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Gibbs College of Architecture Students Participate in Immersive Studio at Taliesin West

June 24, 2026

In May, students from the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture's Architecture, Environmental Design, and Interior Design programs participated in an intensive five-day Studio in Residence at Taliesin West, the iconic winter home and desert laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright.

June 26, 2026

Gibbs Interior Design Student Wins National Lighting Design Competition

Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.

Read article: Gibbs Interior Design Student Wins National Lighting Design Competition

June 25, 2026

Gibbs College IQC Director Publishes New Book on Black Women Artists

Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.

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Gibbs Interior Design Student Wins National Lighting Design Competition
Gibbs College IQC Director Publishes New Book on Black Women Artists
Gibbs College of Architecture Students Participate in Immersive Studio at Taliesin West
Interior Design Partners with MA+ Architecture for Elementary Education Environment Studio
Gibbs Construction Science Professor Begins Term as ASC President
Gibbs College Celebrates Service of Associate Dean for Research and External Engagement
Gibbs College Hosts 2026 Graduate Student Showcase
Architecture Student Receives National Award of Merit
Emeritus Professor Named Recipient of National Leadership Award
Gibbs Design in Action Awards Announce 2026–2027 Student Projects
OU IQC Recognized in Kansas City's Byways Report
Gibbs Staff Member Receives Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award
Design-Build Project Honored at ACSA Architectural Education Awards in Chicago
Gibbs College Associate Dean Receives Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring
OU Architecture Faculty Honored with Award for Research and Creative Excellence

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2026

Gibbs Interior Design Student Wins National Lighting Design Competition
Gibbs College IQC Director Publishes New Book on Black Women Artists
Gibbs College of Architecture Students Participate in Immersive Studio at Taliesin West
Interior Design Partners with MA+ Architecture for Elementary Education Environment Studio
Gibbs Construction Science Professor Begins Term as ASC President
Gibbs College Celebrates Service of Associate Dean for Research and External Engagement
Gibbs College Hosts 2026 Graduate Student Showcase
Architecture Student Receives National Award of Merit
Emeritus Professor Named Recipient of National Leadership Award
Gibbs Design in Action Awards Announce 2026–2027 Student Projects
OU IQC Recognized in Kansas City's Byways Report
Gibbs Staff Member Receives Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award
Design-Build Project Honored at ACSA Architectural Education Awards in Chicago
Gibbs College Associate Dean Receives Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring
OU Architecture Faculty Honored with Award for Research and Creative Excellence
OU Construction Science Professor Receives Campus-Wide Collaborative Research Award
Gibbs Alumnus Brings People-Centered Design to the International Stage
Gibbs College Welcomes New Senior Director of Development
Gibbs College Professor Advances Global Study of Shared Architectural Patterns
Architecture Professor’s Self-Built Housing Research on View in Gould Hall
Current PhD Student Named Community Development Director for City of Shawnee
IQC Director Named Finalist for 2026 PROSE Award
Gibbs Professors Win National Studio KIN Pitch Night Competition
Architecture Professor Selected for 2026 National Humanities Center Summer Residency
Landscape Architecture Student Wins ASLA Merit Award for Urban Redevelopment Thesis
Combined CNS & ARCH Team Wins 3rd in National NAHB Competition
Gibbs College Alumnus Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
Spring 2026 Design Studio Exhibits Work at OU School of Visual Arts
Graduate Architecture Students Explore Dallas City Hall and Downtown on Two-Day Field Trip
Sunny Andrews Promoted to Principal at Miles Architecture
Miles Architecture Promotes Rachel White to Principal
Remembering Robert L. Wesley
Gibbs Professor of Practice to Guest Lecture at Harvard, Honored for Indigenous Economic Development Leadership
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum Breaks Ground on Expansion Project
Graduate Student Awarded 2025 APA Foundation Scholarship
University of Oklahoma Faculty Win National ACSA Design-Build Award
PLAD Professor's Book Named Finalist for Prestigious ASALH Book Prize
Landscape Architecture Students Tackle Campus Stormwater with Green Infrastructure

2025

OU Gibbs PhD Candidate Develops Certified Citizen Planner Program
Design-Build Team Places Third at International ASC Region 8 Competition in Dublin
Gibbs College Presents “Vollendorf in Oklahoma” Exhibition in Spring 2026
OU Students Reveal Full-Scale Furniture Designs at Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery
Faculty Publish Chapter in New Perspectives in Indoor Air Quality
OU Urban Planning Professor Selected as Co-Chair for National Planning Interest Group
Regional & City Planning Graduate Earns Prestigious National APA Student Award
Gibbs College Announces Inaugural 2025 Graduate Student Research Enhancement (GSRE) Awardees
Gibbs College Receives Strategic Equipment Award to Launch Mobile Urban Design Unit
Interior Design Student Reimagines the Workplace, Wins IIDA Texas-Oklahoma Design Excellence Award
Gibbs College Hosts Panel on AI’s Growing Role in Education and Research
OU Planning Professor Chairs National Conference, Expands Program’s Reach
Architecture Professor Joins Multidisciplinary Panel on “What Dirt Is Not”
University of Oklahoma Hosts Inaugural Oklahoma Housing Supply Accelerator Coalition Event
Interior Design Professors Awarded ASID Grant
Architecture Professor Announces Publication of New Book
OU Students Partner with Sisu Youth Services to Create Outdoor Gathering Space
Remembering Walter Kolb
Jared Della Valle Delivers Inaugural Lemon Lecture on Community and Real Estate Development at the University of Oklahoma
New Educational Pathway Established: OCCC and OU Create Transfer Agreement for Environmental Design
Gibbs College Faculty Member Patents Smart, Energy-Saving Window Technology
OU Norman and OU Health Team Publishes Research on Virtual Reality Multisensory Environment
Architecture Student Wins AIA Dallas Student Design Award
PhD Student Receives ACCE National Housing Endowment Scholarship
Jack Crowley to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Oscar Concessao to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Bob & Sherry Faust to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Alison Hafar to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Donald MacDonald to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Gibbs College Announces 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees
Telesis Journal Invites Submissions due Nov. 14, 2025
Gibbs College Welcomes New Assistant Professors
OU Professor’s Research Published in Journal of Cities
OU Design+Build Partners with WildCare Nonprofit, Named Finalists for Land Rover Defender Service Awards Grant
Gibbs College Hosts Associated Schools of Construction Faculty Bootcamp
University of Oklahoma Welcomes Assistant Professor of Construction Science
OU Architecture Student Journal Earns National Recognition
University of Oklahoma Welcomes Assistant Professor of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design
Gibbs College Honors Faculty and Staff During 2025 Awards Ceremony
OU Landscape Architecture Student Frank Hicks Selected for Prestigious LAF Ignite Program
Online M.S. in Sustainable Architecture Student Interviewed for OU Online Blog
University of Oklahoma American School Exhibition Featured in LA Times
University of Oklahoma Construction Science Sets the Standard in Student Competitions
Provoking Genius: William “Bill” Murphy, 1940-2022
OU Urban Design Alumna Presents at the Barcelona Livable Cities Conference 2025
OU Journal Receives 2025 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals
Landscape Architecture Graduate Student Speaks at Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference in OKC
City of Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, and University of Oklahoma Awarded Grant for Safe Streets Action Plan
“We Need to Know What Oklahoma is Doing”: National Recognition for OU’s Planning Program
OU Planning Student Named Inaugural Ralph Ochsner Fellow
OU Interior Design Students Receive Awards from the Oklahoma Interior Design Coalition
OU Architecture Students Honored with Design Scholarships
OU Faculty Explore the Legacy of Mickey Muennig in Big Sur
Interior Design Director Receives Prestigious Logan Award
OU Architecture Professor Selected for 2025 Scholar Cohort Addressing Housing Equity
OU Students Celebrate Opening of Pavilion Designed for Sisu Youth Services
OU Planning Students Collaborate with Local Non-profit
Gibbs College Dean Hans E. Butzer Offers 2025 Commencement Address
OU Architecture Alumnus Honored with Prestigious Awards
OU Student Journal Telesis Releases “Unfold” (Vol. VII)
Tactile Toys Challenge Architecture Students to Rethink How We Play
Double Your Impact: Support the Legacy of the American School at Gibbs College
Professor Stephanie Z. Pilat Accepts Dean Position at the University of Cincinnati
Building Tradition: MA+ Architecture on Giving Back to Gibbs College
Gibbs College Students Crowned Mr. & Miss Indigenous OU
Eco-Sooner Team Wins Top Honors at Global Sustainability Competition
Architecture Students Explore NYC During Field Trip
OU Student Double-Majoring in Architecture and Philosophy Honored as Outstanding Senior
Landscape Architecture Students Testify at OBA Board Meeting
Gibbs College Hosts 2025 Graduate Student Showcase
OU Architecture Professor Named President’s Associates Second Century Presidential Professor
Landscape Architecture Students Visit Seminole Nation Museum
OFFICIAL Wins AIA Oklahoma Design Award for Riverhills Residence
Oklahoma’s WxFORGE Coalition Submits Invited Proposal to NSF Engines Program to Pioneer Extreme Weather Resilience
Alumni Feature: Smitha Radhakrishnan, Executive Vice President for Planning & Development and Maintenance, Tampa International Airport
OU Architecture Professor Talks to Dezeen about Brutalism in Washington, DC
Gibbs College Dean Talks to Urban Land Institute, Reflects on OKC National Memorial
WATCH: Remembering The Past, Inspiring The Future: Building on the Legacy of the Oklahoma City National Memorial
30 Years of Remembrance: Architect Hans E. Butzer reflects on the Oklahoma City National Memorial
Gibbs Ph.D. Student Awarded Nancy L. Mergler Dissertation Completion Fellowship
OU Urban Design Alumna Contributes to National APA Award-Winning Plan
OU Architecture Faculty’s Firm Included in Exhibition at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture
First-Year Architecture Student Work Exhibited at the National Weather Center
Gibbs College to Host Goff Chair Kiara Gilmore for Public Lecture
Gibbs College to Host Goff Chair Jack DeBartolo for Public Lecture
University of Oklahoma Landscape Architecture Program Earns Reaccreditation
“Creating Waves” Exhibition Explores Legacy of American School Architect James H. Fox
OU Gibbs College Class of 2025 Outstanding Seniors Announced
Architecture Professor Publishes Research on Carbon-Neutral Design
Landscape Architecture Professor Honored with 2025 CELA Faculty Excellence in Service Learning Award
OU Architecture Professor Awarded OCAST Grant
Leadership in the Built Environment Seed Funding Recipient Announced
Exploring Architectural Spaces for Art in Houston: A Graduate Studio Experience
OU IQC Director Publishes New Book, Talk to Be Held April 13
OU Construction Science Student Teams Win Big at Competitions in Dallas-Fort Worth
IQC Placemaking Conference Slated for Spring 2027
OU Gibbs College Professor Honored with “Graddy” Award
First-Year Interior Design Students Present Midterm Mobile Projects
Gibbs College to Host Goff Chair Nathalie Miebach for Public Lecture
Architecture Alumna’s Project Featured on Cover of “House Beautiful”
2025 Charles W. Graham Gala Raises Record-Breaking Funds to Support Student Travel
Simon Allford, Founding Director of AHMM, to Lecture at Gibbs College
OU Faculty Member Wins International Design Competition
OU Landscape Architecture Students Reimagine UCO Child Study Center Playground
Architectural Sketches Exhibited at Shevchenko Museum
Interior Design Professor’s Paper Published in Sustainability Journal
“Do Not Try to Remember” Exhibition Opens in San Francisco
Award-Winning International Designer Satyendra Pakhalé to Lecture at Gibbs College
OU Alumni Firm Named to The Architect’s Newspaper’s “Twenty to Watch” List of Rising Residential Architects
“Do Not Try to Remember” Exhibition Explores Renegade Architects Who Transformed Bay Area Design
2025 Goff Lecture Series Schedule Announced
Davis Furniture Sponsors Furniture Design-Build Studio at the University of Oklahoma
Planning Students Partner with Taft, Oklahoma to Develop a Zoning Framework
Environmental Design Practicum Students Engage OKC Nonprofit
Amber Wiley Named Director of the Institute for Quality Communities at the University of Oklahoma
OU Professor Appointed to AIA National Building Performance Committee
Gibbs College Announces 2025 Cocktail Napkin Sketch Competition

