Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and recent graduate nocred Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and recent graduate Members of Penn faculty and a Class of 2026 graduate in Penn Carey Law, Penn Nursing, the Weitzman School, and the Wharton School received awards and honors in their fields. 2 min. read
Paving the way for safer roads Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard.(Image: Julio Cortez via AP Images) Paving the way for safer roads An interdisciplinary team of Penn engineers and urban planners has taken an innovative approach to creating a drivable digital twin of Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard, a significant public health threat to the tens of thousands of people who use it each day. 2 min. read
Can AI help cities get a handle on urban heat? (Image: Nathan Howard via AP Images) Can AI help cities get a handle on urban heat? Weitzman’s Xiaojiang Li is using artificial intelligence tools to provide more granular information about urban environments in order to optimize solutions for mitigating extreme heat. 2 min. read
Intensifying summers are putting the Philly suburbs’ aging infrastructure to the test: ‘We get a 100-year storm every year’ Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Intensifying summers are putting the Philly suburbs’ aging infrastructure to the test: ‘We get a 100-year storm every year’ “These unlikely, freak events are really the ones that break us,” says Matthijs Bouw of the Weitzman School of Design. AI surveillance is already here. Urban governance isn’t. Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer AI surveillance is already here. Urban governance isn’t. Eugénie L. Birch and Mauricio Rodas of the Weitzman School of Design write that, “52% of surveyed cities already use AI in some capacity and another 32% plan to, yet only 31% have established a formal ethics review process — even though 88% of them rate ethics as very or absolutely important.” Climate resilience planning in Rhode Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands Beach on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands(Image: Scott Page) Climate resilience planning in Rhode Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands Urban planners Scott Page and Jamie Granger have been teaching Climate Resilience Studio since 2016, bringing their expertise from Interface Studio into the classroom. 2 min. read City promises to replace all trees knocked down during microbursts Penn In the News KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia) City promises to replace all trees knocked down during microbursts “[Trees] also mitigate urban heat islands. … They’re very important with intercepting rain and stormwater in order to slow down runoff and reduce the possibilities of flooding,” says Dean Frederick Steiner of the Weitzman School of Design. Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street The site of Meantime on Market on the 900 block of Market Street.(Image: Charlie Shuck for Meantime) Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street As Philadelphia celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the City’s founding streets is back in the spotlight. 2 min. read Can one bill make housing more affordable? Penn In the News NPR Can one bill make housing more affordable? “At the core of this, we have a housing affordability problem, which is distinctly related to the housing supply problem. But when we think of solutions, we really have to center the affordability issues,” says Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design. Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Penn In the News WBUR News (Boston) Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design discusses a bipartisan affordable housing bill that includes dozens of provisions to lower prices and increase housing supply. Load More
AI surveillance is already here. Urban governance isn’t. Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer AI surveillance is already here. Urban governance isn’t. Eugénie L. Birch and Mauricio Rodas of the Weitzman School of Design write that, “52% of surveyed cities already use AI in some capacity and another 32% plan to, yet only 31% have established a formal ethics review process — even though 88% of them rate ethics as very or absolutely important.” Climate resilience planning in Rhode Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands Beach on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands(Image: Scott Page) Climate resilience planning in Rhode Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands Urban planners Scott Page and Jamie Granger have been teaching Climate Resilience Studio since 2016, bringing their expertise from Interface Studio into the classroom. 2 min. read City promises to replace all trees knocked down during microbursts Penn In the News KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia) City promises to replace all trees knocked down during microbursts “[Trees] also mitigate urban heat islands. … They’re very important with intercepting rain and stormwater in order to slow down runoff and reduce the possibilities of flooding,” says Dean Frederick Steiner of the Weitzman School of Design. Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street The site of Meantime on Market on the 900 block of Market Street.(Image: Charlie Shuck for Meantime) Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street As Philadelphia celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the City’s founding streets is back in the spotlight. 2 min. read Can one bill make housing more affordable? Penn In the News NPR Can one bill make housing more affordable? “At the core of this, we have a housing affordability problem, which is distinctly related to the housing supply problem. But when we think of solutions, we really have to center the affordability issues,” says Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design. Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Penn In the News WBUR News (Boston) Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design discusses a bipartisan affordable housing bill that includes dozens of provisions to lower prices and increase housing supply. Load More
Climate resilience planning in Rhode Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands Beach on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands(Image: Scott Page) Climate resilience planning in Rhode Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands Urban planners Scott Page and Jamie Granger have been teaching Climate Resilience Studio since 2016, bringing their expertise from Interface Studio into the classroom. 2 min. read
City promises to replace all trees knocked down during microbursts Penn In the News KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia) City promises to replace all trees knocked down during microbursts “[Trees] also mitigate urban heat islands. … They’re very important with intercepting rain and stormwater in order to slow down runoff and reduce the possibilities of flooding,” says Dean Frederick Steiner of the Weitzman School of Design. Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street The site of Meantime on Market on the 900 block of Market Street.(Image: Charlie Shuck for Meantime) Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street As Philadelphia celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the City’s founding streets is back in the spotlight. 2 min. read Can one bill make housing more affordable? Penn In the News NPR Can one bill make housing more affordable? “At the core of this, we have a housing affordability problem, which is distinctly related to the housing supply problem. But when we think of solutions, we really have to center the affordability issues,” says Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design. Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Penn In the News WBUR News (Boston) Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design discusses a bipartisan affordable housing bill that includes dozens of provisions to lower prices and increase housing supply. Load More
Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street The site of Meantime on Market on the 900 block of Market Street.(Image: Charlie Shuck for Meantime) Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street As Philadelphia celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the City’s founding streets is back in the spotlight. 2 min. read
Can one bill make housing more affordable? Penn In the News NPR Can one bill make housing more affordable? “At the core of this, we have a housing affordability problem, which is distinctly related to the housing supply problem. But when we think of solutions, we really have to center the affordability issues,” says Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design. Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Penn In the News WBUR News (Boston) Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design discusses a bipartisan affordable housing bill that includes dozens of provisions to lower prices and increase housing supply. Load More
Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Penn In the News WBUR News (Boston) Senate passes bipartisan affordable housing bill Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design discusses a bipartisan affordable housing bill that includes dozens of provisions to lower prices and increase housing supply.