Weitzman’s Michael Fichman on nighttime economies and a Philly milestone Weitzman’s Michael Fichman on nighttime economies and a Philly milestone Weitzman’s Michael Fichman discusses how the Night Time Economy Office benefits all aspects of city life, creating a safe, thriving, and creative community 24 hours a day.
Philadelphians push for Roosevelt Boulevard subway project revival at Saturday morning town hall Penn In the News WHYY Radio (Philadelphia) Philadelphians push for Roosevelt Boulevard subway project revival at Saturday morning town hall Grad student Jay Arzu of the Weitzman School of Design served as a panelist at a Philadelphia town hall to advocate for the construction of the Roosevelt Boulevard subway. Ask a Ranger: The hand of the original builder: Wupatki Pueblo Penn In the News Arizona Daily Sun Ask a Ranger: The hand of the original builder: Wupatki Pueblo Frank Matero of the Weitzman School of Design discusses the work faculty and students are doing to protect a Native ancestral site. In Kennett Square, PennPraxis helps build community, one leader at a time Design fellow Sara Sterchak speaks with community members at the 2022 Juneteenth festival in Kennett Square about the PennPraxis’ project. (Image: Katie Levesque) In Kennett Square, PennPraxis helps build community, one leader at a time While much community planning work is focused on limited interventions or short-lived programs targeting singular issues, PennPraxis partnerships focus on cultivating longer trajectories of community involvement. Travel and the middle class Even as ticket prices are going up, the demand for air travel remains high. The crowding is compounded by an overall shortage of pilots, a lack of staff to check in luggage and long security lines to get to the gates. Travel and the middle class With the inflation boom, how long will travel be sustainable? News Penn partners with West Philly High to give it a new ‘front porch’ and teach students about careers Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer News Penn partners with West Philly High to give it a new ‘front porch’ and teach students about careers Daniel Flinchbaugh of the Weitzman School of Design manages Design to Thrive, a Weitzman summer program in collaboration with the Netter Center for Community Partnerships. The project teamed Weitzman grad students with West Philadelphia High School students to build a new outdoor rec area for their high school. Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space. Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal Mass extinction, represented here by ranges once roamed by now-extinct species, is one strand of Field Notes Towards an Internationalist Green New Deal. (Image: Weitzman News) Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal The Green New Deal and its implications for the design professions have been areas of sustained focus for The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at Weitzman since 2019. Goodbye to an iconic tree The Quad elm cut an imposing figure, shown here in the spring of 2021, before leaf out. The space will be replanted with three native white oaks at a later date. (Image: Eric Sucar/University Communications) Goodbye to an iconic tree More than a century old, the American elm located in the heart of the Quadrangle residences has been ailing and is due to be removed the week of July 25. The site will be replanted at a later date with three native white oaks. Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’ Penn In the News Ocula Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’ Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design is the recipient of AGO’s 2019 Gershon Iskowitz Prize for his biting and satirical image-and-text works. Load More
Ask a Ranger: The hand of the original builder: Wupatki Pueblo Penn In the News Arizona Daily Sun Ask a Ranger: The hand of the original builder: Wupatki Pueblo Frank Matero of the Weitzman School of Design discusses the work faculty and students are doing to protect a Native ancestral site. In Kennett Square, PennPraxis helps build community, one leader at a time Design fellow Sara Sterchak speaks with community members at the 2022 Juneteenth festival in Kennett Square about the PennPraxis’ project. (Image: Katie Levesque) In Kennett Square, PennPraxis helps build community, one leader at a time While much community planning work is focused on limited interventions or short-lived programs targeting singular issues, PennPraxis partnerships focus on cultivating longer trajectories of community involvement. Travel and the middle class Even as ticket prices are going up, the demand for air travel remains high. The crowding is compounded by an overall shortage of pilots, a lack of staff to check in luggage and long security lines to get to the gates. Travel and the middle class With the inflation boom, how long will travel be sustainable? News Penn partners with West Philly High to give it a new ‘front porch’ and teach students about careers Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer News Penn partners with West Philly High to give it a new ‘front porch’ and teach students about careers Daniel Flinchbaugh of the Weitzman School of Design manages Design to Thrive, a Weitzman summer program in collaboration with the Netter Center for Community Partnerships. The project teamed Weitzman grad students with West Philadelphia High School students to build a new outdoor rec area for their high school. Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space. Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal Mass extinction, represented here by ranges once roamed by now-extinct species, is one strand of Field Notes Towards an Internationalist Green New Deal. (Image: Weitzman News) Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal The Green New Deal and its implications for the design professions have been areas of sustained focus for The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at Weitzman since 2019. Goodbye to an iconic tree The Quad elm cut an imposing figure, shown here in the spring of 2021, before leaf out. The space will be replanted with three native white oaks at a later date. (Image: Eric Sucar/University Communications) Goodbye to an iconic tree More than a century old, the American elm located in the heart of the Quadrangle residences has been ailing and is due to be removed the week of July 25. The site will be replanted at a later date with three native white oaks. Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’ Penn In the News Ocula Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’ Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design is the recipient of AGO’s 2019 Gershon Iskowitz Prize for his biting and satirical image-and-text works. Load More
In Kennett Square, PennPraxis helps build community, one leader at a time Design fellow Sara Sterchak speaks with community members at the 2022 Juneteenth festival in Kennett Square about the PennPraxis’ project. (Image: Katie Levesque) In Kennett Square, PennPraxis helps build community, one leader at a time While much community planning work is focused on limited interventions or short-lived programs targeting singular issues, PennPraxis partnerships focus on cultivating longer trajectories of community involvement.
Travel and the middle class Even as ticket prices are going up, the demand for air travel remains high. The crowding is compounded by an overall shortage of pilots, a lack of staff to check in luggage and long security lines to get to the gates. Travel and the middle class With the inflation boom, how long will travel be sustainable?
News Penn partners with West Philly High to give it a new ‘front porch’ and teach students about careers Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer News Penn partners with West Philly High to give it a new ‘front porch’ and teach students about careers Daniel Flinchbaugh of the Weitzman School of Design manages Design to Thrive, a Weitzman summer program in collaboration with the Netter Center for Community Partnerships. The project teamed Weitzman grad students with West Philadelphia High School students to build a new outdoor rec area for their high school. Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space. Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal Mass extinction, represented here by ranges once roamed by now-extinct species, is one strand of Field Notes Towards an Internationalist Green New Deal. (Image: Weitzman News) Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal The Green New Deal and its implications for the design professions have been areas of sustained focus for The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at Weitzman since 2019. Goodbye to an iconic tree The Quad elm cut an imposing figure, shown here in the spring of 2021, before leaf out. The space will be replanted with three native white oaks at a later date. (Image: Eric Sucar/University Communications) Goodbye to an iconic tree More than a century old, the American elm located in the heart of the Quadrangle residences has been ailing and is due to be removed the week of July 25. The site will be replanted at a later date with three native white oaks. Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’ Penn In the News Ocula Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’ Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design is the recipient of AGO’s 2019 Gershon Iskowitz Prize for his biting and satirical image-and-text works. Load More
Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space.
Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal Mass extinction, represented here by ranges once roamed by now-extinct species, is one strand of Field Notes Towards an Internationalist Green New Deal. (Image: Weitzman News) Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal The Green New Deal and its implications for the design professions have been areas of sustained focus for The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at Weitzman since 2019.
Goodbye to an iconic tree The Quad elm cut an imposing figure, shown here in the spring of 2021, before leaf out. The space will be replanted with three native white oaks at a later date. (Image: Eric Sucar/University Communications) Goodbye to an iconic tree More than a century old, the American elm located in the heart of the Quadrangle residences has been ailing and is due to be removed the week of July 25. The site will be replanted at a later date with three native white oaks.
Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’ Penn In the News Ocula Ken Lum: ‘I think there is a huge disconnect in the art world’ Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design is the recipient of AGO’s 2019 Gershon Iskowitz Prize for his biting and satirical image-and-text works.