technology-rich collaborative environments that are alternatives to other types of science fairs and robotic competitions.

  • Partners for Livable Communities Honors Jonathan Barnett with William H. Whyte Award

    Partners for Livable Communities Honors Professor Barnett's Achievements at Annual Awards Dinner

     

  • Barber Awarded Vice Provost's University Research Foundation Grant

     

    Penn's Office of the Vice Provost for Research has awarded Daniel Barber a University Research Foundation Grant to study thermal comfort.

     

  • Remembering Seymour Mandelbaum, Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning

     

    Distinguished urban historian Seymour Mandelbaum, Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning at PennDesign, passed away yesterday. 

     

  • “The Ward: Race and Class in Du Bois’ Seventh Ward” Website Launched

    New Technologies to Honor Du Bois and Black History Month

  • THIS WEEK at PennDesign - February 15, 2013

    A look at what's coming up at the School of Design

  • In Review: February 2013

    A review of what's on at the School of Design.

  • Provost Awards Matero, Penn Colleagues Global Engagement Fund

     

    The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives announced that Frank Matero, Professor of Architecture and Acting Chair of Historic Preservation at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design has been awarded one of ten Global Engagement Funds.

     

  • In memoriam, John Hopkins

    We are deeply saddened to let you know that John Hopkins, visiting fellow and lecturer in Landscape Architecture, has died.

  • Remembering Jim Kise

    It is with great sadness that we announce that that our dear friend and former colleague Jim Kise passed away suddenly on December 26.  

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  • FEEDING CITIES: FOOD SECURITY IN A RAPIDLY URBANIZING WORLD

    The nexus between food security and urbanization touches on one of the most fundamental challenges facing modern society—how to provide an affordable, sustainable and nutritious diet to the world’s burgeoning population of city dwellers.

  • The City That Never Was

    "The City That Never Was" is a one-day symposium that uses the current economic and housing crisis in Spain as a lens to reconsider how planners, designers, politicians, and financiers conceive of and realize large-scale contemporary urbanization and settlement.

  • The Making of Queen Elizabeth Park Book Launch & Celebration of the Life of John Hopkins

    Please join us to celebrate the book release of The Making of Queen Elizabeth Park and the life of John Hopkins

  • FOUR FREEDOMS: KAHN'S CONTEMPORARY DESIGN

    Please join PennDesign as we examine the recently-built Four Freedoms memorial.

  • Intricate Veils by Ferda Kolatan

    A lecture and exhibition showcasing seven innovative projects for a mixed-use cultural center

     

  • Richard Weller, "An Art of Instrumentality"

    Lecture by Richard Weller, Landscape Architecture Professor and Chair

  • Spring 2013 Elective Studio/Course Presentations

    PennDesign kicks off the Spring 2013 semester January 9 with presentations of select studios and courses showcasing the School's interdisciplinary strengths.

  • RESPONDING TO STORM SANDY: STARTING A CONVERSATION

    The damage, controversy and "new normal" associated with post-Storm Sandy areas foreground some deeply seated issues in design education, thinking and practice. The School of Design is initiating this conversation to shed more light on these issues, with the goals of sharpening our fields' abilities to collaborate and raise the level of contribution the School could make in post-Sandy response.

  • Architecture Education Goes Outside Itself: Crossing Borders, Breaking Barriers

    A conference on the history of architecture education in the United States organized by the Ph.D. Program in Architecture in coordination with departmental faculty.