2024

Alumni Highlight: Michael Mann, Environmental Design
PLAD Professor Publishes Open Access Textbook on Sustainable Transportation
OU Researchers Co-Author Chapter on Refugee Housing and Well-Being
Gibbs Ph.D. Candidate Publishes Research on Housing and Women’s Care Roles During COVID-19
OU Associate Director of Planning Shawn Schaefer Announces Retirement
OU Faculty Create Oklahoma Housing Needs Assessment
Remembering Ben Graves
OU Construction Science Student Team Wins First Place at International Competition in Dublin, Ireland
OU Chapter of NOMAS Student Group Invited to the White House
Telesis “The Essence” (Vol. VI) Now Available!
OU Architecture Professor’s Firm Awarded Route 66 Centennial Grant
2024 Gibbs College Celebration Banquet Recognizes Scholarship Recipients, Alumni Achievements
OU Architecture Faculty Places in International Tree House 2024 Design Competition
“Capital Brutalism” Exhibition Co-Curated by OU Professor Reviewed by The Wall Street Journal
OU Ph.D. Candidate Receives APA-OK Annual Award for Outstanding Plan
Gibbs College of Architecture’s Outré West Symposium Highlights Rich History of the American School of Architecture
Telesis Journal Announces 2024 Call for Submissions on Theme “UNFOLD”
University of Oklahoma Student Studying Indigenous Homes in Ecuadorian Amazon
OU Construction Science Professor Publishes Research on Digital Twins for Predictive Maintenance in Buildings
Gibbs College Faculty Featured in Metropolis for Community-Centered Design Work
OU Construction Science Professor Elevated to CSI College of Fellows
Gibbs College Announces 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees
Arnold Henderson to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Charles Robert Goins to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Kenneth Franklin Robson to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Gibbs College to Host “Outré West Symposium,” Architectural Tours October 17-18
OU Interior Design Professor Supports Wellness Initiative for Early Childhood Educators
Regional and City Planning Student Wins Ed McClure Award for Best Master’s Student Paper
Gibbs College to Host Goff Chairs Carey Lyon and Ian McDougall for Public Lecture
Gibbs Students Build Greenhouse for Charter School Students
Gibbs College to Host Goff Chair Lawrence Scarpa for Public Lecture
Get Featured! Gibbs College Invites Students, Faculty, Staff & Friends to Feature their Work
Remembering John Hurtig
Remembering John Robison
Gibbs College Announces 2024 Faculty & Staff Award Recipients
OU Architecture Celebrates Grand Opening of “Outré West” Exhibition
OU Architecture Professor Publishes Book on Disability in Architecture
Gibbs Professor Publishes Book on Hans van der Laan’s Architectural Philosophy
American School Team Tours Goff’s Ford House
University of Oklahoma Kicks Off American School Oral History Project
Gibbs Students Collaborate on Installation for Upcoming “Outré West” Exhibition
OU Architecture Faculty Opens “Outré West” Exhibition at Oklahoma Contemporary
Gibbs College Appoints New Director of PLAD Division
OU Architecture Faculty Co-Curate Outré West Exhibit at Oklahoma Contemporary
Architecture Professor Co-Curates Exhibition on Brutalist Architecture at National Building Museum
University of Oklahoma Architecture Takes D.C. Museum by Storm
Gibbs College Appoints New Director of Architecture Division
Regional and City Planning Professor Publishes Article in Journal of Planning Literature
Interior Design Professor Awarded Funding for VR Multi-Sensory Environments Research
Gibbs College Construction Faculty Featured in USA Today’s Home Warranty Guide
OU Institute for Quality Communities Hosts Atlanta BeltLine CEO for Insights on Community Development
Gibbs College to Host OU Alumni + Friends Reception at 2024 AIA National Conference
Gibbs College Appoints Associate Dean for Research and External Engagement
Landscape Architecture Student Honored with ASLA Merit Award
Gibbs College Celebrates 2024 Design Activism Awards
OU Architecture Professor’s Firm Included in Exhibition at the Center for Architecture
Writing the Route: OU Selected for National Humanities Center’s Inaugural “Being Human” Festival Exploring Complex Route 66 History in Oklahoma
Gibbs Professor Presents Research at International Conference on Urban Affairs
Gibbs Faculty Featured in Women in Historic Preservation Video Series
Regional and City Planning Professor Publishes Article in Journal of Public Policy and Marketing
Environmental Design Student Designs New Planting Beds Outside Gould Hall
Architecture Students Collaborate with National Weather Center
Construction Science Professor Receives Outstanding Educator Award
Gibbs College Dean Hans Butzer Receives Mayor’s Award From OKC Beautiful
OU Institute for Quality Communities Hosts Route 66 Placemaking Retreat
Architecture Professor Awarded OU Arts and Humanities Faculty Fellowship
Architecture Faculty Present American School Research at Book Launch Event
Gibbs Ph.D. Student Wins Second Place in Graduate College Poster Competition
PLAD Faculty and Former PLAD Colleague Publish Paper in APA Journal
Gibbs Graduate Students Win Second Place at TEXO Design Build Competition
Gibbs College Hall of Fame Nominations Open Through May 10
Atlanta BeltLine CEO to Visit Gibbs College and Share Insights on Iconic Urban Revitalization Project
University of Oklahoma Architecture Program Earns Re-Accreditation
Gibbs Faculty Awarded EPA Environmental Justice Grant
Remembering Norm Standerfer
Students Visit Taft, OK for Institute for Quality Communities Project
OU Eco-Sooners Team Selected as 2024 Solar Decathlon Finalists
Architecture Student Selected for SOM Global Shadowship
Gibbs Faculty Awarded Grant to Work With Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Gibbs Faculty Awarded Research Enhancement Funding to Pursue Projects
Architecture Faculty Named to D Home Best Architects in Dallas List
Gibbs College to Host Spring 2024 Career and Internship Fair
Gibbs College Alumni Honored with Global Design Award
Gibbs Interior Design Faculty Paper Published in IEEE Explorer
Gibbs Students to Help Yukon with Tree Canopy Plan
Inside the Gibbs Furniture Design Studio

2023

Institute for Quality Communities Westville Project Awarded TSET Grant
Architecture Alumni Win Best of Design Awards from Architect’s Newspaper
2024 Charles W. Graham Travel Study Gala Tickets On Sale Now
Architecture and Interior Design Faculty Win Warming Huts International Design Competition
Architecture Students Present at 2023 NOMA Conference
Gibbs College Sponsors 2023 Grassroots Women’s Peace Conference in Uganda
Gibbs Professor Awarded at Southwest Regional IDEC Conference
Landscape Architecture Students Attend 2023 National ASLA Conference
Architecture Faculty Publish American School Chapter in Scholarly Book
Interior Design Student Recognized as 2023 Outstanding Senior
Architecture Professors Awarded Gibbs Research Fellowships
Interdisciplinary OU Team Awarded Oklahoma Humanities Grant
Student Highlight: Landscape Architecture Students Study Abroad in Italy
OU Architecture Faculty Co-Organizing “International Conference on Heritage and Affect” in Fall 2023
University of Oklahoma Interior Design Program Earns Re-accreditation
OU Collaborative Project Featured in The Oklahoman
Interior Design Student Awarded at IDEC Conference
Affiliate Architecture Faculty Featured in Architect Magazine
Architecture Students Travel to Arkansas for Field Trip
Flintco Contributes to Braxton Byrd Memorial Scholarship
Architecture Faculty Opens “Brutal DC” Exhibition at Southern Utah Museum of Art
Architecture Faculty Invited to Speak at CityX Venice Biennale Event
Telesis Journal Announces 2023 Call for Submissions on Theme “The Essence”
Construction Science Students Lay Concrete for Fundamentals Lab Class
Gibbs Students Honored at OKASLA Annual Meeting
Firm Owned by Architecture Alumni Celebrates 70th Anniversary
OU to Host Art Institute of Chicago Curators for Public Lecture on Bruce Goff Exhibition
Architecture Faculty Selected as Dallas Architecture Forum Awards Finalist
Students from Peru Visit Gibbs College for Andes Housing Project
Gibbs College Supporter and Alumnus Recognized with Regents’ Alumni Award
Construction Science Faculty Named Co-PI on NCHRP Project
Architecture Professor Invited to Speak at OU Law Conference
Urban Design Alumnus Receives Proclamation from Mayor of Tulsa
Regional and City Planning Professor Testifies Before Oklahoma State Senate Panel on Housing
Landscape Architecture Faculty Engages with RestoreOKC in STEM Exercise
Gibbs College Announces 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees
Herb Greene to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Pat Eidson to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Gibbs College Appoints Interim Director of the Institute for Quality Communities
Gibbs Ph.D. Student Presents at International Geographic Union Conference
