Associate Professor Sean Weiss is the new chair of the Department of Architecture at CCNY’s Spitzer School of Architecture. He began his three-year term on July 1, succeeding Professor June Williamson. As Dean Gutman stated in the spring, “I extend my appreciation to Sean Weiss for standing for election as chair of the Department of
Spitzer alumna Rose Salane (MUP’20) is featured in a new Art21 film, part of the award-winning digital film series, New York Close Up. Tune in to “Rose Salane’s Lost & Found” on July 13, 2022 at 12PM ET at Art21.org or on Art21’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/art21org. Notably, Rose Salane’s installation 64,000 Attempts at Circulation
Dr. Laura Sara Wainer and Jerome Haferd will join the full-time faculty of the Spitzer School starting in fall 2022. Laura Sara Wainer will join the Spitzer faculty as a tenure-track assistant professor of architecture and urbanism, teaching in the undergraduate architecture studios in fall 2022. Dr. Wainer is an architect, urbanist, and development specialist
Dr. William Brinkman-Clark will join Spitzer as a visiting scholar during the fall semester, brining his interest in “Movement, Change, and Fixity in Contemporary Architectural Thought and Pedagogy.” While at Spitzer, he will assist in consolidating a pilot program for a transdisciplinary studio between UNAM and Spitzer, interview Spitzer and other CUNY faculty on their
Dear Spitzer community, I am very pleased—really, the better word is thrilled—to share this excellent news with you: Dr. Michael Miller is the new interim associate dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture! Michael is an experienced college-level administrator and a proven, innovative leader who loves the Spitzer School and is dedicated to its mission;
Jesse McCormick and Mariana Righi have been selected as the inaugural Spitzer Fellows, to be in residence at Spitzer during the 2022-23 academic year. McCormick will work on “Speculative/Unspeculative: Land Banks in New York State,” while Righi’s project is “Construction of a Concrete-Foam Structure Using Recycled EPS Formwork, Computer Vision, and Robotic Fabrication.” McCormick received