Weitzman School of Design
Named during the Campaign and galvanized by philanthropic support, the Stuart Weitzman School of Design is poised to reshape the field and transform the communities where its alumni live and work. Increased financial aid, new academic research centers, and cutting-edge laboratories are expanding the School’s capacity to translate knowledge into action and leverage its long and productive history of interdisciplinary collaboration to take on the world’s greatest challenges in the realm of the built environment.
3,468
Donors
$52
Million Goal Exceeded
Highlighted Accomplishments
Created new pathways to design professions by expanding financial aid, resulting in a 60 percent growth in the average aid award and over 40 new student fellowships, increasing access and diversifying knowledge creation.
Established seven new endowed faculty and staff positions solidifying our ability to attract, retain, and support the work of thought and practice leaders who teach and inspire today’s students.
Created and transformed spaces that spark invention, dialogue, and collaboration, including Stuart Weitzman Plaza, studio spaces in Meyerson Hall, the Robotics Lab, the Architectural Conservation Lab, and the Center for Architectural Conservation.
Advanced solutions that address today’s greatest societal challenges with the launch of new academic centers focused on energy policy, urbanism and ecology, public art, and the preservation of civil rights sites.
Increased community impact through the work of the Architectural Archives, which continues to grow its collections and public programs, and PennPraxis, the consulting and community engagement arm of the Weitzman School.
“The Weitzman School of Design has dramatically increased its capacity to equip the next generation of artists, architects, landscape architects, planners, and preservationists to transform the built environment for the benefit of all. We have expanded opportunities for our faculty to produce timely research in the public interest and given our graduates new freedom as they enter their chosen professions.”