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
“Leslie Richards has taken over as SEPTA’s general manager. She’s all ears.”
Among Richards’s new roles in 2020, she is teaching in the Department of City and Regional Planning.
“Why Removing the Melted Scaffolding From Notre Dame Is the Key to Its Preservation”
As the French work to stablize the iconic landmark, Frank Matero, professor and chair of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, weighs in.
“Design Shows Take On the Future. And It’s Not Pretty.”
The Times calls the exhibition co-curated by Associate Professor of Fine Arts Orkan Telhan “equally thought-provoking and process driven.”
“Massive oil refinery leaks toxic chemical in the middle of Philadelphia”
Mark Alan Hughes, founding faculty director at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, weighs in on the site's future prospects.
“Point Breeze and Tioga-Nicetown: Why one Philadelphia neighborhood has surged while the other languishes”
City and Regional Planning faculty members John Landis and Domenic Vitiello offer perspective.
“UPenn's Integrated Product Design Program Offers A Language of Design”
Core77 catches up with students and faculty in the joint program from Weitzman, Wharton, and Penn Engineering.
