The University of Pennsylvania today announced that the Stuart Weitzman School of Design will renovate the historic Morgan Building on 34th Street and add a new wing on its south side, naming the building after Stuart Weitzman, Wharton Class of 1963,
New campus buildings to house centers for innovation and collaboration Several new facilities, including Tangen Hall and the Academic Research Building, have finished construction and the University is eyeing opening dates. Penn Today provides an overview. The glass exterior of Tangen Hall, which crews began construction on in summer 2018 and completed in December 2020. It was designed as a space for innovation and collaboration in entrepreneurship.
In its 281-year history, Penn has seen several campus evolutions. From the opening of the first school of medicine in North America to the opening of College Hall in 1871, the first cornerstone of Fisher Fine Arts Library in 1888 to the 2008 opening of the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, the campus continues to embrace new spaces and, with them, new styles of learning, research, and access.