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Monday, April 15, 2019

Architecture Students Present Research at Undergraduate Research Symposium 

Three Architecture students participated in the 10th annual Undergraduate Research Students’ Association (URSA) Research Symposium on April 5. Michael Travis and Allie Ward, 3rd-year students, and 5th-year student Katie Lamb gave 15-minute presentations about their…
Architecture student Allie Ward presenting at the URSA Undergraduate Research Symposium
Friday, April 12, 2019

Landscape Architecture Students Give Back to Local Bike Nonprofit 

Students in the Landscape Architecture program have partnered with local nonprofit DreamBikes to volunteer their time and design knowledge to design signage for the DreamBikes shop and investigate repurposing nearby land. DreamBikes places bike shops…
Signage created by Landscape Architecture students for local nonprofit DreamBikes
Monday, April 8, 2019

Pop-up Museum Tells Story of Student Experiences through Archeologists’ Excavation 

Prof. Brian Ambroziak and students, in conjunction with McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture,  displayed a pop-up museum titled “1-452: Embodied Sphere Project” (ESP) in Circle Park on Apr. 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
Students in inflated pop-up museum
Friday, April 5, 2019

Lidwin to Explore Architecture Around the World this Summer 

Mike Lidwin, a 4th-year Architecture student, received the 2019 Aydelott Travel Award for his proposal titled, “Breaks in the Border.” The Aydelott Travel Award, which started in 2016, provides funding for students to study four…
2019 Aydelott Travel Award winner Mike Lidwin
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Brag + Blues Set for April 29 

Faculty, staff and students: Come celebrate at Brag + Blues, April 29! Come together to celebrate the end of another spectacular year!  Everyone in the college is invited to come celebrate at Brag + Blues,…
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Akerman Named Dudley Faculty Scholar 

Architecture Assistant Professor Jennifer Akerman has been named the 2019-2021 James Johnson Dudley Faculty Scholar. Akerman’s research and creative work proposal, Living Architecture: Hybrid Ecologies in the Built Environment, challenges the “virtue of the architect’s…
Profile Picture of Jennifer Akerman
Friday, March 29, 2019

Graphic Design Students Design for Big Ears Festival 

Seniors in the Graphic Design program partnered with AC Entertainment to design posters for Big Ears Festival 2019, and one student’s design was printed as a limited-edition poster sold only at the festival. Led by…
Alexa's Final Design of Big Ears Poster
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Dean Hosts Open-Forum Discussions with Students  

Dean Scott Poole has begun hosting open-forum sessions with students in the college to address issues and work toward better awareness and appreciation for each other.  The sessions, called Dean’s Student Forum, are opportunities for…
Students at the open house
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

UT Hosts Architect of Smithsonian Museum Sir David Adjaye in Public Lecture April 15 

Sir David Adjaye OBE will present a lecture on April 15, hosted by the College of Architecture and Design.  The lecture will be held in the auditorium of the Student Union located at 1502 Cumberland…
Sir David Adjaye headshot
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Freedom by Design and Local Elementary School Partner for Design/Build Project 

Our community service student group Freedom by Design is helping a local elementary school design and build an unusual little library for use by the school and community. Students in Freedom by Design, a program…
Freedom by Design's proposed design is illustrated in this image.

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