This year’s Spring Sciame Lecture Series, themed Radical Black Space, brings together architects, preservationists, planners, artists, and historians of color at a precipitous moment in time. The ongoing Movement for Black Lives demands that Americans from all walks of life confront racism, white supremacy, white privilege, and their impact on constructed environments, and understand the
Marta Gutman, on behalf Spitzer, recently initiated a generous donation to the Harlem non-profit organization While We Are Still Here (WWSH). “It’s so important to support the on-the-ground endeavors of groups like WWSH. They are taking the lead, and we need to do all that we can to facilitate their work,” says Dean Gutman. The
Spitzer B. Arch alumnus, Alex Nizhikhovskiy, recently made partner at award-winning architecture and interiors firm, The Turrett Collaborative (TTC). The Globe Newswire reports, “with a passion for mentorship and education, Alex Nizhikhovskiy has been a member of the TTC team for over eight years. Alex is a licensed architect in the state of New York,
SSA is proud to join in DEII’s national partnership to increase faculty diversity in architectural, planning and design studies. Spitzer is now officially a partner school of the Dean’s Equity and Inclusion Initiative (DEII) and plans to become a contributing member to support this nationwide initiative, which aligns with Spitzer’s own mission – to change
January 18 was the last day to submit your proof of vaccination to return to campus for the spring semester. For other COVID safety related protocols and return-to-campus information, please visit www.ccny.cuny.edu/return-campus. From the CCNY COVID-19 Updates Page: REMINDER: USE OF EXCELSIOR PASS and CCNY V-22 STICKERS has been SUSPENDED! Please refer to the
Could suburban strip malls be the solution to Massachusetts’ housing shortage? — Spitzer chair, June Williamson, says YES. “I’m an ardent advocate for the transformation or retrofitting of the unsustainable and non-resilient, sprawling, inefficient and increasingly obsolete suburbanized landscapes of Northern America,” said Williamson at a (MAPC) Metropolitan Area Planning Council meeting. New research recently