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News8.15.2017

Nagel delivering presentation in in the Chapel of Thanksgiving

M Arch Student Presents at Association for Community Design Conference

Avi Nagel M Arch ’19 presented at the 40th annual Association for Community Design (ACD) conference in June in Dallas, Texas. Nagel’s presentation, “NYC Million Trees, and an Open Urban Forest,” used the TreeCensus open-source database and asked for ideas on pairing cloud-based GIS integration with community participation to create more transparency in selecting planting locations. The Spitzer School of

News8.2.2017

M Arch Students Present to Staten Island AIA

On June 15, students from the spring second-year M Arch I studio shared their work with the Staten Island chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Along with Professor Fabian Llonch, students presented their own projects, pointing to the great potential of the Staten Island’s Stapleton and Tompkinsville neighborhoods as sites of increased traffic and growth.

News7.15.2017

Class of ’17 WX Women Executives in Real Estate Scholarship Recipients

Six architecture graduates from the class of 2017 were awarded the prestigious WX Women Executives in Real Estate Scholarship. Congratulations to Bachelor of Architecture students Cindy Santamaria, Justyna Drozdz, Peiying Jiang, Vionna Wai, and Wei Ying Zhang, and Master of Architecture student Kathleen Bender! The WX Scholars Program’s goal is to encourage and support bright and talented young women pursuing careers

News6.13.2017

Book by Gutman Wins International Award

Professor Marta Gutman has been recognized on an international level for her urban history, A City for Children: Women, Architecture, and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850–1950 (University of Chicago Press, 2014). The Society of Architectural Historians awarded the book the 2017 Spiro Kostof Award, given to interdisciplinary studies of urban history that make the greatest contribution

News6.6.2017

photo: graduation line-up in Spitzer School Gallery

Spitzer School Class of 2017

The Spitzer School congratulates the class of 2017! On June 2, nearly 100 graduates were awarded degrees of Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Planning. Continuing students winning awards and scholarships were also recognized at a separate award ceremony on June 1.

Alumni5.30.2017

photo: Noshin Apurba (left) and Nusrath Faruq (right)

Alumni Give Back

A conversation with Noshin Apurba and Nusrath Faruq Spitzer School alumna Noshin Apurba (BArch ’15) and her sister, former SSA student Nusrath Faruq, created the SK Rahman and Salina Begum Scholarship for Minority Women in Architecture at the Spitzer School. Elizabeth Christian M Arch I ’17 recently spoke to Noshin and Nusrath about the scholarship,