LArch Associate Professor Selected for 2026-27 LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership
Congratulations to Liska Chan for her well-deserved selection for the 2026-27 LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership.
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New Masters Programs are Here to Stay
The College of Design has developed two new options for students looking to get more value from their time at the University of Oregon. The goal? To give high-achieving art history majors and planning, public policy and management majors an opportunity to earn a BA and MA within five years.
Meet the HAA MA Graduate who Joined JSMA as its Executive Director
The new executive director of the JSMA, Olivia Miller MA '09 (art history), returns to a museum and a university that shaped her. Read more about her journey.
Portland Parks Foundation Panel Treats Crowd to Tales of Historic Landmark
All across the United States, there are examples of history and artistic expression left behind by previous generations, with communities featuring culturally significant statues, monuments, portraits, graffiti, posters, signs, architecture, and more. Some of these pieces come with a complicated history and have been at the center of periods of civil unrest, especially in recent years, as the public grapples with the history of the object.
ZGF and UO Alumnus Recognized by Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction for PDX Airport Terminal Expansion and Renovation
ZGF, including BArch '89 Gene Sandoval, were recognized by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. The foundation recognized 20 unique projects for the foundation's upcoming 2025 Holcim Foundation Awards. One of the twenty projects recognized was the Portland International Airport main terminal renovation and expansion.
Building a brand on a love for Portland
Marcus Harvey, BS ’12 (digital arts), is a Hillsboro, Oregon native who founded Portland Gear in 2014 after losing his job at a Eugene screen printing shop and moving back home. He said he had no expectation that this passion project would evolve to what it is today. He was just doing what he knew and loved, while creating a community of people who shared his passion for Portland.
Students design hospitals of engineered wood while sharpening job skills
School of Architecture & Environment students recently created models for the hospital of tomorrow for their end-of-term reviews, using mass timber as a base for the projects.
Why ancient people depicted elks as wolfish monsters
Maude I. Kerns Professor Emerita of Asian Art talks to "Popular Science" about why Elks were traditionally depicated in ancient art as monstrous.
HAA Affiliated Faculty's Fractal Research Inspires International Design Firm
When international, award-winning design firm, 13&9 Design, searched for research to help center their design philosophy to a more biophilic focused, the team turned to Richard Taylor's stellar research on fractals.