Weitzman News

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05.19.2023 Weitzman Class of 2023 Graduates Weitzman's 2023 Commencement Ceremony celebrated the 281 members of the Class of 2023 with remarks on the lessons of COVID-19 and the opportunities and limitations of design to strengthen communities.

Stories

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Story | 05.22.2023 Bridging the Analog and Digital in Ancient Cappadocia

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Story | 05.19.2023 Infrastructure Planning on a Megaregional Scale

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Story | 05.19.2023 Weitzman Faculty and Students Chart New Directions for Architecture in Venice

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Story | 05.14.2023 Lassiter, Billingsley, and Kuenzi Earn 2023 Perkins Awards

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Story | 05.12.2023 At the Intersection of Art and Design, Masks That Empart Truth

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Story | 05.12.2023 Healing Borders in the Dominican Republic

In the Media

In the Media The Age Of The Mega-Eco Project Richard Weller, professor and chair of landscape architecture, and Rob Levinthal, a PhD candidate in the Department of City & Regional Planning, consider whether large landscape infrastructure projects could deliver ecological transformation better than their industrial predecessors. Landscape Architecture Magazine

In the Media Your financial accounts are safe, experts say. Here’s what protects them. Lisa Servon, the Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and chair of city and regional planning, offers tips for finding peace of mind in the wake of recent bank failures. PBS Newshour

In the Media Penn exhibition surfaces the story of Minerva Parker Nichols, the first American woman to have an independent architecture practice Reviewer Marianela D'Aprile praises "an exhibition that helps the archive speak for itself, displaying a history that, much like the entrance to the archive, could have easily gone unnoticed." The Architect's Newspaper

In the Media The survival of ecosystems depends on resiliency Weitzman student Charlye Stewart talks about her path from Wildlife Ecology and Conservation studies to the Master of Landscape Architecture program, and her work to help people respect the natural systems that sustain them. Al Día

Announcements

Announcement | 05.01.2023 The Friends of the Tanner House and University of Pennsylvania Receive Mellon Foundation Grant for a Community-Led Preservation Plan

Announcement | 01.30.2023 University of Pennsylvania Set to Receive Funding to Evaluate the Impact of Emergency Rental Assistance on Evictions

Announcement | 01.19.2023 Weitzman Receives National Park Service Grant to Protect and Preserve Route 66 Cultural Landscape

Announcement | 01.13.2023 Groundbreaking Exhibition on Minerva Parker Nichols, America’s First Independent Woman Architect, Opens March 21

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