Gibbs Ph.D. Student Completes Summer Internship at DLZ Corporation
OU Urban Design Alumni and Society of Urban Design Students Team Up for Park(ing) Day
OU Architecture Faculty Successes Acknowledged at 2023 AIA Oklahoma Awards
Architecture Professor Receives AIA Lifetime Achievement Award
Architecture Faculty Receive AIA Oklahoma Honor Awards
Architecture Professor Receives AIA Community Service Award
Architecture Professor Receives AIA Outstanding Educational Contributions Award
Gibbs College Dean Hans Butzer’s Firm Receives AIA Oklahoma Awards
Architecture Faculty Invited to Present at AIA Oklahoma Conference
Construction Science Professor Supports Workforce Development as DOT Grant Team Member
Institute for Quality Communities Westville Project Moves Forward
OU Interdisciplinary Team Receives Funding from National Science Foundation
OU Interior Design Faculty Receive Seed Funding Grant
Architecture Design I Students Build Air Vessels
Interdisciplinary OU Team Awarded Funding to Study Color Maps and Risk Communication
OU Interior Design Faculty Present at Environmental Design Research Association Conference
Telesis “Adaptive Practice” (Vol. V) Now Available!
Urban Design Alumni See Plans for Collinsville Come to Life
Gibbs Ph.D. Student Awarded Center for Peace and Development Fellowship
City of Broken Arrow Adopts Vision from OU Urban Design Students
Gibbs College Announces Gould Hall Renovations
Gibbs College to Host Fall 2023 Career and Internship Fair
OU Institute for Quality Communities Announces Leadership Transition
OU Launches Online Sustainable Architecture Graduate Program
Gibbs College Honors Faculty and Staff During 2023 Awards Ceremony
Regional and City Planning Professor Featured in IEDC Webinar
OU Gibbs College Announces New Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design
OU Landscape Architecture Alumna Featured in ASLA Publication
Donor Spotlight: Larry Hopper
Remembering Howard Alan
New Review Praises Book Edited by OU Architecture Professor
Landscape Architecture Officially Classified as STEM Discipline
Gibbs College to Host Thomas Kang for Public Lecture
Gibbs College to Host David Logan for Public Lecture
Gibbs College to Host Chadwick Allen for Public Lecture
Gibbs College Appoints Associate Dean for Academics and College Administration
Gibbs College Appoints Interim Director of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design
Gibbs College Announces 2023 Goff Lecture Series
Gibbs College to Host Jonathan Tate for Public Lecture
Gibbs College to Host American School in California Event
Gibbs Students Travel to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West
OU Gibbs College Hosts Annual Design Camp
OU Urban Design Placemaking Collaboration Unveils New Pergola in Tulsa
OU Architecture Faculty Serves as Panelist for California Lawyers for the Arts Symposium
OU Interior Design Faculty Receive Seed Funding Grants
Architecture Professor and Student Receive Prizes From OU Carceral Consortium
Alumni Highlight: Breah Page, Architecture
OU Urban Design Alumnus Designs Largest State Capital in India
Gibbs College to Host Goff Chair David J. Lewis for Public Lecture
OU Center for Peace and Development Now Accepting Fall 2023 Fellowship Applications
Gibbs College to Host OU Alumni + Friends Reception at 2023 AIA National Conference
OU Environmental Design Students Create Reuse Concepts for Historic Jewel Theater
Remembering Jerry Merriman
Now Hiring! Gibbs College Invites Applications
Gibbs College Dean Hans Butzer’s Firm Shortlisted for Global War on Terrorism Memorial
Alumni Highlight: Raymond Harris, Architecture
OU Architecture Professor Invited to Judge AI-Themed Competition
OU Regional + City Planning Faculty Chairs National Panel on Equitable Development
Gibbs College Ph.D. Student Honored with OU Graduate Teaching Award
OU Architecture Faculty Announce Release of New Book
OU Construction Science Students Build Greenhouse Outdoor Classroom for OKC Public School
Gibbs College Celebrates 2023 Gibbs Design Activism Awards
OU Research Team’s Plan for Federal Funding Allocation Approved by U.S. H.U.D.
Architecture Students Design Cultural Center in Iran for Studio Project
OU Architecture, Interior Design to Welcome 3 Faculty Fellows in Fall 2023
OU Architecture Professor Displays Historic Georgia Courthouse Exhibit at Auburn University
OU Eco-Sooners Team Wins Award in 2023 Solar Decathlon
OU Regional + City Planning Professor Quoted in the Wall Street Journal
Interior Design Freshmen Visit Rivermont Independent Living
Interior Design Faculty and Graduate Student Present at I.D.E.A. Symposium
Architecture Faculty Serves on AIA COTE Top Ten Technical Jury
Gibbs Students Travel to Dallas for Interdisciplinary Field Trip
Gibbs Ph.D. Student and Interior Design Professor Awarded Research Enhancement Funding
OU Architecture Lecturer Receives 2022-2023 ARCC King Medal
OU Architecture Alumna Receives AIA Young Architect Award
Interior Design Division Hosts Career Prep Workshop
OU Architecture Students Tour Fort Worth Architecture, Museums
OU Construction Science Professor Receives Campus-Wide Engaged Teaching Award
OU Interior Design Professor Receives Campus-Wide Collaborative Research Award
OU Construction Science Professor Receives Campus-Wide Outstanding Service Award
OU Interior Design Student Selected for Metropolis Future100 Program
Student Highlight: Melisa Seward
Regional + City Planning Students Publish Op-Eds On Planning Issues
OU Institute for Quality Communities Hosts Biennial Placemaking Conference
Regional + City Planning Professor Interviewed For KOSU Podcast
OU Environmental Design Student Publishes Op-Ed in OKC Free Press
OU RCPL Faculty and PhD Student Present Community Engagement Practices to MetaFund
Regional + City Planning Student Publishes Op-Ed about Transportation Inequities
PhD Student Honored with Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Excellence in Teaching Award
OU Landscape Architecture Instructor Awarded Funding for Research Project
Gibbs Design Activism Award Project on Display in Bizzell Memorial Library
Gibbs Professor Awarded Junior Faculty Fellowship
Alumni Spotlight: Jason O’Rear
OU Architecture Professor Issued Patent for Facade Design to Reduce Air Pollution
OU Urban Design Alumni Attend 2023 State Planning Conference
Alumni Highlight: Zach Punnett, Construction Science
Homelessness Research Yields Results for Statewide Program
University of Oklahoma Faculty to Give American School Lecture at Auburn
Landscape Arch. Studios Host Community Event In Perkins, OK
University of Oklahoma IQC Director Selected for Place Based Justice Network’s BIPOC Leadership Collective
Arch. Professor Awarded OU Arts & Humanities Forum Public Fellowship
OU Eco-Sooners Team Selected as 2023 Solar Decathlon Finalists
Fall 2022 OU Architecture Design Award Winners Announced
LA Student Work Featured In Sooner Magazine
Arch. Professor Lectures on BRUTAL DC Project at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Arch. Students Use Artificial Intelligence to Design Building Proposals
Arch. Faculty Leads DeafSpace Design Charrette with Jeffrey Mansfield
LA Faculty Invited to Speak at Panel Hosted by University of Georgia
RCPL Faculty Presents Lecture at UT City Forum
Dr. Santina Contreras Presents Kuhlman Lecture
Gibbs Students Win 1st Place at Design-Build Competition
Gibbs Students Participate in Napkin Sketch Competition
Gift to OU Will Preserve American School Legacy, Create New Positions
2023 Charles W. Graham Travel Study Benefit Dinner Raises Record-Breaking Scholarship Donations
OU Architecture Alumnus Named Architectural League of New York Emerging Voice
Dr. Bryce Lowery Elected to Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Governing Board
Collaborative Project Between OU and University In Peru Awarded Grant
Gibbs to Host OSU Professor for Economic Development Discussion
Alumni Highlight: Purvi Patel, Regional + City Planning
Architecture Faculty Receive National Course Development Prize
Gibbs to Host Master’s in Regional and City Planning Virtual Open House
Gibbs College Faculty Honored with National Publication Award
PhD Student and Gibbs Faculty Advisor Publish Paper in Sustainability Journal
RCPL Faculty Collaborates with SDSU Faculty to explore Food Security
Gibbs Faculty Receive Health, Well-Being and the Built Environment Seed Grant Funding
Interior Design Professor Awarded Research Enhancement Funding
Gibbs Teaching Fellow Awarded Research Enhancement Funding
Architecture Professor Awarded Research Enhancement Funding
Gibb’s PhD Student and CNS Faculty Awarded Research Enhancement Funding
Alumni Highlight: Grace Olaleye, Construction Science
RCPL Alum Publishes Guide in APA Zoning Practice
RCPL Program Works to Recruit and Support International Students
Skydance Bridge, Designed by OU Gibbs College Dean, Featured on USPS Stamp
University of Oklahoma City Planning Program Celebrates 75th Anniversary, Earns Reaccreditation

