As the CED's spring lecture series, "Blue, Green, & Gray Infrastructure," wraps up, we will host a panel discussion on succeeding in academic and professional organization leadership. Our esteemed panelists include Elizabeth Weeks, UGA's Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs; Sarah Covert, Interim Associate Provost for Academic Programs; Rayman Mohamed, the President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP); and Ebru Ozer, the vice President of Education for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Join us to hear about how they developed their careers, their challenges in leadership roles, and how they mentor others.

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HGOR Lecture: "Valuing Water, Culture, and Heritage" March 27, 4:30 p.m. University of Georgia Chapel Carola Hein is a Professor of History of Architecture and Urban Planning at Technical University Delft in the Netherlands. She is also founder and director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus PortCityFutures program, and is a Professor of Water, Ports, and Historic Cities with the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University and the Erasmus University Rotterdam's School of History, Culture and Communication. Since early 2022, Hein holds the newly established UNESCO Chair for Water, Ports and Historic Cities.

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We are delighted to have Visting Professor James Schulte speak on Vegetative Green roofs as part of CED's Spring 2023 lecture series, "Blue, Green, & Gray Infrastructure." Professor Schulte's research explores the different ways that green roofs can help reduce environmental issues in urban environments.

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Geo-design professor and practitioner Carl Steinitz visits CED on 10/24, including a lecture at 4:30pm.

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The UGA College of Environment and Design prides itself on teaching at the intersection of art and science, and is therefore pleased to host internationally renowned critic and essayist Adam Gopnik at the UGA Chapel on Wednesday, November 17th at 4:00 p.m. Gopnik will address the compelling need to reaffirm the fundamental relationship between the arts and sciences. A book signing will follow the lecture, with several of his published works available for purchase.

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Dean Sonia Hirt recently delivered a virtual lecture to an audience of Swiss and international students in a class titled European Aspects of Spatial Development at the ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich--the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich).

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These events are part of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program Seminar Series. All lectures are free and open to the public, but you must register in advance by visiting http://ced.uga.edu/lectures. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Questions? Email Professor R. Alfred Vick, Director, Environmental Ethics Certificate Program: ravick@uga.edu

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On Wednesday December 2nd, Gareth Doherty, Harvard University Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, will speak on his latest book, Roberto Burle Marx Lectures: Landscape as Art and Urbanism. Roberto Burle Marx was a renowned Brazilian landscape architect who gained worldwide recognition for his park and garden designs.

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We are pleased to share with you some of our greatest recent accomplishments.

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Dean Sonia Hirt recently joined an Urban Design class at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to give a presentation on the 60th anniversary of Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"--one of the most influential texts on urbanism written during the 20th century.

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