Volume 3, Issue 10 | Feb. 15-28, 2021

Bernard Zimmerman Lecture Series: Spring 2021 Program Named in honor of one of its founding faculty members, the Department of Architecture's professional lecture series is open to the public. All times are PST. No registration necessary. Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. Marina Tabassum | MTA Co-sponsored by the College of Environmental Design (ENV) as part of the 2020-21 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lecture Series (Speaker biography and Zoom link) Wednesday, March 3 at 7 p.m.  Mark Lee | JOHNSTONMARKLEE  (Speaker biography and Zoom link) Wednesday, March 10 at 6 p.m.  Co-hosted by CPP-NOMAS Sean Canty | Studio Sean Canty  (Speaker biography and Zoom link) Friday, April 9 at 7 p.m.  Barbara Bouza | Walt Disney Imagineering  (Speaker biography and Zoom link) Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. Carla Juacaba | Carla Juacaba Studio  (Speaker biography and Zoom link) Poster design by Elizabeth Yuksel ('20, architecture)

cal poly pomona updates Classes and campus services are predominantly remote/virtual in the spring term. Cal Poly Pomona is now a mass vaccination hub. A consortium of health organizations will provide vaccinations in Parking Structure 2 on an appointment-only basis seven days a week for as long as supplies are available. Visit https://myturn.ca.gov to make a vaccination appointment. When and who gets vaccinated first? Read California's COVID-19 Vaccine Plan here. In-person instruction is delayed until March 1, according to an update by Provost Sylvia Alva. Planning a visit to campus? Faculty, students and staff must first complete this checklist. Follow CPP on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (@calpolypomona). env updates Find news and updates in the College of Environmental Design's news section. Buildings 1, 2, 3, 7, 13, 89 and 209 are closed and locked until further notice. Studios and classrooms should not be accessed at this time. Graduates from the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021: your feedback is needed on alternative commencement event planning. Check your inbox for the questionnaire from the University Commencement Committee. Deadline to respond is Tuesday, Feb. 16. Faculty and staff who need to access ENV offices must first complete COVID-19 training and notify the Dean's Office and University Police before their campus visit. Follow ENV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn (@cppenv). ENV Student Success Advising Center is on Instagram (@cpp_envadvising).

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ARCHITECTURE Kristin Lorentzen ('22, B.Arch) is the recipient of the $1,000 AIAIC University Scholarship Award, one of four in the Winter 2020 scholarship cycle of the American Institute of Architects Inland California chapter (AIAIC). The program is exclusive to architecture students in the Riverside/San Bernardino area attending Cal Poly Pomona, California Baptist University and San Bernardino Community College. Lorentzen currently serves as the Student Director in the AIAIC Board of Directors. She is also an NCARB student licensing advisor for the Cal Poly Pomona chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students, and a member of the Sustainability and Resiliency Task Force of the national chapter. As a tech resource for new architecture students, Lorentzen provided free Revit workshops in Fall 2020. Browse her portfolio here.

ART 4D design lecturer Jian Lee and Danny Quijano ('21, visual communication design) were the associate animator and animation assistant, respectively, for the film version of the Phillip Glass opera, "The Fall of the House of Usher," based on Edgar Allen Poe's gothic classic. In this rendition, the horror story takes place in the imagination of a migrant child journeying to the United States. Produced by the Boston Lyric Opera, the film uses hand-drawn and stop-motion animation techniques alongside curated archival footage, with Glass' complete score and Arthur Yorink's full libretto. It premiered on Jan. 29 on www.operabox.tv.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Professors Weimin Li and Lee-Anne Milburn — along with U.S. Forest Service research scientists Patricia L. Winter and Pamela E. Padgett at Pacific Southwest Research Station — recently published a research article in the Journal of Health and Place (Volume 67, January 2021, 102482). Titled “A dual-method approach toward measuring the built environment – sampling optimization, validity, and efficiency of using GIS and virtual auditing,” the paper is one of the several pieces of research findings generated by the USFS-Cal Poly Pomona Research Joint Venture (PSWRS RJVA 13-JV-11272131-051) research team. The published research was an original effort to test and validate a dual-method approach toward measuring the built environment with GIS and Google Street View Auditing. (Pictured: The eight park neighborhoods in both affluent and disadvantaged communities in the City of Los Angeles.) It generates several novel findings. First, the study presents important evidence to support that GIS measures can offer sampling guidance applicable to the GSVA method. It leads to a recommendation of sampling sizes (5%-20%) for cases in settings with a mixture of affluent and disadvantaged neighborhoods. Results further indicate that different communities and certain individual features and characteristics may demand different sampling practices. Second, the study found that while GSVA is trustworthy for most characteristic variables, especially those that required subjective input, GIS provides well-validated measures for certain objective environmental attributes. Furthermore, the study reports that a dual-method approach of GIS and GSVA had a lower financial and time burden than using GSVA alone and is thus recommended as a comprehensive solution for optimal measurement of an objective built environment in mixed urban neighborhoods.   The article is available through open access here. Questions can be directed to Li at wli@cpp.edu.

Assistant Professor Claire Latané was a featured speaker in the Feb. 12 proceedings of the 2021 Mayor's Urban Design Symposium organized by the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Her lecture focused on mental health and the role of design. It echoed the theme of her upcoming book, "Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind" (Island Press, June 2021), in which Latané details the opportunities — from furniture to classroom improvements to whole campus renovations — to make supportive learning environments for children and teenagers. The book's cover art is by JT Bills ('20, visual communication design); school drawings inside the book are by MLA student Adrian Chi Tenney. Latané is the founder and leader of the Emergency Schoolyard Design Volunteers, part of the COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative. Read her Q&A, "Outdoor Education in the Time of COVID-19" here.

URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING How can planners make practical judgements and wiser decisions? Richard Willson's "Reflective Planning Practice: Theory, Cases, and Methods" (Routledge, October 2020) was at the center of a recent Q&A with Julie Von Bergen from the American Planning Association. It's also the inspiration for "Reflective Practice in the ENV Professions," a series of ENV Professional Development Workshops offered this semester. The one-hour sessions are open to all ENV majors and faculty. (View the flyer for details) Reflective Practice in the ENV Professions Dates: Feb. 25, March 4, March 18, April 8 Time: 12-1 p.m. (PST) Zoom: https://cpp.zoom.us/j/83902336832 (Passcode: Reflect)

REGENERATIVE STUDIES Korrin Davis ('21, master's in regenerative studies) is the recipient of a $5,000 scholarship from Project LOGRAR (Leveraging Opportunities for Graduate and Research Resources), a program funded by the Department of Education. In 2019, Cal Poly Pomona received a $2.68 million grant from the federal agency to establish a Graduate Center and to build the services and infrastructure that support minority graduate students. "What initially drew me to the regenerative studies program is how interdisciplinary it is," Davis said. "When I first applied, I did not have a specific area of interest, but knew I wanted to pursue a career in environmentalism. Since then, I have narrowed my focus and am currently using comparative analyses to research Bayer-Monsanto's dual messaging between their regulatory filings and promotional communication claims."

SPRING 2021 VIRTUAL ADVISING & ACADEMICS TOOLKIT SOFTWARE FOR FACULTY & STAFF CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF FACULTY EXCELLENCE (CAFE) UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SERVICES CAMPUS OFFICES + SERVICES ENV STUDENT SUCCESS ADVISING CENTER + CAREER ADVISING SOFTWARE FOR STUDENTS VIRTUAL SOFTWARE LAB ENV SUBJECT LIBRARIANS ENV DIRECTORY + SERVICES

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COVID-19 RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM | Last semester students in Professor Juintow Lin's Sustainable Technology studio (ARC 4310) proposed designs for outdoor classrooms that implemented sustainable strategies adapted to a pandemic while serving the needs of Cal Poly Pomona. Fifth-year architecture students Miguel Lamas, Ivan Panaligan, Sung Jin Park and Michael Bonura chose the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies as the site for their proposed outdoor classroom. Lamas shared: "One of the major components driving the design was the site itself. The Lyle Center is one of the most important sustainable sites locally. It was important to have a minimal footprint while creating a subtle disturbance on the site. Additionally, instead of building a structure from the ground up, one of the design strategies was to carve onto the existing hill to use some of the resources found already in the site. The team’s mission was to achieve an aesthetically functional design while using the least energy and resources while also aiding to the values that the Lyle Center is already practicing. "The closure of schools drastically affected the success of education for its students and has left a significant mark in understanding the value of face-to-face interaction with learning. "With improving the merit of education in a learning environment under a pandemic as motivation, the design was informed through an iterative process which favors using quantifiable tools to perform energy and environmental analysis. Some of the major components of these studies included building performance, thermal and visual comfort, water usage and storage, and problem solving."

opportunities | your professional development

NSF I-CORPS SPRING COURSE | Apply by Feb. 26 In this free two-day virtual institute, participants will work together to translate their research, products, start-ups, technology, or ideas into the marketplace. Teams may be composed of CPP students, faculty, staff, alumni, and/or community entrepreneurs. Plus, learn how to qualify to apply to the NSF National Innovation Network Team Program with up to $50,000 in funding. Find details here. CPP CAREER CENTER + JCPENNEY SUIT-UP EVENT | Through Feb. 28 The Career Center Clothes Closet is partnering with JCPenney for the department store chain's biannual JCPenney Suit-Up event. Shoppers get an extra 30% off on professional attire. Request the coupon, good until May 2, by texting BRONCOS to 67292.  AVOIDING PLAGIARISM WORKSHOPS | Spring 2021 (Multiple dates) The University Library is offering a series of "Avoiding Plagiarism Workshops." All sessions are free. Registration is open for the following dates: Thursday, March 4 at 12 p.m. PST  Thursday, April 15 at 12 p.m. PST Tuesday, May 4 at 12 p.m. PST  CPP SCHOLARSHIP FEST | Apply by March 2 Nearly 300 scholarships are up for grabs for the 2021-22 academic year. View them all at www.cpp.edu/scholarships. Here's how to apply: Fill out the General Application Go to "Recommended Opportunities" Submit "Supplemental Questions" MARGARITA P. McCOY SCHOLARSHIP IN URBAN PLANNING | Apply by March 19 The 2021 cycle of the Margarita McCoy Scholarship will provide two $4,000 awards to undergraduate and graduate students. Applicants must be URP majors who have successfully completed a year of study, and have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Get the full details. The scholarship honors the late Margarita McCoy, URP professor emerita and chair from 1976-89. The first woman to lead a department of planning in the United States, McCoy spent her 50-year career pressing universities nationwide to open their doors to women and minorities.

ON THE GRID is produced by the College of Environmental Design (ENV) at Cal Poly Pomona. Masthead design by Maribel Ruiz ('22, architecture). Send your news, announcements and upcoming (virtual) events to env@cpp.edu.

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