2022

Arch. Professor Honored with Award from American Institute of Architects
OU Furniture Design Studio Highlighted on KFOR News
Gibbs Professor Publishes Second Murder Mystery Book
Senior Director of Development to Join OU Foundation, Support Gibbs College
RCPL Prof. Speaks at Georgia Tech on New Publication
Gibbs Students Travel to Czech Republic for Design-Build Competition
The Gibbs Spotlight: Dr. Wanda Katja Liebermann
Arch. Professor Presents at ‘Are You a Model?’ Conference
OU Faculty Chosen to Determine Oklahoma’s Need for Affordable Housing
2023 Charles W. Graham Travel Study Benefit Dinner Tickets On Sale Now
Students Win Poster Competition at OU's GIS Day
Boyd Street Ventures Invests in New Technology Developed at Gibbs College
OU Interior Design Seniors Travel to Dallas
RCPL Faculty Publish Article on Nonprofits and Neighborhood Planning Processes
Upcoming Interior Design Furniture MAINSITE Exhibition
RCPL Alum and Colleagues Win Special Achievement in GIS Award
Interior Design Program Tours the New NOUN Hotel in Norman
Alumni Highlight: Michael McKelvy, Environmental Design
Arch. Faculty Member Presents at SESAH 2022 Annual Conference
Interior Design Student and Alumna Receive Award from OIDC
Interior Design Participates in Annual ZeroLandfill OKC Event
Construction Science Student Recognized as Outstanding Senior
OU Center for Peace and Development Receives Renewed Carnegie Grant
Gibbs Students Attend National Organization of Minority Architects Conference
Arch. Faculty Member Attends Healthcare Design Conference
Arch. Students Travel to Arkansas and Kansas
Arch. Lecturer Installs Sculpture Suite in Columbia Regional Airport
RCPL Alumna Hired at Mosaic Community Planning
Gibbs Professor Lectures at Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture Bootcamp
Project Team of Gibbs Faculty Receive National Science Foundation Grant
Gibbs Faculty Nonprofit Design Firm Featured in Architect Magazine
Urban Design Students Survey Public to Inform Depot Design in Tulsa's Global District
Dr. Andrew Greenlee Gives Lecture to RCPL Students and Faculty
RCPL Faculty Awarded Big XII Faculty Fellowship
Construction Science Faculty Publishes Research on Strategic Plans
Gibbs College Alumnus Honored with 2022 Regents’ Alumni Award
Arch. Professor to Teach Study Abroad Program in Arezzo
GCA Announces New Inclusion Council Members
Construction Science Faculty Awarded Second Grant to Study Management of Bridge Construction Projects
Prof. Presents at 2022 Iowa Downtown Conference
Architecture Alumna Goes Global with Thoughtful Health Care Designs
Gibbs Affiliate Faculty Receives Grant for Maine Writer’s Cabin
Christopher C. and Ania Gibbs to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Harold Conner to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Robert Lawton Jones to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
RCPL Prof. Co-Authors Article on Potential GIS Applications for Immigrant Communities
Joseph Lee Rodgers Jr. to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Joe and Jayne Buskuhl to be Inducted into Gibbs Hall of Fame
Gibbs College Faculty Present at 2022 Oklahoma Housing Conference
CNS Prof. Presents on FORTIFIED Homes at OK Building Summit
Telesis Journal Announces 2022 Call for Submissions on Theme “Adaptive Practice”
Construction Science Students Build Greenhouse for OKC STEM Program
Architecture Professor Marks 35th Anniversary of Historic Preservation Course
Remembering Bill Shaw
Gibbs College to Host Goff Lecturer, Dr. Matthew Cohen on Oct. 3, 2022
Arch. Professor Shares Research at 2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference
Interior Design Faculty Publishes Article in Buildings Journal
Arch. Student Shortlisted in Modular Homes Design Competition
Gibbs College Announces Student T-Shirt Design Competition
Now Hiring! Gibbs College Invites Applications
Arch. Faculty Publish Special Issue on Inclusive Architecture Pedagogies
Gibbs College Reps Help Host National Brownfields Conference
PhD Student Receives ARCC King Medal
RCPL Prof. Publishes Article on Elite Hiring Networks in Planning
RCPL Director Publishes Article in Journal of Urban Affairs
Professor Keith Gåddie to Retire from the University of Oklahoma
RCPL Graduates Begin Their Careers in Planning
Arch. Faculty Receive AIA Dallas Design Awards
RCPL Prof. Authors Report on Tulsa’s Racial Wealth Gap
Telesis “Habitation” (Vol. IV) Now Available!
RCPL Faculty Publishes an Article on Asian Americans and Public Institutions
Interior Design Alumnus Recognized Among ASID Ones to Watch
IQC Completes Year-Long Project Serving Three Oklahoma Communities
Arch. Professor Publishes Article in Acoustics Today
OU Journal Receives Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals
OU Architecture Professor Publishes Book on Democracy
RCPL Researcher Supports State Goal to End Homelessness in Oklahoma
Gibbs College Honors Faculty During 2022 Awards Ceremony
CNS Student and Faculty Receive DBIA Support
RCPL Professor Interviewed on South Korean TV Program
Arch. Professor Recognized by City Lifestyle Magazine
Arch. Professor Develops Art Workshop in Zambia
PhD Student Presents Research at NCORE 2022
Landscape Architecture Professor Awarded NASA Funding
Remembering Braxton Byrd
OU Architecture Prof. Travels to Tunisia, Cataloging North African Architecture
OU Students and Faculty Help City of Spencer Plan for Growth
Arch. Lecturer Presents at Architects Association of Peru Roundtable
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Members Receive Seed Funding from the Institute for Community and Society Transformation
RCPL Prof. Publishes Article on Subprime Lending
Landscape Arch. Professor Receives Honorable Mention for EDRA Great Places Award
Alumni + Friends Reception to be Held in Chicago on June 22
Gibbs College PhD Student Participates in EAEC’s National Mentorship Program
IQC Hosts Summit on Walkability and Placemaking in Oklahoma Towns
Gibbs Alumna Named Vice President of Client Experience at RedTeam
Gibbs Graduates Receive Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards
RCPL Faculty Member Receives Grant from NYU Furman Center for Research on Community Land Trusts
CNS Professor Elected to ASC Board of Directors
Gibbs Alumnus Promotes the Connection Between Beauty and Wellness
IQC Partners Awarded Funding to Enhance Public Spaces and Walkability
Arch. Lecturer Presents at APA National Conference
Gibbs Design Activism Awards Program Announces 2022 Recipients
Muscogee (Creek) Tribal Town Futurity Exhibition at Gibbs College Concludes
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Announces 2022 Student Work Prize Recipients
Construction Science Team Presents Research at ASC Conference
OU Exhibition Catalogue Earns Honorable Mention for International Book Award
Arch. Teaching Assistant Wins Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Carceral Studies Consortium Graduate Fellowship 2022-2023
RCPL Alumnus Interviewed by The Oklahoman for Work Distributing Funding to OKC Businesses
RCPL Prof. Presents at Urban Affairs Association Conference
RCPL Prof. Receives Award for Research in Sewage Surveillance
Gibbs Professor Presents Keynote at Kansas State
Alumni Highlight: Anna Siprikova, Regional + City Planning
Arch. Student Designs and Fabricates Faucet Attachments for Gould Hall
Arch. Professor Receives General Education Award
Arch. Professors Submit Manuscript for Publication
Gibbs College Architecture & Interior Design Students Experience Rome During Spring 2022 Semester
Jesús Vassallo Presents Lecture on Housing Work
Graduate Student Publishes Op-Ed on Heatwaves in The Oklahoman
Gibbs Staff Member Wins Staff Senate Outstanding Performance Award
Arch. Lecturer Presents at the 2022 Nature of Cities Festival
IQC Project Featured in Washington Post Article About Tullahassee, Oklahoma
Alumni Highlight: Brent Wall, Landscape Architecture
Karen Kubey Presents Lecture on Collaborative Approaches, New Forms of Housing, and a New Kind of Architect
RCPL Professor Publishes on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Responses during Pandemic
Landscape Arch. Professor Elected to CELA Board of Directors
Architecture Prof. Presents Universal Design to Tulsa Commercial Realtors
RCPL Prof. Co-Authors Article on Food Services and Childhood Obesity
University of Oklahoma Presents “Muscogee (Creek) Tribal Town Futurity” Exhibition in Gould Hall April 11-15
RCPL Student Published Column in The Oklahoman on Homelessness
First Cohort of MCB Students Work Through Their Second Semester
RCPL Students Present to Tulsa Planning Office and Riverwood Stakeholders
Urban Design Students Test Designs for Sweeney Switch
Alumni Highlight: Vireak They, Environmental Design
Promise Fulfilled: Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Provide $1.1 Million in Matching Gifts for Endowed Faculty Positions in the Gibbs College of Architecture
Gibbs Alumni Promoted to Managing Partners at TAP Architecture
OU Institute for Quality Communities Helps to Organize Congress on New Urbanism in OKC
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Provides Seed Funding for "Writers Guild: Giant Steps" [PROJECT UPDATE]
Architecture Lecturer Presents on Informal Urbanization at AAG 2022 Meeting
RCPL Student Publishes Column in The Oklahoman on Oklahoma Marijuana Industry
Gibbs College Design+Build Program Featured in Cleveland County Lifestyle Magazine
RCPL Student Receives APA Women and Planning Division Scholarship
Architecture Student Published Column in The Oklahoman on OKC Streetlights
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Provides Seed Funding for “Against Carceral Feminism Oklahoma”
Student Team Earns Honorable Mention in EPA RainWorks Challenge
Remembering Ernest Edward Burden
Gibbs Design Activism Awards Program Accepting Proposals, Deadline Extended to April 29
The Gibbs Spotlight: Rebekah Curry
Vanessa Morrison Authors Column in The Oklahoman
Regional + City Planning Student from Russia Interviewed by OU Daily
Alumni Feature: Ralph Ochsner (Regional + City Planning)
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Provides Seed Funding for “The People’s Garden” at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center
Architecture Alumna Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
Passion for ‘Place’ Translates into Inclusive Approach to Supporting Communities
Telesis “Isolation” (Vol. III) Now Available!
Remembering Catherine Dwen Montgomery
OU Alumnus Inducted into 2022 AICP Class of Fellows
OU Masters in Construction Business Program Named #2 in Country
Architecture Alumnus Promoted to Principal of OKC Architecture Firm
The Gibbs Spotlight: Dr. Si Chen
Gibbs College Dean Hans E. Butzer Elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Landscape Architecture Students Collaborate with Rainbolt College of Education to Propose New Nature-Based Playground
Alumni Feature: Michael D’Amico
Gibbs College Students Compete in Design and Construction Competition in Orlando
Architecture Professor Receives Award to Attend Summer Workshop
OU Carceral Studies Consortium to Host Gathering on Feb. 23, 2022
Black History Month Feature: L. Quincy Jackson
Alumni Highlight: Chelsea Holcomb, Interior Design
PhD Student Awarded Fellowship from the Center for Peace and Development
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Announces Incoming Director
Architecture Student Receives Robert L. Wesley Award
The Gibbs Spotlight: Esin Pektas
RCPL Student Awarded WTS Scholarship
Remembering Kenneth Franklin Robson
Former Architecture Instructor Completes Education Campus in South Africa
Construction Science Research on Prefabrication Published in HUD’s Cityscape
Gibbs College Announces Spring 2022 Lecture Series

