-Sharon Kuska

First year students, please check your email for the link to complete your initial application to second year. Please complete this short application by Friday, March 11. Please note: All students applying for second year admittance for fall 2022 need to complete this application by March 11. (Portfolios will be due on Friday, May 20, by 9 am. For those students taking D.Make and/or Computers/Drawing this summer, your portfolio will be due August 15 by 9 am). Please reach out to your advisor if you have questions.

Registration for the Summer Sessions opens today - Monday, March 7. NOW is the time for you to schedule a time to meet with your academic advisor if you are planning on taking summer courses. Priority registration for fall 2022 opens on Monday, March 28.

The last day to change a full-length regular academic session course registration to or from “Pass/No Pass” is Friday, March 11.

A few things you should know about Pass/No Pass include:

·NEVER change a class to Pass/No Pass without checking with your advisor first.

·DSGN/ARCH/IDES/LARC courses are all REQUIRED to have a letter grade. Taking these subjects as Pass/No Pass is NOT an option. And all of these courses must be completed with a C or better.

·Required electives are all REQUIRED to have a letter grade. These include courses like MATH, ENGL, COMM, HORT and Natural Science electives. Taking these subjects as Pass/No Pass is NOT an option. Additionally these courses must be completed with a C or better.

·Some ACE electives such as 6, 8 and 9 may be taken as Pass/No Pass, but please consult with your advisor first.

Sunday, March 20^th 1-5pm

Global warming, urbanization, land use management and public health concerns are all causing cities to reconsider the nature of urban design in their cities. This is the context in which I introduce my sustainable urbanism studio. Reducing the carbon footprint of cities, consideration of growth inside the city as opposed to the cities edge, blending uses to avoid the need to get in a car to drive across town to meet daily needs, and the reintroduction of “nature” inside the city requires a shift away from the unsustainable modernist city toward a vision that values a more local way of life. This has led to many cities, particularly large ones, to purpose redevelopment and restructuring strategies that embrace these approaches. More-

As urban and rural developers realize the value of even the most minor waterways for luring customers and commerce, planners stress caution especially in light of climate change. The New York Times interviews Community and Regional Planning Professor and Program Director Zhenghong Tang for his insight. More-

Professor Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA gave a lecture and led a discussion about architectural details titled "Craft, Detail, and the Lake House" to students and faculty at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE. This international lecture focused on the work Day’s firm has created.

Making a difference in our local communities, Day’s FACT students are featured for their work creating a mobile stage. The Omaha Mobile Stage (OMS) is a creative placemaking project to design and make a portable stage to serve as a cultural and economic catalyst in public spaces and main streets throughout the Omaha metropolitan area. OMS is a project of Partners for Livable Omaha, an Omaha-based nonprofit dedicated to the educational and charitable support of the live performing arts.

See full feature here.

Check out the new competition and scholarship opportunities on our website or here on Canvas.

Note: Due to the numerous opportunities available, we are listing all content on our website. See links listed above for more details.

Check out the College of Architecture website for new internship and job opportunities. 

Plus, University of Nebraska Career Services encourages you to view a few of their new Full-Time job postings at Handshake. Check them out!

Date: Mar. 8

Time: 12:30 -1:45 pm

Place: 127

Date: Mar. 25

Time: 5-7 pm

Place: Arch Hall

Gallery

Date: Mar. 30

Time: 11 am - 1 pm

Place: Arch Hall Link

Deadline: Apr. 1

Hyde Lecture – Andrés Jaque

Date: Apr. 1

Time: 4 pm

Place: Nebraska Union

Date: Apr. 25-29

Date: May 2–6

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Date: May 13

Date: May 13

Time: 6 pm

Date: May 14