How has the pandemic changed the design industry and how can we adapt and embrace these changes? Sarah Rottenberg, adjunct assistant professor and executive director of the Integrated Product Design Program (IPD) at University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design will moderate this discussion with Weitzman alumni.
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.
Join historic preservation alumni in a series of virtual discussions for our current students and recent graduates.
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.
Networking with alumni can be especially useful as you seek to learn how to translate your experiences at Penn into the world of work.
How is Black life generative in the design and planning of cities? What are the paths forward for a discourse and practice of Black Urbanism? How are Black urbanists defining themselves and the often overlooked blindspot of Blackness in relation to the larger urbanist professions?
Students and recent graduates have many questions as they navigate the pandemic and prepare for a career after Penn. For this discussion our guests will give advice on job and internship searching, networking, and what May 2020 graduates can accomplish during this time.
The Design Fellows program is engaging students in an increasingly diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary projects for a growing list of clients.
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.
What will a post-pandemic world look like? There is no doubt that design will have a big role to play, especially since there are opportunities for design intervention everywhere we look. Now is the time for us to rethink how we design our new buildings and reimagine our current ones. This conversation will touch on the ways design can make a difference in a post-pandemic world.
