A joint offering from the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the School of Social Policy & Practice, the XSD program has attracted designers and other mid-career professionals who want to move from “a problem orientation to an intervention orientation.”
Weitzman School in the Media
“Weiss/Manfredi Selected for La Brea Tar Pits Master Plan”
"There is truly no place in the world as magical," Graham Professor of Practice Marion Weiss told Architectural Record.
“These maps show how the Green New Deal will look different across America”
A new collection of maps and datascapes from The McHarg Center shows the urgency of combating climate change for communities across the U.S.
“New UPenn Scholarship Aims to Diversify Urban Planning”
Weitzman School's Lisa Servon, Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and chair of city and regional planning, and planning students Eboni Senai Hawkins and Sean Dajour Smith discuss the new Moelis Fellows Program.
“Interview with Gene Kohn”
With a new book out about his life and career in architecture, the Weitzman graduate talks about the people who have shaped his legendary firm.
“Philly’s first urban agriculture director kicks off plan to save endangered edible gardens”
Weitzman graduate Ash Richards (MCP’11) unveiled Philadelphia's first-ever Urban Agriculture Plan at a December 3 public meeting.
“From Margin to Centre, and Back Again”
Ken Lum, Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professor and chair of fine arts, talks about his new book, a collection of writings spanning nearly 30 years.
