Meet CED Alums

Four alums will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award at CED’s 2026 Commencement ceremony on May 19 at the Greek Theatre. This year’s awardees are Alma Du Solier (MLA 1999), Rossana Hu, Hon. FAIA (BA Architecture 1990), Lyndon Neri, Hon. FAIA (BA Architecture 1987), and Greg W. Perloff (MCP 1976). 

Heppel talks to Archinect about producing videos for her popular TikTok/Instagram channel Abby Architecture.

In this interview with This is CNY, alum Sally Librera talks about using her expertise in public infrastructure, urban spaces, and economic opportunity as former head of the New York City subways and now New York president of National Grid, which delivers energy to 4.2 millions businesses and residents.

We are proud that three graduates of the Department of Architecture were elevated this year to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Congratulations to Rossana Hu (BA 1990), Hon. FAIA; Mary Ruppenthal (MArch 1999), FAIA; and Bryan Young (BA 1997), FAIA.

The latest episode of the Berkeley Voices podcast spotlights CED alum Hayden Shelby (PhD in City & Regional Planning 2019), now an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati. She talks to podcast host Anne Brice about how learning Thai while a student at UC Berkeley helped her become an expert in Thailand’s cooperative housing program, Baan Mankong.