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The Class of 2019: Jacob Torkelson, HPSV, ’19 "You come into the program convinced you know what you want to do afterward, and come out knowing so much more. You want to change the world in so many ways.”
Leading by Design: Barbara Wilks Barbara Wilks (MLA’93) is founding principal at the Brooklyn-based firm W Architecture and Landscape Architecture. A former student of legendary Professor of Landscape Architecture Ian McHarg’s, Wilks is an alumna and member of the Board of Advisors at The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, an interdisciplinary think tank for developing responses to climate change in communities most vulnerable to its effects. 
The Class of 2020: Lichao Liu ‘The Class of’ profiles students in the five graduate programs at PennDesign who have excelled in their studies and received financial support through the generosity of alumni and other donors.
$50,000 Witte-Sakamoto Prize in City and Regional Planning Established PennDesign has received a $1.25 million gift from alumnus William Witte (C’73, MCP’75) and his wife, Keiko Sakamoto, Esq. to establish an annual prize for an outstanding planning student at PennDesign, along with a professional award for innovation and impact in planning.
Leading by Design: Mary Barensfeld Meticulous by nature and by practice, Barensfeld talks with passion and enthusiasm for architecture and landscape architecture, which she’s managed to merge since her time as a dual-degree master’s student in both fields at PennDesign.
City and Regional Planning Faculty Members Lin and Ryerson Earn Tenure from Penn PennDesign proudly congratulates city and regional planning faculty members Zhongjie Lin and Megan Ryerson for earning tenure from the University.
PennDesign Awards Celebrate Transformative Architecture The Inaugural PennDesign Awards was a magical night. 
Celebrating the Next Generation of Design Leaders Spotlighing Kanter Tritsch Prize winner, Alexandra Adamski.
Monument Lab Celebrates ‘Report to The City’ The question was straightforward enough: “What is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia?”
PennDesign Alumnus Earns AIA Award PennDesign alumnus David Hollenberg (MArch’75) has been selected as the AIA Philadelphia's John Frederick Harbeson Award recipient.
PennDesign Studios Tackle Disaster Recovery Planning and Design in Puerto Rico How can city planners and landscape architects contribute to disaster recovery efforts like those that have consumed Puerto Rico in the year since two hurricanes wreaked havoc on the island territory? 
Robotics Lab Pushes Boundaries of Design and Construction for Tiny House Prototype “This project has the potential to create something that’s architecturally interesting on a low budget.”