2021

Regional + City Planning Student Interns for City of Oklahoma City
Architecture Professor Appointed to State of Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission – IECC Technical Committee
IQC Hosts Community Meeting in El Reno
RCPL Kuhlman Lecture with Dr. Joel Mendez Now Available on YouTube
2022 Charles W. Graham Travel Study Benefit Dinner Tickets on Sale Now
Alumni Highlight: Erica Williams, Architecture
Architecture Professor Presents Paper on the Important Role of the Sandbox
Architecture Students Present Reconstructing Incarceration Exhibition at MAINSITE Gallery
Interior Design Professor Investigates the Effects of Photochromic Glass
RCPL PhD Student Passes AICP Exam
Architecture Professor Collaborated with City of Norman to Implement CPTED
The Trends of 2021
Carceral Studies Consortium Awards Grant to Dr. Sara Mata
Architecture Professor Appointed to ICC Subcommittee
Architecture Studio Travels to DC to Present Jail Redesign to State Department
RCPL Professor Researches and Teaches Course on Medical Marijuana in Oklahoma
Architecture Students Experience Norman through a Walking Tour
RCPL Alumnus Recognized as Mass Transit 40 Under 40
Mobile Medical Unit Project Featured in Sooner Magazine
Landscape Architecture Faculty Member Publishes Article
Interior Design Student Recognized as Outstanding Senior
RCPL Faculty Member Gives Keynote at Tulsa Food Security Council Annual Meeting
The Gibbs Spotlight: Matthew Crownover
Women in Construction Event Gives Students Hands on Experience Operating Equipment
RCPL Faculty and Student Publish Report on Non-Profits in Oklahoma
Construction Science Faculty Conduct Research on ICF Homes
Remembering Christopher C. Gibbs
Gibbs Faculty Member Presents New Technology at InterSolar Conference in Europe
RCPL Faculty Presents at APA Continuing Education Webcast on Diversity and Inclusion
Gibbs Alum Receives Governor’s Art Award
Architecture Students Assess Campus Accessibility
Alumni Highlight: Sonia Ramirez, Environmental Design
Architecture Students Design Housing for All Abilities in Norman
Director of Architecture Presents Talk on Fascism at Brown University
Student Team Places First in Region at Design-Build National Competition
Online Master in Construction Business Program Proves to be a Huge Success
IIDA ZeroLandfill OKC 2021 Event Saves 13 Tons of Material from Landfills
Gibbs PhD Awarded the Graduate Student Senate Research Grant
Alumni Highlight: Amanda Young, Architecture
RCPL Faculty Present on Whiteness at ACSP Conference
RCPL Guest Lecture by Dr. Miriam Solis (UT-Austin), “Sewers and Social Justice,” Available on YouTube
RCPL Affiliate Faculty Elected President of ACSP Interest Group
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Invites Applications for Faculty Director
Faculty Research Wins ACI Excellence Award
Gibbs Faculty Publishes Book on U.S. Supreme Court
Urban Design Student Collaborates with Tulsa Non-Profit
Award-winning technology developed at Gibbs College of Architecture achieves UL certification
Gibbs Students Awarded Scholarships at AIA Conference
Gibbs Professor Publishes Book of Sketches of Zambian Wheelbarrowers
The Gibbs Spotlight: Shawn Schaefer
Architecture Professor Presents to Oklahoma ACI
Upcoming Affordable Housing Lecture with Jesús Vassallo
Urban Design Students’ Plans for Placemaking Made Reality in Tulsa
Interior Design Professor Works to Help Oklahoma Teachers’ Wellbeing
Gibbs College Faculty Present at 2021 AIA Oklahoma Conference
Gibbs College to Host Virtual Celebration with Dr. Kathryn Anthony, AIA/ACSA Topaz Laureate
The Gibbs Spotlight: Sam Callahan
Gibbs College Hosts Neuroscience Lectures by Sergei Gephstein (Salk Institute) and Tiziana Proietti (OU Interior Design) October 7th
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Hosts “Grey Matter” Film Screening & Panel with CNN Hero Ellen Stackable on Nov. 4th, 2021
Gibbs College to Host Faculty Workshop with AIA/ACSA Topaz Award Winner, Dr. Kathryn Anthony
New Community Engagement Graduate Certificate Available
OU RCPL Affiliate Faculty Wins 2021 On the Brinck Book Award
OU Architecture Alumnus Announces Firm Rebrand
Gibbs College Student Journal Announces Call for Submissions
RCPL Student Offers Opening Remarks for “Food Odes” Installation
Dr. Bryce Lowery Collaborates with OUHSC Team to Publish Research
Beck Design Celebrates 40 Years
OU Alumnus Promoted to Principal at Omniplan
Gibbs Professor Named NCARB Scholar
Internship Workshop Series for Students
The Gibbs Spotlight: Ron Frantz
Gibbs College Announces 2021 Faculty, Staff Award Recipients
OU American School Architect to Exhibit ‘Collage Thinking’ at MAINSITE Contemporary Art
OU Alumnus Publishes Book on Bruce Goff
Urban Design Students Host Booth at Harrah Days
Virtual Oklahoma Planning Office Tour to be Held September 24th
Construction Science Alumnus Seeks to Patent New Design
Architecture Professor’s Universal Design Advocacy Work Featured in The Oklahoman
Remembering Vernon Dee Martin
IQC Collaborates with ACOG to Help Develop Three Oklahoma Communities
University of Oklahoma Student Journal Telesis awarded Graham Foundation Grant
IQC and OU Students Conduct Historic Preservation Survey for Okemah
The Gibbs Spotlight: Dave Boeck
IQC Hosts Quality Communities Retreat
Carceral Studies Consortium to Host Gathering on Sept. 20th, 2021
IQC Works with OU Interior Design Students to Design Afton Farmer’s Market
IQC and OU Students Develop Pathways for Growth for Tullahassee, Oklahoma
IQC Holds Park Workshop for Communities of Hollis, Lone Wolf, and Stroud
Architecture Professor Presents Adaptive Reuse Research at International Conference
Gibbs College Architecture Alumna Named to Northwest Arkansas “Forty Under 40”
RCPL Graduate Hired to Work for City of Newcastle
Regional + City Planning Professor Publishes Article on COVID-19, the Built Environment, and Social Vulnerability
Ideal Homes & Neighborhoods Announces New Wheelchair-Accessible Homes
First Year Architecture Student Wins Honorable Mention in National Competition
Alumni Highlight: Cameron Conyers
Architecture Associate Professor selected as an Architect Magazine R+D Award Winner
Alumni Highlight: Taylor Johnson
Alumni Highlight: Cameron Brewer
Interior Design Senior Receives the Oklahoma Interior Design Coalition’s Student Design Award
Construction Science Professor Recognized by Latinx Coalition
Gibbs Alumnus Featured for his Work on OKC’s First Americans Museum
Interdisciplinary Educational Research Published by OU Interior Design Professor
OU Architecture Professor featured in PBS News Hour Story on Greenwood Art Project
OU Regional and City Planning Assistant Professor Co-Authors Practitioner Diversity Climate Survey for APA
Junior Real Estate Ambassadors Envision the Future of Tulsa
Remembering Mickey Muennig
OU Architecture Program Welcomes New Faculty
University of Oklahoma Partners With Wichita and Affiliated Tribes on Mobile Medical Unit
GCA Students Participate in ULI Hines Student Competition
Vote for “Renegades” for 2021 CODAawards People’s Choice
Now hiring! Gibbs College seeks Assistant to the Directors
OU Architecture Students Team with Local Design Studio to Support City of Edmond
IQC Interns Create Streetscapes in the OKC Asian District
IQC Interns Develop Layouts for a Combined Police and Fire Public Safety Center in Langston
IQC Interns Partner with City of Edmond on Placemaking
IQC Interns Work to Improve Busy Midwest City Intersection
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Announces 2021 Student Work Prize Recipients
Now Hiring! Gibbs College Seeks Creating_Making Lab Manager
The Gibbs Spotlight: Dean Hans Butzer
OU Architecture Alumna Named VP of New Fire Native Design Group
Urban Design Student Presents Professional Project to City of Coweta
Construction Science Professor Publishes Book on Developing BIM Talent
OU Foundation Seeks Advancement Officer for Gibbs College of Architecture
“Planning with Diverse Communities” Students Publish Op-Eds
Architecture Prof. Honored with AIA Interior Architecture Award
Regional + City Planning Professor Presents Research at West Virginia University
Regional + City Planning Professor Interviewed in OU Daily
Architecture Professor Shares Environmental Stewardship Recognition
Architecture Professor Mentors Award-Winning Undergraduate Research
Carceral Studies Consortium Graduate Fellowship
Gibbs College Raises Over $17,000 for Nick Harm Memorial Travel Study Scholarship on Giving Day 2021
OU Architecture Faculty Earn Award for Excellence in Research, Design & Creative Expression for American School Project
OU Interior Design Student Appointed to Regional IIDA Board
Architecture Student Honored as University of Oklahoma “Student Employee of the Year”
Planning Graduate Student Honored with Advocacy Award
OU Architecture Assoc. Prof Publishes Acoustics Research in TAD Journal
OU Student Published in ByDesign
OU Launches American School Online Architecture Database with Support from the National Endowment for the Arts
Construction Science Crafts Mobile Medical Unit to Benefit Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
Give Today! April 13th is “Giving Day” at the University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Planning Faculty Serve as Guest Editors for Special JAPA Issue
Construction Science Faculty Awarded Grant to Study Management of Bridge Construction Projects
Gibbs College Architecture Faculty Donate Designs to Award-Winning Project
Regional + City Planning Professor Publishes Research on Asian Americans, Racialization, and Planning
Gibbs College Alumni’s Home Featured in 405 Magazine
RCPL Faculty Member Invited to Meet with West Virginia University Faculty Justice Network
Four Guest Lectures to Explore Italian Architecture During Spring 2021 Semester
Institute for Quality Communities Announces Community Engagement Fellowship Program, Applications Due April 26th
The Gibbs Spotlight: Jeason Li
“Renegades” American School Book Wins 2021 Oklahoma Book Award for Design
Architecture Professor Presents Acoustics Research at 2021 ACSA Conference
Regional + City Planning Students Placed in Jobs and Internships
Architecture Director Publishes Work in Journal of Architectural Education
Gibbs College Hosts Itohan Osayimwese Lecture, “What is Decolonial Architectural History?” on April 19
Gibbs College Seminar to Focus on Immigrant Architect Experiences
OU Regional + City Planning Faculty Affiliate Wins 2020 Beatrice Medicine Award
Gibbs College to Host Madison Swayne Lecture, “Environmental Justice Opportunities & Brownfield Redevelopment,” on March 31
Gibbs College to Host Steven Lewis Lecture (FAIA, NOMAC), “Architecture in the Age of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI),” on April 7
OU Architecture Student Named Inaugural Robert L. Wesley Award Recipient
OU Regional + City Planning Program Welcomes New Director
Gibbs College to Honor Prof. Nick Harm, Raise Funds for Travel Study this Giving Day
University of Oklahoma Community Donates over 130 Books to Incarcerated Women
OU Interior Design Student Wins 2021 ASID-OK Portfolio Competition
OU Alumnus Reflects on Bruce Goff’s “Spiral of Stone”
University of Oklahoma Alumnus Completes Highest Construction Project in the U.S.
University of Oklahoma Professor Publishes Research on Responsive Facades
OU Alumnus, American School Architects Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
Carceral Studies Consortium Announces Spring 2021 Micro-Grant Recipients
Construction Science Professor Invited to Serve as ENR Faculty Fellow
Architecture Faculty Member Publishes Research on Community Education & Recycled Wastewater
Gibbs College to Host Billy Fleming Lecture, “Design and the Green New Deal,” on April 13
Royal Institute of British Architects Elevates OU Alumnus to Fellow
Students Publish Vol. 4 of “_543: The OU Architectural Theory and Criticism Journal”
Undergraduate Carceral Studies Courses at OU
Latin American Architecture & Urban Development Guest Lectures Open to the Public
Gibbs College Welcomes Two New Staff Members
“Renegades” American School Book Named Finalist for the College Arts Association’s Barr Jr. Award
OU ‘Big Idea Challenge’ Funds Five Projects to Explore Solutions to Global Grand Challenges
OU Carceral Studies Consortium Announces Student Work Prize
Food Security in NE OKC: Continuing the Conversation
The Gibbs Spotlight: Robert L. Wesley (M.Arch 1963)
Gibbs College Hosts Jennifer Rittler, AIA, of Moody Nolan on Feb. 24, 2021
Gibbs College Dean Invited to Share Perspective on Memorialization Process in Las Vegas
OU Interior Design Professor Publishes Research in Architectural Science Review
Architecture Grad Student’s Project Selected for the 2020 AIA Emerging Professionals Exhibit
Architecture Professor Publishes Book Review in World Literature Today
Gibbs College to Host Student Town Hall Via Zoom on February 3rd
Remembering Bob Cornell, 1939 – 2020
Associate Professor of Regional + City Planning Interviewed about Food Security in NE OKC
The Gibbs Spotlight: Aujean Lee, Ph.D., Regional + City Planning

