Aaron Rand, an alumnus of The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, gifted the college $30,000 to help students in Spitzer School’s Bachelor of Architecture Program. A total of $25,000 of the gift will be used to establish The Elan Ganeles Endowed Scholarship Fund, and $5,000 will
The Climate Lighthouse Project, an interdisciplinary venture led by City College of New York atmospheric scientist Jimmy Booth, is the recipient of a three-year $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to help communities bearing the brunt of climate change. The funding is part of a $10 million DoE largesse to 10 innovative Climate
The Seaside Institute has bestowed the 2025 Seaside Prize upon Prof. June Williamson and her writing and research partner Prof. Ellen Dunham-Jones. Williamson is director of Graduate Architecture at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. Dunham-Jones is the director of the master’s in urban design at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
Prof. Laura Wainer is to participate in the newly created Urban Design Forum Global Exchange. The fellowship, themed “Big Swings,” will build bridges between leaders in New York and other cities taking “big swings” at their housing crises. Born in Argentina, Wainer is known for her academic work on the intersection between housing policy, design
Let’s celebrate the incredible achievements of our B Arch students during the Spring 2024 semester! Through a fruitful collaboration with the office of the Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, NYCEDC, and Bronx AIA, Hunt’s Point/Longwood has been reimagined. Michael Goldblum, representing the Bronx Chapter AIA, has completed the second annual Bronx design studio, working
Discover “Aleia,” an immersive outdoor installation by Assistant Professor Jerome Haferd, now open at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem! Featuring a stunning woven canopy adorned with paintings by local students and artist, Thomas E Heath, this project came to life with the help of talented CUNY students and alumni. Haferd also recently co-founded the new