News Archives - The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

News7.26.2023

Spatializing Reproductive Justice receives 2023 Graham Foundation Grant

Spatializing Reproductive Justice, a traveling exhibition exploring the spatial, legal, and social logistics of reproductive healthcare access in the US after Roe v. Wade, is the recipient of a 2023 Graham Foundation Grant. Building on the work of design studios taught at CCNY SSA, Columbia GSAPP, and Syracuse University in Fall 2022, the exhibition will

News7.26.2023

Fall 2022 61100 Zihao Zhang Christopher Martinovic I Module4 Drawing 6 1080

Landscape Architecture Gains STEM Status

On July 12, the Biden administration announced that landscape architecture has been designated a STEM discipline, recognizing the high degree of science, technology, engineering and mathematics coursework required in landscape architecture collegiate programs. This new designation is expected to result in more young people being introduced to the profession and to allow programs such as the

News7.20.2023

Prof. Zhang Awarded PSC-CUNY Research Funding

We are pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Zihao Zhang has received a $6,000 Cycle 54 PSC-CUNY Research Award for 2023-2024 to conduct a research project on robotic cultivation, in collaboration with co-PI computer scientist Professor Susan L. Epstein from Hunter College and The CUNY Graduate Center. The research is titled “Robots in the Garden:

News7.20.2023

MLA Student Is Youth Speaker at UN Forum

MLA Student Participates as Youth Speaker at UN

Rising second-year Master of Landscape Architecture student Paul Stout, aka @‌talkingcities on Tiktok, was an invited speaker at the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at the United Nations. As an urbanism content creator, he was there to give the youth perspective on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Paul’s remarks, delivered on July

News7.13.2023

A Semi Destroyed Building Standing Amongst Rubble, Located In Antakya, Turkiye. Photo Ingrid Woudwijk

Turkey and Syria after the Earthquakes Panels Co-curated by Prof. Ali Höcek

Join CARRRE — Collective Action for Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience — for two panels (Sat. July 22 and Sat. July 29) on “Turkey and Syria after the Earthquakes” co-curated by Professor Ali Höcek. The panels are free and held both virtually and in person with partners AIA New York | Center for Architecture and Salt Online (Istanbul). “Turkey and

News7.12.2023

Ifeoma Ebo Joining Full-Time Faculty

Ifeoma Ebo will join the Spitzer faculty as a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor of design, sustainability, and landscape architecture in fall 2023. Ifeoma is a Nigerian American, Brooklyn-based designer, architect, artist, urbanist, and planner with a proven track record of transforming urban spaces into platforms for equity and design excellence. In her 20-year career, she