Volume 5, Issue 1 | Aug. 24 - Sept. 6, 2021 |
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European urban planning solutions for SoCal |
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Transit map connecting Los Angeles County suburbs (Roger Carbajal and Eduardo Lomeli) |
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Assistant Professor Brian Garcia used his $10,000 RSCA (Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity) Award to develop a book manuscript that proposes applying urban planning solutions in Europe to improve cities and quality of life in Southern California.
The book will be based on lectures and source material Garcia collected to teach URP 4120 (Urban Design in Europe), and will address seven of the region's urban challenges: transportation and connecting people with places; inequality; environmental sustainability; housing provision; smart cities and creating cities of production rather than consumption; and public health. "California and Europe in particular have synergies in contemporary policy in environmental sustainability and also face similar crisis level challenges of housing affordability," Garcia said.
Research assistants Roger Carbajal and Eduardo Lomeli (both '22, B.URP) contributed additional material on inequality and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also developed ideas for implementing transportation and environmental solutions for the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, including an orbital rail system connecting suburbs; and green lung and green belt strategies building upon existing green spaces.
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Coming to campus? Students, faculty and staff must first complete the online Health Screener before arriving for work, in-person classes, and/or other business and activities. Students living on campus must fill out the Health Screener every day.
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Sept. 30 is the deadline for students and non-represented employees to verify their vaccination record OR to request medical or religious exemptions. Students seeking a medical exemption should contact health@cpp.edu. Employees seeking a medical exemption should contact ADAcoordinator@cpp.edu. Students and employees seeking exemptions due to religious belief, practice or observance should contact officeofequity@cpp.edu.
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The COVID-19 Public Testing Site is located at the CLA Paseo between the CLA tower and Voorhis Park. Appointments are available between Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Weekly COVID-19 tests are required for students, faculty and staff; those who have uploaded their vaccination record via MyHealthPortal are exempt from weekly testing.
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View in-person business hours of department offices, service bureaus and facilities in the ENV Virtual Directory.
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While on campus, masks or cloth face coverings are required to be worn indoors with few exceptions.
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ENV Dean Fellows. Assistant Professor Claire Latané and Associate Professor Sooyum Im will share the college's operational duties with Associate Dean Alyssa Lang.
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Art Department Change of Major Meeting. Considering switching to visual communication design or art history? Get your questions answered at the the Fall 2021 Change of Meeting Major on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 12 p.m. PST. Join the Zoom meeting here.
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Looking for a safe study space? Students can reserve study rooms at the University Library (Bldg. 15), and study spaces at the Bronco Student Center (Bldg. 35).
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Join the Herd Sweepstakes. Students who upload their COVID-19 vaccination record before Aug. 27 will be entered to win $50 in Bronco Bucks.
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back to school | welcome to fall 2021
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FALL 2021 CONVOCATION
Hear President Soraya M. Coley's remarks about the 2021-22 academic year.
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A YEAR-AND-A-HALF IN REVIEW
University Art Galleries Curator Michele Cairella Fillmore and her student staff reflect on working remotely for the last 18 months.
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tech | design + productivity
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LOANER LAPTOPS + WIFI HOTSPOTS
Students can request loaner laptops and/or hotspots from the University Library.
Laptops can be borrowed for the whole semester or for short-term (4 hours) use while on campus.
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BRONCO BOOKSTORE LAPTOP PROGRAM
Cal Poly Pomona and Dell have partnered to offer an exclusive laptop program (two- and four-year payment plans) for students.
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interdepartmental | stay in the know
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ARCHITECTURE
First-year studio instructor Sona Gevorkyan is the next president of the board of directors and leaders of the Association for Women in Architecture and Design. Gevorkyan is the founder of Sona Gevorkyan Architecture Office, a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary practice.
The department's Master of Interior Architecture program was re-accredited by CIDA, and is currently in the process of a WSCUC review to allow the program to be offered online in perpetuity — making it Cal Poly Pomona's second online program to be officially organized by the commission. Additionally, CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro approved the department's MS in Management of Architectural Practice for the University's Academic Master Plan. The program will be offered online for working professionals and anticipated to provide a path for young architects into management roles in the architecture, engineering, construction and owner-operated (AECO) industry. The program will be developed this year for a hoped-for launch in 2022-23.
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ART
In Fall 2020 Princeton University invited Professor Alison Pearlman — one of the nation's first scholars to chronicle the history of 1980s American art — to present her research in the two-day virtual conference Political Values, Market Values, Art Values: The Ethics of American Art in the 1980s. Her lecture, "Duck Tacos with a Side of Painting: Restaurants and the Los Angeles Art World of the 1980s," inspired the research and development of her next book, tentatively titled, "Meet Me at the West Beach Café: Art, Restaurants, and the Rebirth of L.A."
In narrative nonfiction, the book will reveal for the first time how the worlds of contemporary art and vanguard restaurants supported each other in 1980s Los Angeles. Pearlman will show how they advanced each other's interests at a transitional time for both in achieving world renown, and the ways their association gave rise to a new and influential aesthetic in restaurant design. At the heart of the story are a handful of restaurants — most importantly, West Beach Café in Venice and Michael's in Santa Monica — that became hubs of art-world social life, conduits of art institutional support, and sites of significant art exhibition.
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URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
The California Planning Foundation awarded its top scholarships to the following students:
Questa Gleason ('21, M.URP, pictured) - Outstanding Student Award ($5,000)
Norma Flores ('22, M.URP; '14, B.URP) and Dominic Gonzalez ('21, B.URP) - Inland Empire Section ($1,5000)
Brian De La Ree ('21, B.URP) - Los Angeles Section ($1,000)
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img | stories in pictures
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REIMAGINING EXPOSITION PARK | CPP-NOMAS (National Organization of Minority Architecture Students) developed and led workshops for middle school students at this year's Project Pipeline Summer Camp. Organized by SoCal NOMA, the camps introduce young people of color (ages 10-17) to architecture by grouping them with architecture professionals and students on a design objective. The 2021 challenge: reimagine Exposition Park with four museums.
Take a virtual tour of each Project Pipeline team's design zone here.
CPP-NOMAS Project Pipeline volunteers: Airene Dizon, Alejandro Garcia, Alvin Chan, Ashly Saucedo, Celine Li, Cheyenne Capener, Daniella Pomalaza, Esmeralda Tabares, Henry Chu, James Cardona, Jared Pablo, Jaylene Sanchez, Joy Chew, Junhong Wen, Kiara Kahania, Kristal Audish, Marco Zhou, Miguel Ángel Cruz, Samantha McKinnon, Sarah Etwaru, Sarra Starbird, Sedona Quimby and Sidra Issa.
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opportunities | your professional development
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WORKSHOP | Avoiding Plagiarism - Fall 2021
The University Library and the Office of Student Conduct and Integrity's plagiarism workshops will review strategies and tips on paraphrasing and citations, and discuss how the misuse of online platforms can lead to an academic integrity violation.
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FELLOWSHIP | Spring 2022 Randall Lewis Lyle Center Fellowship - Apply by Dec. 3
The Lyle Center Randall Lewis Fellowship Program is accepting applications for Spring 2022. Fellows are each awarded a $2,400 stipend.
The program is open to all Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate and graduate students. The Spring 2022 Fellowship cycle runs from Jan. 24 to May 6, 2022.
Fellows will be involved in regular maintenance and food production activities at the Center, assisting with the renovation of the vegetable garden area to grow food for the ASI Poly Pantry.
Applications are due on Friday, Dec. 3 at 5 p.m. (PST). Find the online application and more information about the program at www.cpp.edu/lyle.
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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 events to env@cpp.edu.
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