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Jul 9, 2025
ASLA awards Emerging Professional Medal to alum MaFe Gonzalez
The American Society of Landscape Architects honored Maria Fernanda “MaFe” Gonzalez (MLA 2022) with its 2025 Emerging Professional Medal. Selected by ASLA’s Board of Trustees, the medal is one of the highest honors the ASLA bestows each year.
Jul 9, 2025
Giving back: Alum Bob Grether on design, development, and making an impact
CED alum Bob Grether’s career exemplifies the transformative power of design and strategic development — and the outsize impact one person can have on a community. Bob ((BArch 1969, MArch 1973) and his wife, Katy, recently made a $200,000 gift to the Bauer Wurster Hall Renovation fund to upgrade a classroom used primarily by students in the Abbey Master of Real Estate Development + Design (MRED+D) program.
Jun 27, 2025
Bay Area Community Air Quality Map protects students and families in polluted communities
Kristina Hill, Institute of Urban & Regional Design Research Director and associate professor, alongside five Bay Area environmental justice organizations launches the Bay Area Community Air Quality Map, a new tool designed to provide real-time estimates of air quality across the Bay Area for students and their families.
Jun 23, 2025
Ronald Rael on why earthen architecture is the future
In this 101 in 101 video, Professor of Architecture Ronald Rael gives a primer on earthen architecture and explains why our future homes could be made using the soil beneath our feet. Soil is a material so compelling that it has long been a central pillar of Rael’s work and teaching.
Jun 9, 2025
Richard Hindle steps in as interim chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Associate Professor Richard Hindle, whose research and teaching center on the histories and future of landscape technology with an emphasis on the design of living systems, will begin his term as interim chair this summer.