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As disparities and inequities widen, the College of Environmental Design is committed to practices that empower those who often have the least voice. We engage with neighboring communities, public agencies, nonprofits, industry, and government to advance environmental design as a vehicle for equity and social justice.

May 23, 2025

CED awards four faculty seed grants for climate research

CED announces Just Climate Futures grants to support projects that investigate carbon-neutral timber construction, new methods of wildfire risk mitigation, converting commercial buildings into affordable housing, and the environmental impacts of AI.
John Cary, Lee Ehmke, Sujata Srivastava
May 16, 2025

Three alums to be honored at CED commencement

Three alums will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award at CED’s 2025 Commencement ceremony on May 20 at the Greek Theatre. This year’s awardees are John Cary (MArch 2003), Lee Ehmke (MLA 1988), Sujata Srivastava (MCP 2000). The award honors alums who have exhibited outstanding public service, in its broadest sense, throughout their career.
View of dome and front portico of California State Capitol building in Sacramento
Mar 20, 2025

Terner Center for Housing Innovation releases 2025 California legislative preview

The Terner Center is tracking more than 220 housing-related bills as legislators attempt to tackle California’s housing affordability crisis.
African American woman in front of laptop in office building, holding head in hands
Feb 7, 2025

Newly published research from Max Buchholz tracks racial disparities in urban economic mobility

New research from Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning Max Buchholz published in PNAS suggests that large cities, with their high cost of living and large populations, may create strong barriers to Black and Latinx workers accessing good jobs with high levels of upward mobility, as compared to white workers. This research is part of Buchholz’s ongoing investigations into the causes of urban inequality.
Marta Gonzalez (UC Berkeley City & Regional Planning) uses digital data to make cities more liveable, sustainable, and equitable.
Jan 17, 2025

Marta Gonzalez’s award-winning research harnesses digital data to improve cities

Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning Marta Gonzalez received the prestigious Lagrange Prize–Fondazione CRT for her pioneering use of network science to make cities more livable, sustainable, and equitable.
Maryam Hosseini, Assistant Professor, City & Regional Planning
Jan 17, 2025

Maryam Hosseini, who uses AI to make cities walkable and accessible, joins Department of City & Regional Planning

Maryam Hosseini, who uses AI, computer vision, and machine learning to advance urban accessibility and walkability, joins the Department of City & Regional Planning this semester as assistant professor.
Danielle Rivera talks about fire recovery, man in Eaton Fire 2025.
Jan 16, 2025

Danielle Rivera on LA fires: Media focus on wealthy areas may influence post-fire response and recovery

Danielle Rivera, assistant professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning, was one of the Berkeley researchers interviewed about the causes and fallout of the LA fires. The fires destroyed homes in diverse communities, but the media focus on wealthy neighborhoods could impact post-fire recovery.
Graphic: line drawings of rows of bed profiles with text reading 80& increase of PSH units between 2013 and 2023
Jan 15, 2025

Solving homelessness: Terner Center launches permanent supportive housing explainer

This explainer from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, a CED affiliate center, presents data on homelessness in California, as well as how the state has made significant investments in permanent supportive housing. It highlights research-backed strategies that California and other states can pursue to overcome key obstacles and make real progress on addressing chronic homelessness — helping individuals, families, and communities thrive.
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Nov 20, 2024

Breaking the Bronze Ceiling: Women, Memory, and Public Space

Fordham University Press, 2024 Breaking the Bronze Ceiling: Women, Memory, and Public Space uncovers a glaring omission in our global memorial landscape: the conspicuous absence of women. Exploring this neglected narrative, the book emerges as the foremost guide to women’s memorialization across diverse cultures and ages. As global memorials come under intense examination, with metropolises vying for a more inclusive recognition of female contributions, this book stands at the forefront of contemporary discussion. Contributor(s): Carolina Aguilera, Manuela Badilla Rajevic, Daniel E. Coslett, Erika Doss, Tania Gutiérrez-Monroy, Daniel Herwitz, Katherine Hite, Lauren Kroiz, Ana Maria León, Fernando Luis Martínez Nespral, Pia Montealegre, Sierra Rooney, Valentina Rozas-Krause, Daniela Sandler, Kirk Savage, Andrew M. Shanken, Susan Slyomovics, Marita Sturken, Amanda Su, Dell Upton, Nathaniel Robert Walker and Mechtild Widrich
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Nov 5, 2024

The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis

Jon Stryker makes historic $10.8 million gift for social justice fellowship
Oct 10, 2024

Transformative gift from Jon Stryker amplifies CED’s social justice mission

The College of Environmental Design announces $10.8 million gift from alum Jon Stryker to extend social justice fellowships.
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Sep 26, 2024

CED faculty among Berkeley Climate and Equity Seed Grant awardees

Research projects involving faculty from the Departments of City & Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning received seed grants from a new program sponsored by UC Berkeley’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
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Sep 24, 2024

Opening the door to social housing in the U.S.: Learning from the Italian model

Ben Metcalf, managing director of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, reports his findings from a research trip to Rome as a recipient of CED’s Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. The fellowship is made possible by Professor Emeritus of Architecture Daniel Solomon and Robert Davis, founder of Seaside, Florida.
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Sep 17, 2024

MArch students sweep ANFA student design competition

CED teams won first and second place at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) Student Design Competition.
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Sep 4, 2024

Landscape architecture is more people than plants, says Walter Hood in this 101 in 101 video

Walter Hood explain how he tells community stories through landscape design.
Kofi Boone, Sierra Bainbridge, Chelina Odbert, Sandhya Janardhan, Corrina Gould, Charles Davis
Aug 26, 2024

CED announces fall lecture series focusing on social justice

The College of Environmental Design’s fall 2024 lecture series brings together speakers from across disciplines to address the intersection of social justice and the built environment.
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Aug 15, 2024

City & Regional Planning Professor Jason Corburn teaches class on gun violence

The class, the first of its kind at Berkeley, addressed urban gun violence as a public health issue.
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Jul 15, 2024

Maria Paz Gutierrez awarded NSF grant for greywater reuse project

Maria Paz Gutierrez, associate professor of architecture, receives National Science Foundation grant for household greywater reuse project. Gutierrez is working with professor of architecture, Luisa Caldas, and UC Merced.
Kanani D'Angelo Hale Hāola Kanaka Cultural Institute students from ʻAiea High School restoring the kuapā.
Jun 28, 2024

LAF scholarship winner Kanani D’Angelo is reviving traditional Hawaiian practices to restore Oahu landscapes and watersheds

Kanani D’Angelo, who is pursuing concurrent MCP and MLA degrees, is the 2024 winner of the Hawaii Chapter ASLA/David T. Woolsey Scholarship from the Landscape Architecture Foundation. She is focusing on reviving Native Hawaiian cultural practices to restore degraded landscapes, such as freshwater fishponds, and reconnect people to the land.
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Jul 11, 2024

Black Landscapes Matter

The question “Do black landscapes matter?” cuts deep to the core of American history. In this vital new collection, acclaimed landscape designer and public artist Walter Hood assembles a group of notable landscape architecture and planning professionals and scholars to probe how race, memory, and meaning intersect in the American landscape.
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