Urban Planning and Design

SOM's Marilyn Jordan Taylor to head Penn School of Design (Centre Daily Times)

16 May 2008

The first female chair of the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has been chosen as the new dean of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design.

Penn hires dean for its School of Design (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

16 May 2008

The University of Pennsylvania has chosen Marilyn Jordan Taylor, one of the few female powerhouses in the field of architecture, to succeed Gary Hack as dean of its prestigious School of Design.

Mayor releases report on road design standards (Lincoln Journal Star)

16 May 2008

Mayor Chris Beutler released a road design task force report that recommends the city consider simplified and less costly designs for some road projects in order to stretch available funds.