2020

Interior Design Students Honored by Oklahoma Interior Design Coalition
The Gibbs Spotlight: Paxton Little, Interior Design Student
The Gibbs Spotlight: Christa Woods, Interior Design Student
OU Alumni Contribute to Success of 2021 AIA Architecture Firm of the Year, Moody Nolan
OU Construction Science Graduate Student Collaborates on UN Hydropower Development Report
OU Architecture Professor Lectures During Acoustical Society of America Conference
Remembering Katie Wing, OU Urban Design Alumna
OU Architecture Professor Co-Presents “Culture of Creation” During International Congress on Ambiances
OU Construction Science Students Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity
OU Urban Design Students Design Movable Bathroom Fixtures to Explore Aging-in-Place Solutions
Lt. Orville S. Witt Jr. Collection
Remembering Charles Ward, 1924 – 2020
The Gibbs Spotlight: Jessica Langsdon, Regional & City Planning Student
The Gibbs Spotlight: Negar Matin, Interior Design Faculty
OU Environmental Design Student to Serve as Fall 2020 Convocation Representative
Remembering Robert L. (Bob) Faust, 1932 – 2020
University of Oklahoma Architecture Professor Named Finalist in UCSD Border Innovation Challenge, Receives Audience Choice Award
University of Oklahoma Construction Science Professor Invited to Serve on ENR Mentoring Panel
OU Landscape Architecture Alumnus Presents at ASLA Conference
“Renegades” American School Exhibition Reviewed in Journal of Architectural Education
University of Oklahoma Alumnus Named a 2020 LEED Fellow
Gibbs College Faculty to Present during “Understanding Inequity, Advancing Equity” Event, Dec. 7th & 8th
University of Oklahoma American School Archive Receives Significant Donald MacDonald Collection
The Gibbs Spotlight: Liz Romero, Interior Design Student
The Gibbs Spotlight: Melissa Park, Interior Design Alumna
Architecture Professor Lectures at Sapienza University of Rome
National Native American Veterans Memorial Opens on National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Architecture Professor Exhibits Drawings during “Art by Architects”
“Bruce Goff’s Design Vocabulary: A Synthesis of Music, Art and Architecture” Available at a Discount to OU Students, Faculty and Alumni
University of Oklahoma Architecture Student Wins AIA COC Student Design Award
OU Architecture Dean Awarded Two AIA COC Awards for Scissortail Park Café
Carceral Studies Conversations Podcast
Alumni Highlight: Avery Smith, Interior Design
Poetic Justice Call for Volunteers
The Gibbs Spotlight: Madison Hughes, Regional & City Planning Student
Architecture Professor’s Book Reviewed in “Architectural Record”
OU Researchers Develop 3D Printed Face Masks in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Architecture Students Present Canopy Ideas to Norman Parks and Rec
University of Oklahoma Architecture Professor Consults on Accessible Housing Development
Wishing Paul Dentiste a Happy 90th Birthday!
OU Institute for Quality Communities Welcomes New Associate Director
Gibbs College Student Journal Announces Call for Submissions
University of Oklahoma NOMAS Team Competes in National Design Competition
OU Center for Peace and Development Awarded Carnegie Grant
Irene Hwang to Serve as Fall 2020 Goff Chair of Creative Architecture
Chicago-based Art Collective Luftwerk to Serve as Fall 2020 Goff Chairs of Creative Architecture
OU Team Helps Raise Awareness of Mass Incarceration in Rio de Janeiro
University of Oklahoma Urban Design Students Help Envision Future of Greenwood
Architecture Professor Presents Research at Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture Conference
American School Featured on Cover of “College and Research Libraries News”
Environmental Design Student Work Featured in the “State of Retail 2020” Publication
Virtual Tours Support OU Architecture Students’ Sustainability & Resiliency Projects
University of Oklahoma Professor Releases Co-Edited Book Exploring “Affective Architectures”
University of Oklahoma Landscape Architecture Alumnus Plays Leading Role in $11 Million Park Project
University of Oklahoma Faculty Partner to Form Community-Led Think Tank
SOM Foundation Honors Gibbs College Alumnus Robert L. Wesley with Scholarship for BIPOC Students
OU Construction Science Offers Undergraduate Certificate in “Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Development”
Gibbs College Awards a Record-Breaking $238,000 in Scholarships
The Gibbs Spotlight: Daisy Muñoz, Regional & City Planning Student
University of Oklahoma Urban Design Student Wins Tulsa Parklet Design Competition
The Gibbs Spotlight: Sara Overturff, Construction Science Student
University of Oklahoma Planning Faculty Invited to Co-Chair National Conference Tracks
OU’s Gibbs College of Architecture Welcomes New Faculty Following National Searches
OU American Institute of Architecture Students Selects 2020 Teaching Excellence Award Winner, Sam Callahan
Landscape Architecture Professor Publishes Research on Engaging Youth in Placemaking
Architecture Professor Publishes Research on Using Virtual Reality Tools for Cultural Heritage Preservation
Herb Greene Teaching Fellow René Peralta Explores U.S.-Mexico Border in Three Summer Panel Discussions
OU Architecture Faculty Member Joins National Leadership Committee
University of Oklahoma Architecture Professor Collaborates to Publish Research on Fascist-Era Summer Camps
Diplomacy Lab Partnership Provides Students with Growth and Hands-On Experience in Their Roles as Architectural Professionals
American School Project Receives Recognition During U.K. Conference
Gibbs College Team Shortlisted in International Architecture Competition
Gibbs Institute for Quality Communities Engages In Tactical Urbanism at Gould Hall to Provide Fun Social Distancing Reminders
Gibbs College Faculty Honored with 2020 James L. Kudrna All-Around Faculty Award
Associate Professor Daniel Butko Awarded the 2020 Acoustical Society of America Rossing Prize in Acoustics Education
Gibbs College Staff Honored With 2020 Jerri Hodges Bonebrake All-Around Staff Award
Director of Construction Science Ben Bigelow Discusses Program’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Gibbs College Alumnus and Merriman Anderson Architects Founder Jerry Merriman Retires
Director of Landscape Architecture Leehu Loon Discusses Program’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Director of Regional and City Planning Charles Warnken Discusses Program’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Associate Professor of Architecture’s Consulting Work Featured in National Publications
New Books Added to the Gibbs College Library (August 2020)
Gibbs College Regional and City Planning Alumnae Featured by Fast Company
Director of Interior Design Elizabeth Pober Discusses Program’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Director of Architecture Stephanie Pilat Discusses Program’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Environmental Design Coordinator Ron Frantz Discusses Program’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Gibbs College Works to Ensure Safety this Academic Year
Gibbs College Interior Design Student and Faculty Advisor Win 3rd Place at National IDEC Video Competition
The Gibbs Spotlight: Kevin Mink, Landscape Architecture student
The Gibbs Spotlight: Michael Southard, Regional + City Planning Alumnus
“Native 101” Training to be Offered to Gibbs College Faculty and Staff on August 20, 2020
OU Alumnus Christopher C. Gibbs Recognized with Honorary Doctorate Degree
The Gibbs Spotlight: Alecia Buffington, Architecture Alumna
Remembering Jill Kozlowski
Regional & City Planning Students Collect More Than 800 Pledges to Complete 2020 Census
Gibbs College Faculty Receive Grant to Create Multidisciplinary Think Tank to Help Engage Local Community
The Gibbs Spotlight: Kimi Diedrich, Regional & City Planning Student
Regional and City Planning Assistant Professor Awarded Grant to Explore Systemic Racial and Gender Disparities in the Academic Research Enterprise
Scissortail Park wins Engineering News-Record Award in Landscape/Urban Development
Architecture Faculty Member Publishes Research on Climate Change Communication
Architecture Professor Shares Aging in Place Strategies with Occupational Therapy Graduate Students
Gibbs College and BlackSpace Oklahoma Host “Rethinking Education for a More Equitable World” Webinar
Gibbs Spotlight: Wenwen Cheng, Landscape Architecture
OU Herb Greene Teaching Fellow Investigates Transpacific Border Regions
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Releases Handbook on Designing Public Spaces for Young People
Gibbs Spotlight: Suchi Bhattacharjee, Interior Design
Architecture Student Donovan Linsey Reflects on AIA Committee on the Environment Competition
RCPL Faculty Member Publishes Article on Black and Latinx Planning Student Climate Study
Gibbs College Researcher Reviews Gould Hall Air Quality to Help Prevent Spread of COVID-19
The Gibbs Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Reyes, Construction Science
Gibbs College Hosts “The Role of the Arts and Humanities During a Pandemic” Webinar on July 23, 2020
Gibbs College Hosts “Safer During COVID-19: Ventilation, Technology and the Need for Resilience in Future Buildings” Webinar on July 9, 2020
Carceral Studies Consortium Newsletters
OU Regional and City Planning Professor Researches Issues of Race in COVID-19 Government Messaging
Gibbs College hosts “Public Space in a Time of Protest & Pandemic” Webinar on June 25, 2020
OU Professor Karlos K. Hill Partners with Vox Media on Documentary: “Why all Americans should honor Juneteenth”
Carceral Studies Consortium Issues Statement on Juneteenth and George Floyd
Gibbs College Hosts “Teaching Design Studios Online: Sharing Best Practices” Webinar on June 18, 2020
RCPL Faculty Awarded Grant to Examine Local Community Development and Advocacy
The Gibbs Spotlight: Rachel White, Architecture Alumna
Gibbs College Hosts “Schools of Thought” Summer Webinar Series on Pedagogy in Times of Change
The Gibbs Spotlight: Virginia Paiva, Urban Design Student
The Gibbs Spotlight: Ben DeCuyper, Architecture Student
Regional + City Planning Student Appointed to Oklahoma City’s MAPS 4 Advisory Board
The Gibbs Spotlight: Jessi & Marshall Stringer, Urban Design & Environmental Design Students
Gibbs College Hosts Online Convocation Celebrating Class of 2020
“Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture” Exhibition Available Online
Remembering Nickolas L. Harm
Urban Design Studio joins PPE Production
The Gibbs Spotlight: Erin Stanley, Regional + City Planning Student
Interior Design studio presents design recommendations for the National African American Jazz Legacy Museum
The Gibbs Spotlight: Sephra Kolker, Environmental Design Student
Construction Science Professor Interviewed about COVID-19 Impacts on the Construction Industry
Remembering Jim W. Sealy
The Gibbs Spotlight: Chanae Carter, Architecture Student
The Gibbs Spotlight: Haley Powell, Landscape Architecture Student
Gibbs College introduces “Gibbs Spotlight” Podcast Showcasing Student Voices in Planning, Design and Construction
Urban Design Studio Announces Inaugural Fellows
University of Oklahoma Architecture Students Design and Present Hyperloop Station and Housing Project to Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
Architecture Director Publishes New Book on Architectural Legacy of Fascism in Italy
Landscape Architecture Students Advance to Final Round of EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge
The Gibbs Spotlight Podcast: Kristi Saliba, Architecture Student
The Gibbs Spotlight Podcast: Patrick Barton, Construction Science Student
Architecture Professor Dave Boeck Continues to Engage Students in Rendering and Studio Course Amid Transition to Online Learning
Gibbs College Professors Honored with “Keiwit Best Journal Paper Award”
Gibbs College Professor Awarded COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Seed Grant Funding to Develop 3D Printed Respirator
Gibbs College Professor Named Editor of New Book Series
Gibbs College Alumni Make Ear Savers for EMSA Oklahoma during COVID-19 Pandemic
OU Faculty Member Participates in EDRA 51 Virtual Conference
Remembering Donald Price
The Gibbs Spotlight Podcast: Caroline Hofmann, Interior Design Student
OU Faculty Member Publishes Article About Providing Emergency Housing for COVID-19 Patients
OU American School Exhibition Featured in Domus
Coming Soon: Telesis 2.0: Metamedia
OU Institute for Quality Communities Offers List of Placemaking & Community Building Resources During COVID-19
Construction Science Students Tour Valero Refinery
Faculty Member Publishes Research on Student Experiences with Diversity and Climate
Graduate Student Publishes Op-Ed in City Sentinel
Design-Build Students Complete Project on Osage Forest of Peace Campus
Dr. John Arroyo Gives Public Lecture on Immigration Research
Remembering Jim Kudrna
Striving to Create a Place of True Belonging: A Message from the Academic Leadership
Construction Science Students Install Foundations for Collaborative Design-Build Project Benefiting the Osage Forest of Peace
Architecture Dream Course “Re-imagining a jail for Oklahoma City” Featured in The Oklahoman
Q&A With Architecture Student Kimberly Huff
“Schools of Thought” Conference Attracts Over 100 Educators to the University of Oklahoma from More than 50 Institutions to Explore Future of Design Teaching
Herb Greene and OU’s American School of Architecture featured in The Guardian
Interior Design Students Participate in ASID Oklahoma Chapter Student Day, Earn Recognition
GCA 2020 Career Fair a Success
GCA Ranks Among GradReport’s 2020 Best Bachelor of Architecture Programs
Carceral Studies Consortium to Host Educational Gathering for OU Faculty and Staff
Urban Design Alumnus, AIA Leader Advocates for Design Decisions in the Hands of Local Communities and Designers
Regional and City Planning Professor Speaks at Missouri State
Regional and City Planning Division to Host Public Lecture on “Shadow Suburbanism”
“Aging in Place” Event Draws Huge Crowd
OU Interior Design Students attend National IIDA conference
Regional and City Planning to Host Open House
Urban Design Alumnus Tapped to Lead USA BMX
Alumni Highlight: Jessica Hester
‘Reimagining a Jail for Oklahoma City’ Dream Course to be Offered Fall 2020
GCA Alum Wins Award for Multifamily Housing Project
Gibbs College Students and Alumnae Receive Grant from TYPros Foundation
Gibbs College of Architecture Alumna Andrea Gossard Named Among ENR Texas & Louisiana’s Top Young Pros
OU Alumnus Promoted to Partner at Integrated Architecture
OU Interior Design Studio Partners with National Jazz Legacy Museum
Gibbs College to Host Food Drive Competition Benefiting OU Food Bank
OU Urban Design Studio to Co-Host “Aging in Place” Event
OU Alumnus Promoted to Associate at PBK Architects
OU Libraries Announces Nine American School of Architecture Collections Available for Research
Bluebeam Highlights Construction Science Professor’s Innovative Virtual Field Trips
Center for Peace and Development to Host “Women Organizing for Peace” with Professor of Regional + City Planning
First Year Interior Design Students Visit Sites
Renowned Urbanist Richard Florida Visits Urban Design Studio
Renegades Exhibition Highlight: Michael Hoffner
Architecture Professor Earns PhD in Engineering with Active Building Facade Research
Architecture Professor Awarded Gibbs Research Fellowship
“Renegades” Opening Celebrated at Fred Jones on Jan. 23rd, 2020
Gibbs College Receives Art Works Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
Herbe Greene Teaching Fellow’s Lecture at OSU’s Knowlton School
Regional + City Planning Alumnus Featured by Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Beatriz Colomina to Lecture at Gibbs College of Architecture
‘Bruce Goff’s Design Vocabulary’ Available for Purchase
Regional + City Planning Professor Publishes Research in “City & Community” Journal

