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Moelis Fellowships Support Diverse Voices in Pursuing Planning Careers The Moelis Scholars Program supports students in the Master of City Planning program with tuition remission and other benefits.
Weitzman School Honors Kohn, RPA, and Outstanding Students at Awards Gala A. Eugene Kohn (BArch’53, MArch’57) and Regional Plan Association (RPA) receive the 2019 Weitzman Medals.
Simon Kim and Weitzman Students Featured in 2019 Seoul Biennale Associate Professor Simon Kim and Weitzman students from his 2018 701 studio are featured in the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism: Collective City.
‘A Celebration of Design’ Brings Out Alumni and Friends for Historic Afternoon Hundreds of faculty, alumni, students and guests gathered at Meyerson Hall, Irvine Auditorium, and the plaza outside Meyerson on October 3 to celebrate the naming of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Envisioning a New Park at Penn’s Landing PennPraxis is leading a team of community-based organizations to develop a plan for engaging with a wide range of Philadelphians to inform the programming and stewardship for the new park at Penn's Landing.
Celebrating a New Name and the Promise of Design Rain did not dampen the enthusiasm for Thursday’s celebrations of the naming of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
McHarg Center Event Reimagines the Role of Designer and University A summary of  “Designing a Green New Deal,” the daylong conference and keynote that packed Irvine Auditorium in September.
Sean Burkholder Appointed to Andrew Gordon Assistant Professorship Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Sean Burkholder was appointed Andrew Gordon Assistant Professor, the first named assistant professorship in the history of the Weitzman School. 
Lisa Servon Awarded Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professorship As professor and chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Servon has just been appointed the Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor. It’s one of two presidential professorships established as part of the School’s Lead by Design Campaign with the goal of diversifying the faculty by attracting and retaining acclaimed scholars and practitioners in endowed positions.
PennPraxis Team to Help Preserve Iconic Modernist Home in Indiana “The Miller House is one of the most significant Modernist domestic sites in the U.S.—and maybe even the world.”  A PennPraxis team will help to chart the future course of that work.
Ken Lum Appointed to Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professorship The Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professorship, named for the professor of architecture and urban design and former dean, is one of two presidential professorships created at the Weitzman School during the School’s Lead by Design Campaign with the goal of diversifying the faculty by attracting and retaining scholars and practitioners in endowed positions. Lum was recently appointed to the position by Dean Fritz Steiner.
McHarg Center Kicks Off With International Conference 'Design With Nature Now' This year, on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ian McHarg's Design With Nature, the Weitzman School launched a new research and education center in his honor, the Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, along with a conference and a series of exhibitions meant to investigate McHarg’s legacy and propel it into the next half-century.