In Memoriam: Scott Weinberg
We are deeply saddened to announce that Scott S. Weinberg, a retired professor and former Interim Dean of the CED, passed away on Saturday morning, May 13, 2023.
CED Students Support Innovative Teaching with Local Development
Professor Donnie Longenecker's Senior Capstone Studio assisted a team of educators and citizens working on a master plan for The Center for Innovative Teaching (CFIT), located 23 miles from UGA's campus in Winder, Georgia. Our students were tasked with developing concepts for a portion of the campus. In the end, a final concept was assembled from favorable parts of each of the student designs. The project is now coming to fruition as they plan on breaking ground in early April 2023.
CED Hosts Panel Discussion on Succeeding in Academic and Professional Organization Leadership
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.
Dean Sonia Hirt Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Dr. Sonia Hirt was honored by the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation with a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."
CED Welcomes Carola Hein for Lecture on "Valuing Water, Culture, and Heritage"
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.
MHP students volunteer in Selma, Alabama during Spring Break 2023
During Spring Break, Professor Cari Goetcheus, along with Master of Historic Preservation students Kayla McElreath, Cameron Nesmith, Niamh West, Jeffrey Bussey and Inga Gudmundsson, headed to Selma, Alabama to assist with post-tornado historic resource assessments.
Visiting Lecturer James Schulte Talks on Vegetated Green Roofs in Spring Lecture Series
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.
Douglas, GA Design Charrette
The CCDP took a team of 17 students down to Douglas, GA, for our spring design charrette. The Downtown Development Authority of Douglas requested our help in creating a cohesive vision that addressed revitalization potential, corridor enhancements, and infill housing along a 3-mile business district. In just 3 days, students representing all of CED's disciplines toured the town for the first time, facilitated a community listening session, and developed short-term and long-range concepts around streetscape improvements, placemaking, greenway enhancement, celebrating Black culture, and infill housing in historic districts. The work they were able to produce in just three days is truly remarkable and the Douglas DDA was blown away by our innovative ideas -- we hope to see some of them implemented in the future!
The CED's Georgia Landscape Magazine is back!
After a five-year hiatus, CED's Georgia Landscape Magazine is rebooted! Beginning in 1976, Georgia Landscape Magazine is a student-run publication curated, written, and published by the students of CED. The upcoming issue will be published this Spring! Click the link below to read more about the history of the magazine!
CED Hosts Annual Landscape Architecture Short Course
The College of Environment and Design hosted the annual Landscape Architecture Short Course at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia on February 1-2, 2023. The short course had over 100 virtual and in-person attendees with 12 corporate sponsors. Educational sessions covered a wide range of topics, such as ecoregional green roofs, supply chain disruptions, and preserving historic sites.