A jubilant Class of 2022 filed into Irvine Auditorium on Saturday, May 14, to mark the Weitzman School’s first in-person commencement ceremony since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The 296 graduates in 20 degree programs were poised to enter the professions at a moment when the world looks dramatically different than it did when they began their studies.
Weitzman School in the Media
“Should you buy carbon offsets for your air travel?”
The Kleinman Center's Jennifer Wilcox weighs in, and says we ought to think of direct air capture facilities as super-forests.
“In parks, universities, and cultural projects from coast to coast, architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi enrich the definition of accessible”
Architectural Digest profiles the firm led by Graham Professor of Practice Marion Weiss and her partner.
“PHA has few homes for multigenerational families like Fairmount fire victims”
A tragic January house fire in Philadelphia points to an unmet need in the public housing system, says Weitzman's Akira Drake Rodriguez.
“Crises and Contestations: The Promise and Peril of Designing a Green New Deal”
Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director at The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, untangles the efforts sparked by House Resolution 109 to bring carbon neutrality, jobs, and justice to the US economy.
“The Explorations of Orkan Telhan”
Artist and Associate Professor of Fine Arts Orkan Telhan is profiled for his acclaimed multidisciplinary practice, which actively probes the connections between nature and culture.
“How landlords thwart America’s attempts to house poor people”
A new study from the Housing Initiative at Penn, led by Vincent Reina, associate professor of city and regional planning, shows how much the need for assistance exceeds the government response.