Meet CED Alums

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.

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.

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.

Learn out about our 2016 Distinguished Alumni, urban designer Karen Alschuler, architect Scott Johnson, and landscape architect Kim Wilke.

Meet architect, philanthropist, and social and environmental activist Jon Stryker (MArch 1989), the recipient of the inaugural Catherine Bauer Wurster Award for Social Practice.