Architecture faculty member Marjorie Callahan was recently awarded her third U.S. State Department Diplomacy Lab project, themed “Entrepreneurship.” With students in her Methods X class, Prof. Callahan will produce case studies related to technological, architectural, and agricultural entrepreneurship. The State Department plans to draw on these case studies in their work assisting startups in Africa.
To learn about Prof. Callahan’s Spring 2017 Diplomacy Lab project related to public-private partnerships, check out this OU Daily article.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
Research initiated by Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumna Naila Hasan during her master’s studies at the University of Oklahoma has continued through faculty collaboration and resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce Esther Thorp, Tyler Boydstun and Chukwuma Nwokoye as the winners of the 2026 Construction Innovation Translation Hub (CIThub) Student Ideas Competition.