Meet CED Alums
Jul 15, 2020
Architect goes blind, says he’s actually gotten better at his job
On July 5, 2020, 60 Minutes re-aired the story of architecture alumnus and former CED lecturer, Chris Downey— whose career in architecture did anything but halt despite the loss of his sight from a 2008 brain tumor surgery.
Feb 18, 2020
DCRP alum publishes book on how communities of color are leading the environmental justice movement
Michael Mendez (PhD City & Regional Planning 2015) has published his book about the role Latinx and other communities of color are leading on climate change.
Nov 18, 2019
10 Questions with Alexa Vaughn, pioneer in “DeafScape” design
Get to know CED alumna and OLIN landscape designer, Alexa Vaughn who has been making recent headlines for her street design termed, “DeafScape”, which helps make streets more accessible for deaf people.
Sep 16, 2019
Populus, founded by DCRP graduate, delivers new transportation routes through analytical mobility software
Three years after receiving his PhD in City & Regional Planning, Fletcher Foti co-established Populus, a platform that is now utilizing data from shared services like car sharing to help urban planners manage and plan for the future of transportation.
Jan 25, 2019
Architecture alum Edward Ogosta’s “quiet architecture” offers new vision for purposeful design
Edward Ogosta (B.A. Arch. '97)'s renovated 1944 bungalow in Culver City bungalow offers a prototype for how to thoughtfully renovating the city’s existing housing stock.
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