College of Design

We spend 90% of our lives in buildings. The new College of Design Institute for Health in the Built Environment wants to make those buildings and us healthier.

Sustainability, project-based learning, and real-world applications have PPPM students lining up in the corridor to take this class.

Terri Warpinski, Professor of Art, has been selected as the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) 2018 Honored Educator.

In his letter announcing the award, James Wyman, executive director of the society said, “As an early and ongoing SPE advocate, supporter, as well as former member of the SPE Board of Directors, Terri's influence is profound within our community, and it's a great pleasure to see her recognized with SPE's highest honor of distinction. Her significant contributions to the field of photo education and SPE are deeply appreciated.”

The University of Oregon’s Product Design department is set to host the Industrial Designers Society of America’s West District conference for the second year in a row.

Building coalitions along with architectural models, College of Design graduate student Ali Lau—who is pursuing master's degrees in Community and Regional Planning and in Architecture—was recognized by the Daily Emerald for her work to further equity and inclusion at the University of Oregon.

As the University of Oregon prepares to serve more students in the coming years, the institution is moving forward with planning for construction of a new 60,000 square foot classroom and faculty office building.

A grant from the Presidential Fund for Excellence will allow Urbanism Next to establish a new center with faculty and staff from the College of Design's Portland and Eugene campuses. The center will expand on the work Urbanism Next is doing to examine the changes that could come with the growth of such technologies as autonomous vehicles, ecommerce and the sharing economy.

James Ivory, a 1951 UO graduate, took home the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for the film “Call Me by Your Name” at Sunday night’s 90th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. At 89, Ivory becomes the oldest person ever to win an Academy Award in a competitive category.

Much more goes into designing sports apparel than these streamlined skins reveal at first glance. Sports Product Design program head Susan Sokolowski describes the design process and the research in areas such as materials science, aerodynamics, biomechanics, and physiology that go into developing a medal-winning outfit.

Oregon Field Guide recently did a stunning piece on “The Shire,” a unique, 75-acre work of landscape design in the Columbia River Gorge, and the legacy of its architect John Yeon.