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Penn Housing Initiative Fuels Cooperation Between Cities During Pandemic Housing advocates had been talking for years about the need for a shallow rent subsidy to provide small amounts of money that would help low-income tenants pay their rent. he City enlisted Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning Vincent Reina at the Weitzman School and Assistant Professor Amy Castro Baker at the School of Social Policy and Practice to track outcomes.
2020 Weitzman Award Winners Announced The Weitzman School has selected Peter Eisenman as the 2020 recipient of the Kanter Tritsch Medal for Excellence in Architecture and Environmental Design, and the City of Philadelphia as the 2020 recipient of the Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal in City and Regional Planning for GreenPlan Philadelphia.
Leading by Design: Joe and Gail Adams Joe and Gail Adams (MArch’73) met in the graduate architecture studios at Penn. In the years since, the honors have come for their work as Adams Architects, the Houston-based firm they opened together in 1980. 
Ernesto Pujol Named Sachs Visiting Professor at the Weitzman School “Our students and community are fortunate to have Ernesto Pujol for a guide.”
New Climate Policy Initiative Launched by the McHarg Center This fall, the McHarg Center is launching the “climate + community project” (ccp), a push to turn grassroots demands for climate justice into formal policy proposals and actionable legislation, developed by researchers with connections to climate movements, and vetted by members of the communities with the most at stake. 
When Summer Camp Looked Unlikely, Weitzman Launched First-of-Its-Kind Virtual Design Studio The Weitzman School partnered with the non-profit organization The Fresh Air Fund to launch a first-of-its-kind virtual studio.
Weitzman Students and Faculty Receive Prestigious Landscape Architecture Awards The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the 2020 Professional and Student Award winners, which included three projects by Weitzman students and three projects by Weitzman faculty. 
Weitzman School Welcomes Moelis Scholars for 2020-2022 Céline Apollon and Jazmin Diaz have been selected for the Moelis Scholars Program in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the Weitzman School.
Penn Weitzman Alumni Association Announces New Board President and Vice-President The Penn Weitzman Alumni Association announces new board president and vice-president. Charlette Caldwell (MSHP’16) will be the new president and Suzanne Mahoney (MCP’14, MLA’14) will be the new vice-president.
Announcing the Winners of Weitzman’s “Summer School at Penn” Competition A jury of distinguished architects, educators, graphic and industrial designers has selected the winners of the Summer School at Penn design challenge, a student competition organized by the Departent of Architecture at Weitzman to create a mobile medical testing unit for COVID-19.
More Than 80 Students Strong, Design Fellows Program Offers Growth for Students and Clients The Design Fellows program is engaging students in an increasingly diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary projects for a growing list of clients.
Expanding Professional Development and Career Services for a Challenging Time A summer-long series of virtual “conversations about life and landscape architecture” with professionals in the field, designed for students in the Department of Landscape Architecture but open to others.