The OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) is excited to announce the new Community Engagement Fellowship, through a partnership with the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments. IQC is seeking three Community Engagement Fellows, who will form a community of practice as they each lead a project that delivers planning, design, and/or placemaking services to a central Oklahoma community during the 2021-22 year. Fellows will be supported by IQC staff and with financial support. Applications from GCA faculty and affiliate faculty will be accepted through April 26.
For more information, please see the application briefing (PDF)
Telesis, a journal produced by students in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, has earned first place in the 2026 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals for its seventh volume, “Unfold.” This marks the fourth time the publication has earned recognition for excellence in student architectural journalism. It shares the honor with student journals from Columbia University, University of Michigan, and Cal Poly.
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.
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.
