University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Design school of the University of Pennsylvania
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The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design is the design school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. It offers degrees in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, historic preservation, and fine arts, as well as several dual degrees with other graduate schools at the University of Pennsylvania. Formerly known as PennDesign, it was renamed in 2019 after Stuart Weitzman donated an undisclosed sum.[1]
Former name
Graduate School of Fine ArtsMottoLeges sine moribus vanae
Motto inEnglish
Laws without morals are in vainTypePrivate design school
Entrance to the Weitzman School's Meyerson Hall viewed from the steps of Fisher Fine Arts Library | |
Former name | Graduate School of Fine Arts |
|---|---|
| Motto | Leges sine moribus vanae |
Motto in English | Laws without morals are in vain |
| Type | Private design school |
| Established | 1868 |
Parent institution | University of Pennsylvania |
| President | J. Larry Jameson |
| Dean | Frederick Steiner |
Academic staff | 140 |
| Students | 723 |
| Location | , , United States 39.95212°N 75.19260°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | design.upenn.edu |
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Notable alumni
- Julian Abele
- William J. Bain
- Gautam Bhatia (architect)
- Natvar Bhavsar
- Eugenie L. Birch
- Frank L. Bodine
- Eduardo Catalano
- James Corner
- Paul Davidoff
- Frank Miles Day
- Joseph Esherick
- Sheldon Fox
- Marco Frascari
- Bruce Graham
- Charles Gwathmey
- Henry C. Hibbs
- Eric J. Hill
- John Hoke III
- Leicester Bodine Holland
- Louis Kahn
- Stephen Kieran
- A. Eugene Kohn
- William Harold Lee
- Lin Huiyin
- H. Mather Lippincott Jr.
- Richard Longstreth
- Qingyun Ma
- Louis Magaziner
- Ryota Matsumoto
- Peter McCleary
- Milton Bennett Medary Jr.
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg
- Jayson Musson
- Barton Myers
- John Nolen
- Rai Okamoto
- I. M. Pei
- Lionel Pries
- Leslie Richards
- Jenny Sabin
- Adèle Naudé Santos
- Denise Scott Brown
- Wael Shawky
- Pushkar Sohoni
- James Timberlake
- Anne Tyng
- David A. Wallace
- William Ward Watkin
- Georgina Pope Yeatman
