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UF ADMINISTRATIVE MEMO FROM: Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President SUBJECT: College of Design, Construction & Planning Dean I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Chimay Anumba as Dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning effective August 1, 2016. Dr. Anumba received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds […]

For the fourth consecutive year, landscape architecture students from the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning have won top state awards in the Florida Association of Native Nurseries (FANN): “Real Landscapes Design Competition,” for the use of Florida native plants. Only this year, the students swept all three categories in the competition! The annual

Landscape architecture students traveled to Indonesia in the beginning of March, where they met with city officials and collaborated with students from the Institute of Technology in Bandung (ITB), working on a master plan for the City of Pangkalpinang. “We focused on flood prevention, education awareness and ecological recovery on our project,” said Dan Zhu, who is a URP postdoctoral

Congratulations to the 25 DCP alumni that made the second annual Gator100, the list of the top 100 fastest-growing, Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world. This year, the College of Design, Construction and Planning was third among all UF colleges in the number of alumni on the list. The Gator100, which recognizes and celebrates

UNESCO WORLD FIELD LABORATORY Miami 2016 Sea Level Rise and the Future of Coastal Settlements February 28-March 12th 2016 The UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Quality and Urban Culture (UNESCO Chair) with the Consortium for Hydro-generated Urbanism (CHU) University of Florida are co-organizing a two week international workshop examining specific problems of sea level rise

In remembrance of Edward D. Stone, Jr., the Department of Landscape Architecture held its annual lecture last Thursday. The event began with a plaque unveiling, commemorating Stone and featuring the donors who made the endowed lecture series possible. Afterwards, the 2016 featured speaker Laurie Olin presented his lecture at the Harn Museum.

Last Tuesday, the Rinker School of Construction Management held its Spring 2016 Career Fair in the O’Connell Center.

The Public Symposium “Modern Architecture as Place-Making in Florida” was held at the The Historic Thomas Center, on Sunday, February 7, 2016, with around 75 in attendance. The symposium was organized by  Vandana Baweja, Assistant Professor, School​ of Architecture; Martha Kohen, Professor, School of Architecture, University of Florida; and John Nemmers, Archivist for the Architecture

Resumes were exchanged, interviews were conducted and high hopes for landing a job were in sight as DCP students packed the Straughn Center during last Saturday’s Third Annual Career Fair.

DCP held its Ninth Annual Research Symposium last Thursday, where more than 40 faculty members presented and discussed their research throughout the day.  Later that evening, the event concluded with a reception, which included awarding the winners of the 2016 poster session: 1st place: Lauren Stubbs, doctoral student in landscape architecture 2nd place: Beth McGee, doctoral student