By Mia Alfonsi On the morning of Oct. 4, as part of the University of Florida Homecoming celebration weekend, guests gathered at the M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Construction Management to welcome the newest members of the Construction Hall of Fame. DCP Dean Chimay Anumba, Rinker School Director R. Raymond Issa and University of Florida […]
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The historic Porters neighborhood was the recent recipient of a 2019 American Planning Association Florida Project Award of Excellence for its “Neighborhoods as Community Assets” project. The award was the result of a collaboration between the City of Gainesville and the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning. The research initiative, one of
On Tuesday, September 17, the Florida Resilient Cities (FRC) team, led by multiple DCP groups, held a community meeting in Port St. Joe, a small city on Florida’s panhandle, to kick-off a yearlong partnership studying long-term resiliency as the city and Gulf County continue to recover after 2018’s Hurricane Michael. Participants included community leaders, residents,
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By Rosa Medina The College of Design, Construction and Planning is proud to announce Beth McGee, Interior Design Ph.D. student, as the recipient of the 2019 Polsky Academic Achievement Award for outstanding research dissertation. The ASID Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award recognizes undergraduate or graduate students contributions to interior design through print or digital communications.
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By Mia Alfonsi The College of Design, Construction and Planning kicked off the fall semester with another successful Fall Premiere. Students gathered in the Architecture Building’s Atrium to learn more about how to get involved with DCP’s clubs and organizations. Notable staff such as Dean Chimay Anumba and Associate Deans Abdol Chini and Margaret Portillo
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Landscape Architecture students worked hard to design and build a tiny environmental area, or TEA garden, and a rake shack outside the Architecture Building.
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Alumni Profile – Jim Mitchell, BBC ’83, Construction Management Jim Mitchell is the Chief Operations Officer for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Fla. and has been with the Kravis Center for 28 years. As COO, Mitchell manages the operations and development of the Center’s physical facilities, construction
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How do we design and provide appropriate home modifications to an increasingly diverse population with different mobility and accessibility needs? Examining a person-centered approach to addressing such needs, a multidisciplinary team, led by Dr. Sherry Ahrentzen from the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, is developing and testing a Virtual Reality (VR) tool — named CODY,
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Whether you graduated from the College of Design, Construction and Planning or you see the value of hiring our graduates, there is a connection to the college that cannot be overstated. To strengthen that bond, we are excited to launch the DCP Engagement Program. Our college wants to create meaningful engagement opportunities for our alumni
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Fresh off a visit to Atlanta, the DCP Team hopped on a plane afterward and headed to Los Angeles for our annual visits to alums on the West Coast.
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