2019

OU Alumnus and Student Selected as Million Dollar Pool Challenge Winner and Finalist
Interior Design Professor Publishes Essays in Pakhalé Book “Culture of Creation”
GCA Students Present Final Projects to OKC Nonprofit ReMerge
Regional + City Planning Professor Speaks at Food Security Symposium
Maple Ridge Residents Excited by Urban Design Students’ Project
Urban Design Professor Celebrates Retirement
Q+A with Environmental Design Alumnus Sam Crabtree
IQC and Volunteers Construct Capitol Hill Pop-Up Plaza
Architecture Graduate Students Visit OU Armory Project
Rome Study Abroad Highlight: Scott Schlimgen and Claudia Cremasco
Institute for Quality Communities Hosts Mayors’ Institute on City Design
Fourth Year Architecture Students Win Fall 2019 Food Drive Competition
Herb Greene Teaching Fellow Moderates Digital Technology Q&A in Tijuana
Gibbs College Faculty Collaborate with Sangmyung University on Parametric Design Workshop
Director of Institute for Quality Communities to Serve as Featured Speaker During “Lessons Learned in Community Engagement: Building Reciprocity in Partnerships”
Q+A with Environmental Design Alumnus Gabe Sevigny
OU Institute for Quality Communities, Interior Design Highlighted by Oklahoma Municipal League
Interior Design Hosts Mentoring Event for 100+ Students
Assistant Professor Honored with AIA-Oklahoma Citation Award
Q+A with Landscape Architecture Alumna Kimberly White
Donor Highlight: Elizabeth Windel
Environmental Design Students Take Field Trip to OKC
Q+A with Urban Design Alumna Rebecca Blaine
ELECTRI International Releases Training Video Co-Produced by Construction Science Faculty
“Tectonic Entomological Investigations” Exhibition of Second-Year Architecture Student Work on Display at Fine Arts Library
Urban Land Institute-Oklahoma to Host Northeast Oklahoma City Food Security Symposium
Charles W. Graham Travel Study Dinner Benefit Tickets On Sale Now
Oklahoma City Council Adopts “Lynne Rostochil Historic Preservation Day” to Honor Preservation Advocate
Interior Design Program Highlights
Faculty Member Wins National Award for Best Paper on Global Planning Issues
Winner of Student Planning Association T-Shirt Contest Announced
Interior Design Student Association to Host Lunch and Learn
Donor Highlight: Haven Hardage
“Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture” Book Available for Pre-Order
Architecture Students Visit Arts Collective Factory Obscura
Donor Highlight: Dr. John Crowley
A Look Into “Building and Training,” an Exhibition of Work by Daniel Giles Helm
Interior Design Students Tour Homes Under Construction
Professor to publish book titled “Guide to the BIM Body of Knowledge: Metrics, KSAs, and Learning Outcomes for Developing BIM Talent”
Architecture Students to Present Work from Rome Study Abroad
OU Undergrad Earns Top Honors at Regional Conference
Director of Architecture Awarded Prestigious Bogliasco Fellowship
Environmental Design Program Highlights
Associate Professor of Architecture celebrates the grand opening of recent project
Interior Design Travel Study Experience Featured by Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Landscape Architecture Program Highlights
Landscape Architecture Students Tour OKC Sites
OU Professor Hosts Feminist Reading Group For Incarcerated Girls
Gibbs College Team Among Finalists in National Organization of Minority Architects Student Competition
University of Oklahoma Design Programs Rank Among Design Intelligence’s “Most Hired From,” “Most Admired” in 2019
Construction Science Students Tour Globe Life Field and Attend Fundraising Event
“Renegades” Exhibition of American School Work Opens at Texas A&M
GCA Team Places in Annual AIA Central States Student Design Competition
Interior Design Students Present Woodward Theatre Proposals
Gibbs College Project Gets CityLab Mention
Architecture Students Visit OU School of Dance, Equestrian Stables
RCPL Assistant Professor Publishes in Journal of Urban Affairs
Gibbs College Invites Applicants for Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape Architecture Faculty Positions (OPEN RANK)
Gibbs College Students, Faculty are “Rethinking Women’s Prisons”
Donor Highlight: Dotty Shaw Killam
Gibbs College Scholarship Recipients Recognized at Annual Luncheon Ceremony
Architecture Students Tour Texas Sites
Construction Science Program Highlights
Assistant Professor Publishes “Let’s Get Along: Strengthening Academic-Nonprofit Partnerships in Research” in AAPI Nexus Journal
OU Center for Peace and Development to Host “Student Reflections”
MLA Student Earns State-Wide Recognition for Research and Analysis
Assistant Professor To Publish Research in Landscape Research Record
Gibbs College to Host MFA Candidate Exhibition, “Building & Training”
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Scissortail Park Opens After 10 Years of Planning
Gibbs College Launches #IWill and #WeAre Campaigns
Meet the Gibbs College Communication Team
Urban Design Students Participate in Parking Day
Alumni Highlight: Subhashini Gamagedara
Art Showcase Featured at Architecture Library for Hispanic Heritage Month
Donor Highlight: Khoi Hoang
Meet the Institute for Quality Communities’ 2019 Graduate Assistants
Faculty Highlight: Pai Liu
Students Tour OKC, Learn About Diversifying Cities and Neighborhoods
Award-Winning GCA Student Journal Invites Submissions
Herb Greene Teaching Fellow Featured in San Diego Paper
Faculty Highlight: Renè Peralta
Interior Design Students Work With Historic Woodward Theater
Donor Highlight: Lee Beckman
Architecture, Painting Students Collaborate on “What Would Renegades Do?” Exhibition
Construction Student Association Releases Fall 2019 Tailgate Schedule
Assistant Professor Explores Work of Satyendra Pakhalé
Join Us for An Exploration of Bruce Goff’s Tulsa Club
Construction Science to Host Top Golf Event Before OU/TX Weekend
OU Alumnus Awarded Newman Medal for Acoustical Research
Urban Design Studio Helps Build 3D Model of Home for Injured Veterans
Gibbs College Advisor Serves as Headington Hall Faculty-in-Residence
Urban Design Students Kick Off Great Streets Project
RCPL Faculty Member Publishes Post-Conflict Research in “Gender and Development”
Join us for the 2019 Middle Eastern Architecture Film Series
“Justice and Urban Design” Published in The New Companion to Urban Design
Assistant Professor Receives $20,000 Grant from AGC of Oklahoma
Join Us for Diversity Ally Workshops
Architecture Alumnus Supports OU Center for Peace and Development
Reflections on “Women of NE OKC Photovoice Project” Published in Gender, Place and Culture
Assistant Professor C. Aujean Lee Publishes and Presents Research at International Planning Conference
Researchers Examine Muskogee Housing Market
GCA Faculty Attend United Nations Sustainability Conference
FJJMA Association to Host Day Trip to Price Tower
GCA Creates Herb Greene Teaching Fellowship
OU Team Presents at 2019 AIA National Conference
Center for Peace and Development Continues Peacebuilding Partnership in Uganda
Student Intern Highlight: Alice Calmon
Student Intern Highlight: Leslie Avila
Alumni Highlight: Jessica Brent
Student Intern Highlight: Brady Smith
Student Intern Highlight: Sonia Ramirez
Student Intern Highlight: Haley Powell
GCA Hosting “Schools of Thought” Conference on Design Pedagogy
Student Intern Highlight: Yashaswini R. Dasarapalli
“Renegades at Fred Jones” Opens Jan. 24, 2020
GCA Professor Featured on Science-Themed Talk Show
Remembering Arn Henderson
Student Intern Highlight: Ryan McNitt
Urban Design Alumna featured in Tulsa World
GCA Alumna Draws on RCPL Experience to Shape Community
Student Intern Highlight: Cody Poage
Students Explore Taliesin West During 8-Day Summer Course
Student-Built Playhouse Raises Funds for Org Helping Abused Children
Student Intern Highlight: Dalton Gilliam
Grad Students Develop Concepts for an OKC Persian Cultural Center
IQC Partners with Capitol Hill District to Build Public Plaza
GCA Students’ Design Adopted by Osage Forest of Peace
College of Architecture Earns National Award
Alumnus Selected to Exhibit Research at Oslo Architecture Triennale
GCA Professor Presents Research at National Conference
GCA Alumnus’ Firm Awarded for Preserving Historic Dallas
GCA Offers STEM OPT-Approved Degree Programs
Urban Design Studio Students Working to Improve B.S. Roberts Park in Tulsa
GCA Student Awarded “Best Student Portfolio”
Urban Design Studio Work Featured in Tulsa World
First-Year Architecture Students Travel to Tulsa
Alumni Highlight: Dr. Angela M. Person
Director of Architecture Juries Student Design Competition at University of Nebraska
Alumnus Accepted into Highly Selective “Tulsa Remote” Program
Faculty, Alumnus Present Storm Water Infrastructure Research
Students Publish Vol. 3, Issue 2 of “_543: The OU Architectural Theory and Criticism Journal”
Faculty and Students Visit Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Urban Design Studio Celebrates 30 Years
“Invisible Eve” by World-Renowned Photographer Yousef Khanfar Displayed in Gould Hall
Architecture Professor Speaks at the 2019 “Accessibility in Housing Seminar”
Architecture Faculty Present “Surface Flux” at Factory Obscura
Construction Science Professor, Student Earn ASC Research Honor
Marjorie Callahan Promoted to Full Professor
Alumni Highlight: Weldon Bowman, Urban Design
Blackspace Holds Successful OKC Events in March
Construction Science Professor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Landscape Architecture Student Organization Provides Workshops for Students
2019 Outstanding Seniors Receive Awards
Urban Design Students Collaborate on Tulsa’s “Be the One” Public Artwork
GCA Faculty Honored During 2019 OU Faculty Tribute
Construction Science Faculty Honored, Present Research at Associated Schools of Construction Annual Conference
Landscape Architecture Students Tour OKC’s Scissortail Park Site
Interior Design Students to Host Two Furniture Design Shows in May
PhD Student Helps Integrate Evidence-Based Design into Architecture Curriculum
“The American School Symposium” Offers a Look Back at Goff’s, Greene’s Legacies
Architecture Students Working With U.S. Department of State as Part of Diplomacy Lab Program
Students Honored for Environmental Scholarship, Advocacy
The American School “Renegades at Bizzell” Exhibit Featured in The Architect’s Newspaper
GCA Alumni Honored During 2019 AIA Central Oklahoma Honor Awards Ceremony
GCA Honored with “Partner Award” from OU Libraries
Landscape Architecture Graduate Works on Project Close to Home
Division of Architecture Exhibit Features Student Analyses of “Architectural Agendas”
Architecture Assoc. Professor Represents City of Norman at the International Network of Michelin Cities Meeting
Placemaking Conference Draws Crowd to OU Norman Campus
Visit the Citizen Potawatomi Nation with Dr. Jim Collard
Tulsa Urban Design Studio Juries to be Held April 27 at Tulsa Foundation for Architecture
Interior Design Students Tour Devon Tower
EarthMonth@OU to Host Series of Distinguished Lectures
Students Publish Latest Issue of “_543: The OU Architectural Theory and Criticism Journal”
Architecture Prof. Awarded Grant to Study Neuroscience and Proportion, Partner with USC SPaCE Lab
Construction Science Prof. Partners on Award-Winning Safety Initiative
Construction Science Prof. Delivers Keynote Presentation at International Conference
Interior Design Students Win Sensory Environment Design Competition
Alumni Highlight: Lynnsee Boyse, Construction Science
Construction Science Faculty Awarded Grant for Construction Safety Project
MacArthur Fellow and Project Row Houses Founder Rick Lowe Named Bruce Goff Chair of Creative Architecture
GCA Student Journal ‘Telesis’ To Launch at American School Symposium
Volunteering with Blackspace Oklahoma: A Student Perspective
Women’s History Month Feature: Trisha Murray, Architecture Alumnus
Construction Science Alumnus Recognized during “Women in Construction Week”
Architecture Faculty Member’s Firm a Finalist in International Design Competition
Construction Science Professor Wins Publication Award
GCA to Host “The American School Symposium” with Herb Greene on April 15
Construction Science Students Building a “Tiny House” as Part of Their Construction Fundamentals Lab
Construction Management Grad Student Featured in Journal Record
Alumni Highlight: Rachel Gaffney, Regional + City Planning
Construction Management Director Interviewed by Dallas Morning News
RCPL Faculty Member Honored with OU Inclusive Excellence Award
Environmental Design Program Helps Students Serve Communities, Learn by Doing
Architecture Professor to Present at Construction Specification Institute’s South Central Region Conference in OKC
Photo Exhibition by World-Renowned Photographer Hosted at GCA
GCA Students Participate in TEXO/ASC Region 5 Competition
Construction Science Hosts “Women in Construction” Luncheon
Freshmen Architecture Students Present Ambitious Projects
Students Design Space for the OU Norman Campus
Center for Peace and Development Continues Peacebuilding Efforts in Northern Uganda
Students Share Updates from Spring 2019 Rome Travel Study Experience
Alumni Highlight: Jeremy Carlisle, Construction Science
Gibbs College Women Lead in Planning, Design + Construction
GCA Rome Program Collaborates with MAXXI, Universities to Offer “Architecture Talks” Series
GCA Dean is Featured Speaker During 2019 TSA Design Conference
Regional + City Planning Professor Published in Public Health Post
2019 GCA Career Fair a Success!
Interior Design Students Craft Furniture
OU Architecture Library to Present “Building and Training” Exhibition
GCA Project Nominated for EDRA’s 2019 “Great Places Award”
Visiting Instructors Lead GCA Students in Workshops
GCA Alumni Elevated to American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows
Landscape Architecture and Regional + City Planning Faculty Publish Research in Urban Forum
Placemaking Conference returns Monday, April 1, 2019
Regional + City Planning Student Publishes Op-Ed in Tulsa World
GCA Alumnus to Offer “Drawing on Location” Rendering Class through Norman Firehouse Art Center
BlackSpace Oklahoma Collaborates with GCA for “NE OKC Storytelling Project” Series of Events
Alumni Highlight: Adelle York, Architecture
Architecture Students Complete Experiential Frameworks Projects
Interior Design Students Tour 21c Museum and Hotel in OKC
Design Entrepreneurship Students Tour Tulsa Club Project
Students and Faculty Visit Merriman Anderson Architects and Balfour Beatty in Dallas
Scouts Earn Architecture Merit Badge at GCA
Alumni Highlight: Avery Smith, Interior Design
Architecture Faculty Member and GCA Alumnus Shortlisted in International Competition
Construction Science Faculty Receive $45,000 Research Grant
“Renegades: The American School of Architecture” Offered as Presidential Dream Course
Dr. Suchi Bhattacharjee named GCA’s Outstanding Faculty Member
GCA Staff Member Earns Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Construction Science Professor Completes Nationwide Homebuilding Study for NAHB
Regional + City Planning Professor Publishes Research in Journal of Planning Education and Research
GCA Professors Receive Grant to Study Workplace Improvements for Early Childhood Educators
GCA Publishes “Design Sooner,” Highlighting Community Engagement Efforts in 2018
Society of Urban Design Students Co-Sponsors “Changing Nature of the Suburbs Conference” in Tulsa

2018

Tulsa’s New ‘Destination Districts’ Program to be headed by Urban Design Alumnus
Urban Design Alumnus Awarded Firm of the Year
The American School Exhibition Featured in Metropolis Magazine
Urban Design Students Host Community Design Workshop
Regional & City Planning Assistant Professor Publishes Research on Student Climate Issues and Diversity
Institute for Quality Communities Partners with City of Waurika
Student Receives Funding to Work with GCA Professor on Solar Research
Dean Butzer Interviewed on PBS’ “10 Monuments that Changed America”
Landscape Architecture Alumnus Places in “Million Dollar Pool Design Challenge”
GCA Team Uses New Techniques to Develop More Effective Spaces in Zambia
GCA Faculty Awarded Research Enhancement Funding to Pursue Projects
#DesignSooner Spotlight: Architecture Student Develops Sustainable Building Material From Fungus
Urban Design Studio Alumnus Honored with Tulsa’s Young Professionals Boomtown Award
Urban Design Studio Alumni Awarded TYPros Foundation Grants
Architecture Alumni Featured in The Oklahoman
Architecture Professor Presents at OU Water Day
Architecture Professor Presents sOUnd lab Research at International Conference and on Campus
Dennise Pedroza Recognized as GCA’s Outstanding Senior
Architecture Alumnus Featured in the Colorado Sun
MLA Student Wins 2018 Student “Million-Dollar Pool Design Challenge”
GCA Student Journal, Telesis, Issues Call for Submissions
The American School Featured During 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
Gibbs Faculty Awarded Significant Homebuilding Education Leadership Program Grant
Architecture Team Visits Riverbank Labs for Acoustical Tests
Interior Design Faculty Awarded Early Childhood Education Institute Grant
Architecture Professor Lectures on “Architecture, Space and Time”
Architecture Students Apply Skills to Design Non-human Dwellings
Two OU Architecture Teams Place in AIA Oklahoma 2018 “Film Challenge”
GCA Faculty and Alumna Honored by AIA Oklahoma
Urban Design Studio Alumna on Team Recognized with APA Oklahoma “Great Public Space” Award
OU Team Proposes Carbon-Neutral Transit Facility in NOMA Competition
Environmental Design Courses Travel to Sites
IQC Partners with Oklahoma Municipal League to Serve Communities
#DesignSooner Spotlight: Dr. Shideh Shadravan
Two GCA Design Programs Rank Among Design Intelligence’s “Most Hired From” in 2018
Award-Winning Architect Paul Mankins Lectures at GCA
Urban Design Studio Alumnus Named “Tulsa Small Business Person of the Year”
#DesignSooner Spotlight: Emma Smith
GCA Team Places Second in AIA Central States’ Student Design Competition
Urban Design Studio Alumna Accepts APA Great Neighborhood Award on Behalf of the City of Guthrie
Landscape Architecture Student and Recent Graduate Honored by OKASLA
#DesignSooner Spotlight: Haley Powell
Landscape Architecture Alumnus Wins Award
The Legacy of the OKC Design Studio
GCA Hosts ‘Neuroscience, Beauty and Design Symposium’
Students Participate in Oklahoma Brownfields Conference Design Charrette
#DesignSooner Spotlight: Katie Wing
The American School “Renegades” Exhibition Opens at Bizzell Memorial Library
Urban Design Studio Graduate’s Project Featured in Tulsa World
Regional + City Planning Faculty Member Featured on Just Sow Podcast
Regional + City Planning Alumna Makes Big Impacts
Associate Professor of Architecture Featured in Cleveland County Lifestyle
Gibbs COA Students Bring Hope to Muskogee
“Renegades at Bizzell” Opens Sept. 22
Ferrero Donates Collection to The American School Archive
Student Voices: The Legacy of The American School
Gibbs’ Ribbon Cutting Draws Standing-Room Only Crowd
Kendall-Whittier Nominated for Great American Main Street Award
Interior Design Students Place in METROCON18 Competition
Regional + City Planning Assistant Professor Publishes Article in Urban Forum
Construction Science Students Gain Hands-On Experience, Give Back to Community
#DesignSooner Spotlight: Emily Hays
Frank House Project Earns Citation of Merit from State Historic Preservation Office
Altus Project Earns Citation of Merit from State Historic Preservation Office
Regional & City Planning Assistant Professor Publishes Article in Housing Policy Debate
Architecture Associate Professor Developing Precast Concrete Acoustical Panels
Interior Design Alumnus Featured in The Oklahoman
Gibbs College Community Members Advocate for Cycling Safety
Gibbs College of Architecture Welcomes Dr. Aujean Lee to the Division of Regional and City Planning
Architecture Associate Professor Daniel Butko has Busy Summer Full of Acoustically-Related Travel
Dr. Shideh Shadravan Named 2018 Outstanding Faculty Member
Erin Tyler Named 2018 Outstanding Staff Member
Professor Documents Historic Ganjali Khan Complex
Architecture Professor Spends Two Weeks at Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Regional + City Planning Students and Faculty Aid in Peacebuilding
Gibbs College of Architecture Participates in Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses
Design Chosen for Native American Veterans Memorial
Langston University Transportation Academy Students Visit the Ken Robson BIM+VIZ Lab
Students Tour Italy in Garden History Course
College Hosts 24 Architecture Campers
Students Participate in Fallingwater Studio-in-Residence
Architecture Assistant Professor Named Humanities Forum Fellow
EDRA49 Conference, Co-Organized by Prof. Dave Boeck, Draws a Crowd to Oklahoma City
OU Graduate Collin Abdallah Awarded Newman Medal for Acoustical Research
The American School Exhibition Opens in Venice
Alumnus Promoted to Senior Associate
M.Arch Student’s Design Built as Part of DesignBuildBLUFF Program
OU Construction Science Alumnus Honored with ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
Construction Science Faculty Member Honored with Teaching Award
Dean Hans E. Butzer and Torrey Butzer featured in The Oklahoman
Urban Design Studio Alumna Featured in Tulsa World
Graduate Students Publish _543, An Architectural Theory and Criticism Newsletter
RCPL Faculty Member Receives $15,000 Faculty Investment Program Grant
Faculty and Students Support Open Streets Norman
Graduating Seniors Recognized for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Construction Science Students Tour University Power Plant
Students Implement Tactical Urbanism Demonstrations in Blanchard
Architecture Faculty Member Shares CoA sOUnd Lab at Clemson University
Urban Design Students Play Key Role in Revitalizing Tulsa’s Chapman Green Park
Regional and City Planning Faculty Member Profiled by Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Regional and City Planning Student Named National Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow for Work on Food Security in Oklahoma
Architecture Faculty Member Participates in “Crafting Minimalism” Panel
Architecture Student Named Finalist in International Design Competition
Construction Science Team Takes Top Honors in TEXO/ASC Region 5 Student Competition
OU Alumnus Elevated to the AIA College of Fellows
Architecture Professor Awarded Funding to Attend Renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Construction Science Students Get Hands-On Experience
Interior Design Student Named First Runner-Up in IIDA Student Design Competition
U.S. State Department Architect Visits Gibbs College of Architecture
2018 Charles W. Graham Dinner Benefit Draws a Record-Breaking Crowd
2018 C5 Winners Announced
Architecture Student to Write for ArchDaily
Regional and City Planning Faculty Member Publishes Work in Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities
RCPL Student Awarded 2017 “Clean Cities” Internship
Students Featured in Oklahoma State Home Builder’s Association
CoA Researchers Present at 2017 Acoustical Society of America Meeting
Assistant Professor’s Work Featured in Architecture and Design Magazine
Associate Professor of Architecture Awarded $14,000 Grant in Support of Participation in 2018 Venice Biennale
Assistant Professor of Architecture Awarded $18,000 Grant with Engineering Collaborator
Architecture Student Wins United Nations Competition
GCA Publishes “Design Matters,” Highlighting Community Engagement Efforts in 2017

2017

OU Receives Major Gift in Support of College of Architecture
Three College of Architecture “Program for Research Enhancement” Grants Awarded
Interior Design Student Wins OU’s Boundless Design #CreateChallenge
Interior Design Division Works with OU Libraries and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to Create ArtEDGE Experience for Area Students
Harris to Serve as Official Delegate to the 62nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW)
College of Architecture Student Team Places Third in the Design-Build Institute of America’s 2017 National Competition
Division of Architecture Students Recognized as Fulbright Fellows
Environmental Design Projects Receive Citations of Merit at Statewide Preservation Conference
Interior Design Division Works with OU Libraries and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to provide ArtEDGE Experience to Area Students
Construction Science Assistant Professor Reyes Earns PhD in Instructional Psychology and Technology
Callahan Awarded 3rd State Department Diplomacy Lab Bid
Urban Design Alumnus Awarded $5,000 Grant from Tulsa Young Professionals
College Celebrates Grand Opening of Kenneth F. Robson BIM + Vizualization Lab
American School Alumnus Takenobu Mohri Shares Goff’s Legacy
American School Project Receives Anonymous Collection of Original Works
Architecture Professor Takes in Solar Decathlon in Denver, Colorado
Student Team Advances to Design-Build Institute of America Finals
Construction Science Faculty Member Awarded US Department of Transportation Early Career Award to Study Impact of Horizontal Directional Drilling
Architecture Students Honored by Oklahoma AIA
Regional and City Planning Team Honored by Oklahoma Chapter of the American Planning Association for Photovoice Project
Regional and City Planning Team Presents Photovoice Research at National Mental Health Symposium
Landscape Architecture Professor’s Design for MAPS 3 Lower Park Playground Featured in The Oklahoman
OU Team Takes First Place in Design-Build Institute of American’s SW Region
Landscape Architecture Student Honored by Oklahoma City Community Foundation for Korean War Memorial Project
Recent College of Architecture PhD Grad Publishes Green Roof Research in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
CoA hosts Symposium on Women, Peace Building and Community Transformation in Post-Conflict Environments
American School Researcher Presents at National Architecture Conference
Highlights of the MacDonald Collection on Display in Gould Hall
Bart Prince Gives Keynote at 2017 AIA Oklahoma Conference, “Better Communities by Design”
CoA Faculty and Students Help Victims of Hurricane Harvey
COA Students Tour Coreslab Structures
Associate Professor Lee Fithian Selected for 2017 National Fellowship Program
CNS Director Leading Volunteer Trip to Houston
GCA Students Visit Kansas City Historic and Modern Architecture
Environmental Design Students Meet with City of Moore
Students Work Directly With American School Symposium Lecturers
Architecture Student Awarded Mentored Research Funding
Students Take Field Trip to TreeHouse, TreeHouse Sustainable Home Improvements and Josey Pavilion
Elizabeth F. Pober Named Director of Interior Design Division
Award-winning Architects from PHL, PHX, and SFO Lead Workshops at the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture
“An Evening at the Ledbetter House” a Glamorous Success
Architects of The American School Symposium Draws a Crowd
COA Alum Featured in Voyage Dallas Magazine
COA Alum Awarded AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship
Ben Bigelow Named Director of Construction Science Division
COA Student Receives the 2017 Ed McClure Award
Students and Faculty Assist with Women’s Advocacy Network Photovoice Project
Ron Frantz Coordinates and MCs Oklahoma State Historical Preservation Conference
Muskogee City Council Unanimously Approves “Downtown Muskogee: A Landscape of Hope” Plan, Led by COA’s IQC and Urban Design Studio
Associate Professor Lee Fithian Publishes Research in the Journal of Living Architecture
COA Alumnus Brian Phillips’ firm ISA Honored with Two AIA Awards
College of Architecture Places in Dallas CASA Playhouse Competition
American School Team Tours Tulsa
Exhibition Receives Grant From Ross Group Charitable Foundation
Callahan Invited to Join NCARB Focus Group
OU Architecture Student Wins Paper Competition at EDRA Conference
Collaborate, Create, Construct Academy Comes to COA
Wieters Selected as Risser Innovative Teaching Fellow
Absentee Shawnee Tribe Leadership Camp Visits Creating_Making Lab
Diplomacy Lab Partners OU Architecture Students with U.S. Department of State in Research Initiatives
Student Highlight: Rachel Ware
Herb Greene Visits OU
Stories of The American School
Exhibition Highlights
Environmental Design Capstone Class earns Citation of Merit for Chickasaw National Recreation Area Project
Remembering the Bavinger House
MacDonald Donates Collection
Professor Emeritus Publishes “Bruce Goff: Architecture of Discipline in Freedom”

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