Join us on a tour of the Herbert Run Greenway (HRG)

 A 1.3 mile trail highlighting natural spaces including the Sculpture Garden, Knoll, Upland Forest (CERA), Pond, and UMBC’s new butterfly garden.

Friday November 11, 2016 at 12 noon

Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.

Meet at tunnel in Joseph Beuys Sculpture Garden*

*between Administration Dr. and Commons Dr. along Hilltop Circle

We are hosting our annual Open House for prospective applicants on Monday, November 14^th here in Philadelphia, and we would love to extend an invitation to you! 

Our Open House guests will have the opportunity to tour our facilities and buildings, and meet and speak with the PennDesign faculty, current students, alumni, and staff about graduate programs in our six academic areas of study:

Architecture

City & Regional Planning

Fine Arts

Historic Preservation
Landscape Architecture
Urban Spatial Analytics

Check out our Master of City Planning and Master of Urban Spatial Analytics degree programs!

If you are interested, please contact Lauren Hoover - 

Lauren Hoover

Admissions & Recruitment Coordinator

University of Pennsylvania 

School of Design

110 Meyerson Hall

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6311

215.898.6520 Phone

215.573.3927 Fax

www.design.upenn.edu

Rachel Denby is at MD DNR in the Monitoring and Non-Tidal Assessment Division. As part of her job, Rachel is a crew member that assists with the Maryland Biological Stream Survey (MBSS), all over the state. Through MBSS, they collect data on stream biota (mostly fish), water and physical habitat quality, and geomorphology. Rachel also assists with mussel surveys that take place largely in Harford County and with processing macroinvertebrates with microscopes. During her CCC year, she will also focus on restoring the Blackbanded Sunfish in Maryland, an endangered fish, by developing partnerships and assisting with stream data entry, analysis, interpretation, and presentation.

Ellen Woytowitz will provide support for the USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center with the Baltimore Urban Waters Partnership (BUWP), a federal initiative that aims to reconnect urban communities to their waterways. Her capstone project will determine if a relationship exists in the Gwynns Falls watershed between water quality constituents, specifically bacteria and total suspended solids, and proposed factors of influence including climate, land use, sewer overflows, infrastructure repairs, Best Management Practices (BMPs), and socio-economics & demographics. This analysis will help BUWP stakeholders determine if investments in restoration and compliance for stormwater permits, sewer overflow consent decrees, and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) have produced desired improvements in water quality. Additionally, Ellen will assist with fieldwork and data processing for the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) and Baltimore Streamflow Gage Network and Water Quality Real-Time Networks in greater Baltimore and D.C.

Jake Leizear will work with the Chesapeake Conservancy for the next year, focusing on improving access to green spaces and the Patapsco River in Baltimore and raising awareness of and engagement in the Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition. Through this Coalition, the Chesapeake Conservancy works with partners such as the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks to advance urban wildlife conservation, public access, and environmental opportunities in Baltimore.

Corinne Griffith is working with the Prince Georges County Public Schools, over at the Schmidt Outdoor Education Center.  Her role is to facilitate and lead school groups in a unique outdoor education experience.  This includes taking children out into the elements and educating them on a diversity of topics, including: stream ecology, forest ecology, and pollination.  She is a specialist in the first grade program, but also helps across grade levels.