News | Program Updates SBE Welcomes New Director Lisa Sundahl-Platt The UF College of Design, Construction, and Planning is excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Lisa Sundahl-Platt to the SBE Director position starting today. Since August 2019, she has been serving as an Assistant Professor of Interior Design and Research Faculty at the Florida
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News | MISD 2025-26 Cohort SBE Welcomes Our 2025-26 Graduate Students (Listed alphabetically by surname) Marian Aburam Hometown | TBAEducation | TBA Pat Boatman Hometown | Tampa, FLEducation | Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science Charlie Hutchison Hometown | Palnackie, Great BritainEducation | TBA Oluwasegun Joel James Hometown | Lagos, NigeriaEducation | Master of Science
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News | Student Recognition SBE Students Present Sustainable Development Research at International Conference Jourdan Friedlander and Thelma Morgan, graduate students in the Master of Integrated Sustainable Development program at the School of Building Environment (SBE), recently showcased their practicum research at the ISARC-CSCE/CRC-MOC 2025 Conference in Montreal, Canada (July 28–31, 2025). MISD Student Researcher | Jourdan Friedlander Jourdan’s research
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News | Program Update Celebrating Our Graduating MISD Students: Champions of Sustainable Innovation The SBE Program is proud to celebrate the achievements of our MISD graduating students whose groundbreaking research is shaping the future of sustainable development. Their dedication, creativity, and commitment to real-world impact were showcased through their final projects. Here’s a look at
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News | MISD 2024-25 Cohort SBE Welcomes Our 2024-25 Graduate Students (Listed alphabetically by surname) Jenny Basantes Hometown | Fort Myers, FL & Arlington Heights, ILEducation | Bachelor in Applied Science in Management and Organizational Leadership Sustainability and Green Management (St. Petersburg College, FL); TEFL Certification (FGCU Fort Myers, FL); AS in Architecture, Construction, and
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News | MISD 2023-24 Cohort SBE Welcomes Our 2023-24 Graduate Students (Listed alphabetically by surname) Marcela Cardenal Hometown | Miami, FLEducation | Bachelor of Science in Construction Management (University of Florida) Emily Ellingsen Hometown | Tallahassee, FLEducation | Bachelor of Science in Sustainability & the Built Environment (University of Florida) Adriel Jimenez Hometown | Miami,
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News | Program Update SBE Launches the Master of Integrated Sustainable Development (MISD) Graduate Degree The SBE Program is proud to announce our brand new Master of Integrated Sustainable Development (MISD) program. Available for the first time in Fall 2022, MISD is a 1-year, 30-credit, on-campus sustainability graduate degree offered within the College of Design,
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News | Town & Gown Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq & Gainesville, FL, USA Extend Sister City Agreement Bahar Armaghani, SBE Director, has long been a leader in promoting a more sustainable and equitable built environment. But did you know that she’s also a local community member who helped to inspire and facilitate the unique connection between
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News | Town & Gown SBE Faculty & Students Support the UF Climate Action Plan (CAP) In 2008/2009, SBE Lecturer & Change Agent, Hal Knowles, served as a project manager for the original UF Climate Action Plan (CAP) Version 1.0 while working at Sustainable UF as a graduate research assistant. Today, both Hal and SBE
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News | Alumni Recognition SBE Alumnus David Wasserman on AI in Planning David Wasserman, AICP, M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning (2014) and B.S. in Sustainability and the Built Environment (2013), has published an article in Planning Magazine on artificial intelligence, “The Art of Learning by Example | Planning for a future when computers can
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