Today, Eugenie Birch and Susan Wachter, co-directors of the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) announced that Dr. Camille Cates Barnett, formerly Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia, will become a Penn IUR Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. With support of a William Penn Foundation grant to Penn IUR, Dr. Barnett will research best practices and innovations in urban governance, as well as pen articles on those topics and guest lecture in Penn IUR’s undergraduate urban research colloquium.
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Former Philadelphia Managing Director Camille Cates Barnett To Become Penn IUR Scholar
Camille Cates Barnett
Penn Researchers Tap Into Cell Power to Create Building “Skins” That Adapt to Heat/Light of Environment
PHILADELPHIA –- Engineers, design architects and cell biologists from the University of Pennsylvania will use a National Science Foundation grant to utilize the flexibility and sensitivity of human cells as the models for next-generation building “skins” that will adapt to changes in the environment and increase building energy efficiency.
Penn researchers will use the flexibility and sensitivity of human cells as the models for next-generation building “skins.”
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John Landis of the School of Design comments on public housing as a portion of new housing in Philadelphia.
Article Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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Laurie Olin of the School of Design is cited for his landscape architecture work at the Washington Monument site.
Article Source: Washington Post
A Museum Show as a TV Contest Prize
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Article Source: New York Times
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Researchers at of the School of Engineering and Applied Science are cited for research on password breaches on smartphones.
Article Source: PCWorld
Penn Students Create Ambitious Plan for Rail Service
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Robert Yaro, Marilyn Jordan Taylor and students of the School of Design devise a high-speed-railway proposal for the Northeast Corridor.
Article Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Cost the Highest Hurdle for High-Speed Rail in U.S.
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Robert Yaro of the School of Design discusses high-speed rail systems.
Article Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
40,000 City Properties. Abandoned. Now What?
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Mark Alan Hughes of the School of Design discusses Philadelphia’s initiatives to reduce its number of abandoned properties.
Article Source: Philadelphia Daily News
Senior Citizens Struggle in Flood Aftermath
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Eugenie Birch of the School of Design discusses emergency flood response.
Article Source: Nashville Tennessean
