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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design Kristina Hill, a leading expert on adapting cities to rising sea levels and groundwater due to climate change, was awarded the 2025 Landscape Architecture Foundation Medal. One of the foundation’s highest honors, this annual award recognizes a landscape architect for distinguished work over a career in applying the principles of sustainability to landscapes.

The Department of Architecture welcomes Diana J. S. Martinez (BA Architecture 2001), a scholar of the architecture of U.S. empire with a focus on the Philippines, to the faculty as assistant professor in architectural history and theory.

The Department of Architecture welcomes the co-founders of the award-winning bicoastal practice Kuth Ranieri Architects as the fall 2025 Esherick Visiting Professors. Their work is known for its commitment to sustainable building practices, material innovation, and crafting engaging human-centered spaces.

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.

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.