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09.03.2026 Making It Pencil In Weitzman’s newest Master of Design program, students are using AI to integrate design and finance—and developers are taking note.

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Story | 10.01.2026 Remembering John Dixon Hunt (1936 - 2026)

Squat red towers surround courtyard with rock garden in Chinese city

Story | 10.01.2026 Neri&Hu Tops Architizer's List of 100 Best Firms in China

Story | 09.30.2026 Lance Freeman and Michael A. Nutter on Social Mobility and Economic Development

Rendering of city residents using walkway and benches next to elevated rain line

Story | 09.29.2026 An Alternative “History of the Future” for Philadelphia Comes into Focus

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Story | 09.18.2026 A Summer for Honing Skills, Deepening Connections

Story | 09.17.2026 Annie Liang-Zhou Builds on a Legacy in Historic Preservation

In the Media

KieranTimberlake’s Expansion of Penn’s School of Design Reinforces the Character of the West Philadelphia Campus

The project "creates a model for the emerging designers, artists, and planners who will shape the future—giving them an inspiring space in which to create, study, and exchange ideas," writes Joann Gonchar.

Architectural Record

What If the Big Future of Market East Starts Starts … Small?

Meantime on Market, the latest experiment hosted by Meantime, a nonprofit founded by Brian Phillips, is “testing what Philadelphians actually want from one of downtown’s most under-used corridors.”

Philadelphia Magazine

100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in China

Neri&Hu, the firm led by Rossana Hu with Lyndon Neri, was named Best Architecture and Design Firm in China on a list of 100 firms blurring the boundaries between "traditional" and "modern."

Architizer

”How To Really Run A City” Goes to College

In a special live episode of their podcast, former mayors Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, Kasim Reed of Atlanta, and GT Bynum of Tulsa talk about shaping the next generation of civic leaders through Penn's new Impact Scholars Program.

The Philadelphia Citizen

In Brief

Some Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence in Design

"AI is changing our world but can potentially help in designing a better one," writes Weitzman Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner of the technology's potential applications and downsides for professionals.

Landscape Journal

Weitzman Faculty and Guest Lecturers Elevated to AIA College of Fellows

Rossana Hu, the Miller Professor and chair of architecture, and guest lecturers Lina Ghotmeh and Dorte Mandrup were recognized at a June 11, 2026 ceremony in San Diego.

AIA

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

Announcements

Announcement | 07.15.2026 Applications Welcome for Assistant/Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture

Announcement | 07.09.2026 Applications Welcome for Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Historic Preservation

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

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