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‘Above and Beyond’ Experience for Kleinman Fellow As this year’s Birol Fellow for the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Goel is spending her summer researching deep decarbonization strategies in India and the United States—research that will culminate in an insight paper that will be published on the IEA website.
Williams and Tsien, Adamski Win Inaugural Kanter Tritsch Awards PennDesign has selected Tod Williams and Billie Tsien to receive the inaugural Kanter Tritsch Medal in Energy and Architectural Innovation. The Medal will be presented at a benefit in New York City on October 15, 2018, along with the $50,000 Kanter Tritsch Prize for an exceptional second-year graduate architecture student, which has been awarded to Alexandra Mae Adamski.
Learning More with the Kleinman Certificate Program Like many graduate students, Winston Chen came to the University of Pennsylvania to pivot his career. He had encountered the energy sector during his work in generalist private equity and strategy consulting. However, he knew he wanted to focus his long-term career on clean energy.
Leading by Design: Barbara Fox and Scott Aker, Designers of the June 5 Memorial Leading by Design explores the work of PennDesign alumni, faculty members, and supporters of the School who are expanding the practice of art and design to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Envisioning Future Landscapes with Support from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Over $500,000 in competitive grants from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage will support new initatives by PennDesign and its faculty to study and expand the practice of design in the 21st century.
Penn Design at The American Institute for Conservation’s Annual Meeting A gathering of Penn Design alumni at The American Institute for Conservation’s Annual Meeting In Houston. 
Alumna Carol Franklin Accepts LAF Award Longtime faculty member Carol Franklin (MLA’65), RLA, FASLA, a founding principal of Andropogon, accepted the 2018 Landscape Architecture Foundation Medal.
Reimagining Struggling Coal Communities Pennsylvania's coal communities are struggling. While employment in the coal sector has been slowly declining for decades, the rise of Marcellus Shale natural gas prompted a rapid decline in coal use and jobs. But Appalachian states and localities are responding with programs intended to turn things around. A new report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy shines a light on a broad array of ideas and strategies.  
Alumni Weekend 2018 "I would start telling a story and someone else would finish it recalling the exact same conversation we had forty years ago." - Jeff Fine, MArch '78. Read about this year's fantastic Alumni Weekend at PennDesign  
Landscape Architecture Students Inform Revitalization in the Highlands In Highland Falls, one PennDesign class explored how landscape design interventions at four sites, including the Hudson Highlands trail system where it passes near Highland Falls, could help shape a “dynamic future” for the whole region.
WEISS/MANFREDI Unveils Immersive Installation at Venice Biennale WEISS/MANFREDI, the New York-based design practice co-founded by Graham Chair Professor of Architecture Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, unveiled a new immersive installation Thursday in the main exhibition space at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. 
Students Wrap Costa Rica Landscape Design Studio As the spring semester was coming to a close earlier this month, the walls of Lower Gallery in Meyerson Hall were draped in maps, elevations, urban design and landscape renderings. On this particular day, students were joined by visitors from Costa Rica, and from the Urban Design Program at CCNY, for the final review in the spring studio Regenerating Urban Landscapes.