Fall 2025 Update: CED Students Receive the 2025 ASLA Georgia Student Honor Award.
We are pleased to announce that Joanna Munei Waliuba and Nazrin Aliyeva have received the 2025 ASLA Georgia Student Honor Award for their continued work on the Savannah, Georgia site.
Archive for 2025
Collaborative Design in Action: UGA and LSU Students Collaborate on Transformative Service-Learning Project in Savannah
Student Works Shines at Fall Critique Week
At the end of each semester, the College of Environment and Design hosts Critique Week, a multi-day event showcasing student work from the semester. This fall, Critique Week was held on Dec. 4 and 5 and featured 28 guest […]
Preserving place: UGA’s FindIt program brings new life to Monticello’s history
UGA’s FindIt program partnered with the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission to survey Monticello’s historic district, documenting 400 properties.
Planting Seeds: MLA Student Educates Future Landscape Architecture Students
MLA student Megan Janssen, BLA ‘24, wants to know how landscape architects find their way to the profession, starting with College of Environment and Design students. One of few to […]
CED PhD Candidates Publish Chapter in International Book Series
PhD Candidates Yulia Shaffer and Žaklina Grgić authored a chapter on the Socialist City with Dean Sonia Hirt in “From the City as a Project to the City Project,” published this fall. For many PhD students, the opportunity to publish a […]
CED Students and Faculty Take On ASLA 2025
Each fall, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) hosts a national conference for landscape architect professionals, educators, industry partners and students. From Oct. 8 to 13, CED faculty, students and […]
MHP Alum Bridges Business Background with Historic Preservation
With a background in finance and public policy, Rose Mayo, MHP ‘20, builds relationships between stakeholders as Outreach Coordinator at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. For someone with a […]
PhD Student Designs New Metrics to Measure Coastal Resilience After Natural Disasters
Environmental Design and Planning Ph.D. candidate Jiyue Zhao researches the intersection of cities and natural landscapes to increase coastal resilience. In September 2017, Hurricane Irma slammed into Florida as a […]
Assistant Professor Selected for Inaugural CELA/CLARB Faculty Licensure Advancement Program
Dr. Zhongzhe Shen, assistant professor of landscape architecture, was selected into the inaugural CELA/CLARB Faculty Licensure Advancement Program, a competitive initiative designed to support landscape architecture educators in becoming licensed practitioners […]
Summer Rewind: FindIt Students Explore Georgia’s Historic Resources
This summer, another class of Master of Historic Preservation students entered FindIt, a state-wide cultural resource survey program created to help document historic resources throughout Georgia and facilitate their preservation. […]
Professor Emeritus Jack Crowley Inducted to Gibbs College of Architecture Hall of Fame
Professor Emeritus and former dean of the College of Environment and Design Jack Crowley was honored by the University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture for his service to the […]
UGA Researcher takes the temp on AI in Landscape Architecture
In November 2022, when the generative AI chatbot ChatGPT was released, it marked the start of a new era of public accessibility to AI and an unprecedented integration of AI […]
Alumni Spotlight: Russ Seamon, BLA ’03
Russ Seamon, BLA ’03, is the president of SeamonWhiteside, a civil engineering and landscape architecture firm based in the Carolinas. Seamon has worked for the firm for over 21 years, […]
Intern Spotlights: FMG Student Worker Summers
Did you know that the Founder’s Memorial Garden employs a dedicated team of student workers every year to help maintain the garden? Well, when this team isn’t getting their hands dirty in the garden, they’re out gaining even more real-life experience through summer internships!
Featured Lecture: Higher Ground – Designing with Nature Towards a Resilient Future
Join us in welcoming ASLA National President and CED alum Kona Gray (BLA ’97) back for “Higher Ground – Designing with Nature Towards a Resilient Future.”
BLA seniors design new futures for Brunswick sites
We’re looking back at our Spring ’25 landscape architecture senior capstone studio in Brunswick, Georgia! This spring, seniors in instructor Carley Rickles’ studio chose one of two 100-acre sites in Brunswick to redesign.
In Memoriam: Neal Weatherly
The CED community is deeply saddened by the recent passing of Neal Weatherly, BLA 1962 and MLA 1970.
Thesis Highlights: A Glimpse into Recent Graduate Research
At the CED, robust research opportunities are built into the core of our programs, and we’re proud to showcase the work of our Spring 2025 master’s graduates! Expand on the […]
Stephen Ramos: A Global Eye on Southern Regionalism
The CED sat down with professor Stephen Ramos to learn how his global perspective shaped his research pathways, and to discuss his forthcoming book, “Folk Engineering: Planning Southern Regionalism,” available fall 2025.
Beyond the Arch: Nature as the Classroom
Coastal Georgia’s salt marshes and beaches become both subject and classroom for UGA students learning to illustrate the landscape.
New certificate establishes construction management at UGA
The UGA College of Environment and Design, College of Engineering and Terry College of Business unite to bring new interdisciplinary certificate program to UGA.
Hands-On Heritage: MHP Students Explore Preservation and Culture in Croatia
Second-year MHP student Savanna Davis shares her experience studying abroad in Croatia and Venice.
CED Students Publish New Issue of Georgia Landscape Magazine
The latest edition of Georgia Landscape Magazine is here! Written, curated, and produced entirely by CED students, this annual publication showcases fresh perspectives on landscape architecture.
Students get hands-on experience at historic Athens property
Historic Preservation students are exploring the history of the land to support ACC planning efforts.
A Letter from the Dean: A Year in Review
As we reflect on the 2024–2025 academic year, I’m delighted to share that our college continues to build on last year’s momentum with exciting new programs, sustained enrollment growth, and a strengthened faculty dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, and community engagement.
Student Work on Display: A First Look at CED’s Upcoming Critique Week
Join us for CED’s Spring Critique Week! April 30th to May 2nd in the Jackson Street Building.
Ecological Design Meets Infrastructure: A Biodiversity Action Plan for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
What if the world’s busiest airport was also a shining example of ecological harmony? At the College of Environment + Design, our senior landscape architecture studio took on this challenge through developing a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), a visionary project reimagining the 4,700-acre grounds of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
BLA Students Go Bananas Designing Foraging Garden For Chimpanzees in North Georgia
Last semester, students in Associate Professor Jose Buitrago’s second-year BLA studio brought their talents to Blue Ridge, GA, where they helped envision a new foraging and education garden for Project Chimps, a sanctuary for retired research chimpanzees.
Circle Gallery Presents The Jarring Affects and Effects of Design
The CED is excited to present “Jarring Affects and Effects of Urban Renewal,” now on display at the Circle Gallery through April 18th. Explore the unique story behind this exhibition at ced.uga.edu/news!
Celebrating the Founders Memorial Garden
For generations, the Founders Memorial Garden has been a place of beauty, reflection, and connection. From quiet walks among the blooms to joyful celebrations under its canopy, this cherished […]
UGA Students Document Georgia’s Historic Gems
Using a mix of paper surveys, digital mapping, and even a hand-crafted “junk journal,” students in the FindIt Historic Resource Survey documented nearly 3,000 historic properties in Meriwether County, capturing pieces of Georgia’s history in creative and meaningful ways.
