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02.13.2026 Designing Opportunities, Not Solutions, in Northeast Arizona Students in a Fall 2025 Landscape Architecture studio were asked to listen to the land and channel the community’s aspirations. “In the Hopi culture, these plants are always waiting for you,” says Max Taylor, an ethnobotanist.

Featured News

Man with mic seated next to panelists on stage

Story | 03.06.2026 A Nightlife Creator Helps Cities Cultivate Their Nighttime Culture and Economy

Story | 03.04.2026 Excerpt: Karen M'Closkey and Keith VanDerSys on New Tools for Mapping our Changing Environment

White stone likeness of MLK on public plaza

Story | 02.26.2026 Preserving the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial for Future Generations

Details of the Khanqah mosque in Srinagar, Kashmir (Photo: Lynn Meskell)

Story | 02.25.2026 Collaboration with World Monuments Fund Highlights Shared Values and New Opportunities

Story | 02.25.2026 Q&A: Ani Liu, Carrafiell Assistant Professor of Fine Arts

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Story | 02.19.2026 Beating the Heat: Designing Cooling for Bodies in Motion

In the Media

The 2026 Whitney Biennial Just Wants You to Feel Something

Faculty member Michelle Lopez's video installation is highlighted as an "allegory of US society being torn apart by chaotic energy."

Artnet

The Spec Stops Here

New research by Franca Trubiano, associate professor and chair of the graduate group in architecture, will enable designers to avoid ethical risks in the supply chain.

Landscape Architecture Magazine

How to Save Market East (For Real This Time)

On a panel of urban thinkers, faculty member and alum James Timberlake envisions a place "where we all gather, which brings the city back together in a meaningful way."

Philadelphia Magazine

The One Big Beautiful Prediction: The Energy Transition Is Still Alive

In an interview, Weitzman's Sanya Carley says the whiplash of the last year has undoubtedly hurt consumers and decarbonization efforts alike but “the energy transition is still underway.”

Capital & Main

In Brief

James Corner to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Penn

An alum and professor of practice emeritus, Corner is best known for designing New York City’s High Line, a once-abandoned elevated railway that his firm transformed into an urban promenade and garden.

Penn Today

Li Receives Funding to Study Barriers to Energy System Decarbonization

Despite advancements in clean energy generation, fossil fuels continue to play an important role in the energy system. Xiaojiang Li is part of a team that received a $1M grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study how back-up power fossil fuel utilization plays out at the household level in different parts of the US.

Sloan Foundation

Denise Scott Brown. City. Street. House

A retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao explores the distinguished alum's contributions to contemporary visual culture and features numerous works on loan from the Architectural Archives.

Bilbao Museum of Art

London Studies Its Nightlife

A new report co-authored by Michael Fichman for the City of London sets out a comprehensive plan to drive the future of the capital at night.

The Guardian

Announcements

Announcement | 10.08.2025 Open Position: 2026-2027 McHarg Fellowship

Announcement | 10.08.2025 Case Studies in Design: Open Call to Study Projects Designed in Community

Announcement | 02.07.2025 Daily Pennsylvanian Reporting

Announcement | 11.07.2024 Fritz Steiner’s Service as Weitzman Dean at Penn Is Extended

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