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UF urban and regional planning students Leslie Brown and Jarrell Smith are among 20 talented graduate students selected to participate in the 25th annual Eno Future Leaders Development Conference June 4-8 in Washington D.C. This conference will prepare the graduate students for a career in transportation by allowing them to meet with top government officials and learn how […]

On March 27, DCP’s tour with Dean Anumba made its way to Jacksonville. It was a great time meeting alumni and friends at the reception. Thank you to our title sponsor, Haskell, as well as to our associate sponsors, Carlton Construction, Inc. and Emerald C’s Development.   To view the photos from the event, visit

Congratulations to our 2017 Distinguished Alumni! Architecture Paul O. Robinson BDES 1988, M.ARCH 1993 Paul O. Robinson attended university in music theory, served a 5-year apprenticeship in the atelier of a master industrial patter-maker and subsequently began studio Paul O Robinson. He earned a master’s degree from the SoA in 1993, at which time he

During the Spring 2017 semester, the college’s schools and departments each held award ceremonies to honor and recognize faculty, students, alumni and friends. Below is the listing of the top awards recipients. Architecture: Lifetime Achievement Award Carl Abbott, BA 1959 Distinguished Service Award Alberto Alfonso, MAARC 1983 Young Architects Design Award Brent Linden, BDES 1998

DCP Doctoral Student Lesa Lorusso has been invited to feature her multi-sensory environments (MSE) Dementia research at the AIA National Convention on Architecture 2017 in Orlando April 27-29. “The AIA is quite selective in choosing presenters at its annual conference, which is expected to draw 20,000 attendees,” Assistant Professor of Interior Design Sheila Bosch stated. “Lesa’s research

DCP doctoral candidate Ali Komeily was recently named a co-winner of the Smart Cities Student Hackathon, organized by Collaborations to ENable TRansitional cyberinfrastructure Applications (CENTRA) and held in Benton Hall on UF’s campus. “In this 23-hours-long hackathon, I decided to develop a product which can help both public and private sectors,” Komeily stated. “The core product

Architecture graduate studio instructors Bradley Walters and Lisa Huang came up with a new way to teach studio. Walters and Huang wanted their students to work hands-on with real construction materials in a studio setting.  Doing so would give student’s valuable insight on how the materials function in practice. “Students need to understand the weight and gravity of

Four landscape architecture students volunteered their time to help make a UF Health patient’s design for a rock garden come to fruition. Thanks to the help from landscape architecture students Joey Amodo, Nathania Martinez, Christopher Nelson and Breana Ross, Dan Angeles’ design is featured through May 31 at the Harn Museum’s Asian Rock Garden. Angeles,

  On March 31 at UF’s Harn Museum, the annual Edward D. Stone, Jr. Lecture Series featured SWA CEO and DCP Alum Gerdo Aquino. Los Angeles-based SWA is an award-winning global practice operating on the leading edge of landscape architecture, urban design and planning. “I am really honored to be here at the University of

Twenty-eight University of Florida alumni were awarded this year’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award and two DCP alums were among the honorees at Emerson Alumni Hall on April 7. Chris Berger, MHP 2010, the city of Gaithersburg, MD’s Historic Preservation Officer, and Brittany Culbreth, BSBC 2006, Emerald C’s Development, Inc.’s owner, were honored at the 2017