Designer and footwear industry icon Stuart Weitzman was honored in a ceremony Thursday celebrating the naming of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and Stuart Weitzman Plaza. President Amy Gutmann thanked Weitzman for a “lifetime of engagement with Penn,” saying he “believes in the power of design to immeasurably improve the human experience.”
Weitzman School in the Media
“We Are Designing the Earth, Whether You Like It or Not”
Richard Weller talks about curating Design With Nature Now and how the featured projects "do a good job of scoping, extending, and in some cases questioning McHarg’s legacy into the 21st century."
“Penn celebrates landscape architect and beloved professor”
Edith Newhall recommends the three exhibits that make up Design With Nature Now. “[It] couldn’t be more relevant—or present a more compelling argument for ecologically sensitive design.”
“Minding the gap between mass transit and ride-hailing apps”
With support from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, PhD student Summer Dong is researching how ride share services are changing our habits, cities, and the environment.
“Advisory group to seek public’s views on future of PES refinery”
Kleinman Center Faculty Director Mark Alan Hughes talks to WHYY about his role on the newly formed PES Refinery Advisory Group.
“E-scooters may be rolling into Pa., but are Philly streets prepared? ”
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning Megan Ryerson offers perspective in an Op-Ed.
“New York, thanks for leading on the climate”
Kleinman Center Faculty Director Mark Alan Hughes sizes up New York's climate change law.
