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News2.14.2022

SSA Faculty Receive Research Grant for Growing Food with Robotics

We are excited to announce that Professors Zihao Zhang and Christian Volkmann, in collaboration with Professors Zhigang Zhu (Computer Science at CCNY) and Susan Epstein (Computer Science at Hunter College), have received the 2022 CUNY Interdisciplinary Research Grant for Growing Urban Food with Robotics. The team’s proposal, “Synergistic Agriculture: Innovative Robotics to Grow Food in Urban

News2.13.2022

Deadline Extended for Post-Professional Program Applications

Applications are still being accepted for our Master of Science – Architecture and Urban Design graduate programs! New applications for these programs will be reviewed on a rolling basis into the spring, with May 1 being the last day to apply for Fall 2022. MS in Arch: Applicants must hold a NAAB-accredited professional degree in

News2.12.2022

Spitzer Alumni Named AIA NYS Honor Award Recipients

Join us in congratulating SSA alumni Willy Zambrano (BS. Arch ’90 B. Arch ’92) and William Gati (B. Arch ’82, MUP ’84) for being named 2021 AIA New York State Honor Award Recipients. Their dedication to our profession, and our next generation, is acknowledged through their achievements. Willy Zambrano was presented with The Matthew W.

News2.11.2022

Spitzer M.Arch Student Featured

Third-year M. Arch student Pedro Cruz Cruz’s article on the street vendors in Corona Plaza was published as the main feature on Urban Omnibus, a publication of the Architectural League of New York. This piece grew from his research in the year-long Masters Unit 25, Building Culture, which combined ethnography with speculative design practices. Pedro

News2.11.2022

Spitzer MLA Student Published in The Journal of Peasant Studies

Congratulations to first-year Master of Landscape Architecture student, William Thomson, for publishing a peer-reviewed article. You can read “From Silk to Concrete: Exploring the Socio-spatial Aspects of the Agrarian Question(s) in Mount Lebanon”, in The Journal of Peasant Studies, a leading journal in the field of rural politics and development. Abstract from the journal: Research

News2.11.2022

SSA Chief Librarian on Diversity in Her Profession

Spitzer’s chief librarian, Nilda Sanchez-Rodriguez, published a blog entry about her research on advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion within the library profession. Her findings reinforce the need for measures to maximize workplace diversity through support-staff mentoring, guidance, and recruitment. Noting that the CUNY librarian workforce has yet to be as ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse