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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.

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Story | 04.13.2026 Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter Launches Public Service and Policy Initiative

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Story | 04.11.2026 In Rome, An Accelerator for New Ideas and Connections

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Story | 04.10.2026 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Honors Weitzman Faculty

Story | 04.05.2026 In School and in Practice, Mass Timber Gains Ground

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Story | 03.27.2026 My Top Five: Jessica Varner | “Some days, all I do is read.”

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Story | 03.26.2026 Externships in Retrospect: Harisa Martinos

In the Media

City Council’s ICE Out legislation reflects the original and enduring purpose of Philadelphia as a sanctuary

If the meanings of sanctuary have changed over time, the moral commitments behind it have remained remarkably consistent, says Domenic Vitiello.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mamdani pledged affordable New York housing in his campaign. How is that going?

A lifeline for low-income residents, rent vouchers are difficult to fund in a city with such high housing costs, says Vincent Reina of the Housing Initiative at Penn.

The Guardian via Yahoo! News

Marion Weiss/Michael Manfredi: Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

Marion Weiss and her partner talk about their design for the upcoming expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and how it's informed by their past projects.

Art Bytes

Future100 Architecture Graduate Winners

Weitzman's Mu Cao and Gyo Sun Hwang are among just 25 graduate architecture students from across the US and Canada to be recognized.

Metropolis

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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