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In the Media | 06.26.2024 Philly traffic citations have plunged since the 1990s. Police say they want to issue many more As traffic citations remain below pre-pandemic levels and traffic fatalities spike, Erick Guerra, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, suggests targeted traffic enforcement "can play a role in shifting driving culture."  The Philadelphia Inquirer
Group photo Story | 06.25.2024 Weitzman Welcomes New Faculty and Department Chairs for 2024-2025 Academic Year
Penn and SEU students in group photo June 2024 Story | 06.21.2024 Impressions of China and "Artificial Nature"
In the Media | 06.21.2024 Philadelphia aims to create a pipeline of affordable housing developers with access to capital Vincent Reina, associate professor of city and regional planning and director of the Housing Initiative at Penn, says programs like Jumpstart, which teach the basics of real estate development while offering loans to buy and renovate vacant properties, could not just increase the pool of developers but also increase the diversity of the pool of developers. NPR
In the Media | 06.11.2024 A lack of data hampers efforts to fix racial disparities in utility cutoffs Sanya Carley, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy & City Planning and faculty co-Director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, cites households' energy burden and aging housing as possible factors. Grist
In the Media | 05.29.2024 Swisshelm Park solar project radiates Pittsburgh’s energy future An old slag heap in Pittsburgh's Swisshelm Park is being converted into a 15-acre solar energy site. Not only is solar a clean energy source, but it's "...now the cheapest form of electricity," says Crossways Professor Tom Daniels.  90.5 WESA
In the Media | 05.24.2024 Penn Global Seminar offers a look at Italy’s Palermo in Empires, Migrations, and Mafia As part of the spring course, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning Domenic Vitiello led students on a trip exploring Sicily’s capital and its eras of colonization, imperial rule, mafia, and migration. Penn Today
Render of arts venue and housing by Hilary Li Story | 05.23.2024 Across Weitzman, Studios Set Out to Improve the Quality of Life in Philly
In the Media | 05.08.2024 The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation celebrates its 2023-24 awardees MFA student Gayoung Lee and Lecturer in City & Regional Planning Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta are among the award recipients from the Weitzman School. Penn Today
In the Media | 04.22.2024 Hydrogen hub partisans weigh pros and cons of MACH2 and other projects Danny Cullenward, a senior fellow at Weitzman's Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, raises questions about costs and demand for a proposed hub in Delaware. Delaware Public Media