The Weitzman Fall 2022 Lecture Series brings together distinguished architects, landscape architects, artists, historians, preservationists, planners, energy policy makers, mobility experts, and data scientists from the US and abroad to discuss recent work and emerging trends in the built environment and visual culture.
Weitzman School in the Media
“I Am Effecting Lasting Change Today”
Lisa Servon, the Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning, shares how she, as a white person in a leadership position, is making short- and long-term changes to increase diversity and inclusion in the design disciplines.
“The Sponge Revolution: How the Chinese Communist Party is building an “ecological civilization.”
Weitzman Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner describes the singular contribution of landscape architect Kongjian Yu in relation to a new government initiative.
“Our public school infrastructure is set up to continue to fail”
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning Akira Drake Rodriguez suggests how the School District of Philadelphia could assume a proactive stance in dealing with chronic facilities issues.
“How Philadelphia Plans to Beat the Looming Eviction Cliff”
Vincent Reina, associate professor of city and regional planning, offers perspective based on research done by the Housing Initiative at Penn.
“The American Jobs Plan Should Help Us Avoid Climate Catastrophe, Not Build a Carbon Bomb”
Billy Fleming, of The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, looks at President Biden’s infrastructure proposal and its implications for designers.
“2021’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States – WalletHub Study”
Mark Alan Hughes, faculty director at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, helps decipher Americans’ energy costs relative to their location and consumption habits.
