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Leading by Design: Cypress Building Conservation In 2013, PennDesign alumni Courtney Williams (MSHP’12) and Michael Shoriak (MSHP’12) founded Cypress Building Conservation in New Orleans, an architectural conservation company specializing in historic materials analysis and hands-on restoration. 
Richard Weller Among DesignIntelligence’s ‘Most Admired Educators’ For the second consecutive year, PennDesign’s Richard Weller has been named to the roster of “Most Admired Educators” in landscape architecture in the latest annual report from DesignIntelligence. 
Helping Students “Fall in Love with Architecture” at a Bronx High School “I always thought that you’re here, and you better do something for whoever comes after you,” Rasuk says. “I thought building or creating or designing the environment was the only way to do that, for me at least. I realized that it’s not. Another way is reaching the young people.”
Orkan Telhan: Helping Students Define ‘Design After the Digital’ Orkan Telhan’s title at the School of Design is unique, as are his research and teachings. 
A Homecoming for 2018 ASLA Award Recipients Several PennDesign faculty, alumni, and students will be honored by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) at the Annual Meeting and EXPO in Philadelphia next month.
From Quarry to Desktop How do you preserve a historic industrial landscape? 
McHarg Center Hosts Panel on Activism and Design  “Designing the Political Landscape.” a panel discussion including May Boeve, Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director for the McHarg Center,Barbara Brown Wilson, an assistant professor of urban and environmental planning at the University of Virginia, and Mark Gardner (MArch’00), a principal at Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects and assistant professor of architectural practice and society at the Parsons School of Design at The New School. 
Leading by Design: Larry Korman Larry Korman, interviewed here, serves on the PennDesign Board of Overseers, is a member of the Capital Campaign Committee, and holds key roles in the Kahn Society and the Kahn Collection at Penn’s Architectural Archives.
Fall Lecture Series Features Innovators Behind Archigram, Dream the Combine, Detroit’s Recovery Park, More PennDesign’s Fall 2018 Lecture Series brings more than 30 of the world’s leading architects, landscape architects, planners, artists, and preservationists to Philadelphia.
South Whitehall Design project fosters student and community engagement PennDesign provides opportunities for students to collaborate with faculty, civic leaders and residents in Philadelphia and beyond.
PennPraxis Summit Brings Focus to Civic Infrastructure The final big questions remains: Who is at the center of the story? Users or designers? Communities or policymakers? The discussion will continue as PennPraxis and others continue to dig deeper into the topic of civic infrastructure.  
PennDesign Welcomes New Faculty and New Associate Dean for Research   With the new Academic Year, PennDesign welcomes four new members of the standing faculty.