“Passing,” an exhibit by OU architecture student Ryan Godfrey, is now on display in the main hall of the Bizzell Memorial Library. This display focuses on three homes built between 1938-1951…
Tag: Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Arch. Faculty Publish Special Issue on Inclusive Architecture Pedagogies
OU Architecture faculty Dr. Stephanie Pilat and Dr. Angela Person, along with Dr. Carmina Sanchez-del-Valle of Hampton University, recently published a special edition of the architectural research journal Enquiry. The…
Gibbs Design Activism Awards Program Announces 2022 Recipients
The Gibbs Design Activism Awards (GDAA) is a new grant initiative that was created to support student-led design and research projects that critically engage topics of community, social, and economic…
OU Alumnus Inducted into 2022 AICP Class of Fellows
Michael Southard, a Regional + City Planning alumni and current member of the RCPL Professional Advisory Board, has just been inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified…
RCPL faculty presents at APA Continuing Education Webcast on Diversity and Inclusion
RCPL faculty member Dr. C. Aujean Lee recently gave a presentation titled “Moving from aspiration to action: Reorienting planners’ values towards equity diversity and inclusion” for the American Planning Association (APA) Urban Design and Preservation…
Architecture Students Design Housing for All Abilities in Norman
Four studios, two undergraduate level and two graduate level, of architecture students have been working on a project designing housing and community space for all abilities in the Norman area. The undergraduate…
RCPL Faculty Present on Whiteness at ACSP Conference
Dr. C. Aujean Lee and Dr. John C. Harris, professors of Regional + City Planning, recently organized and moderated a roundtable at the 2021 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference. The…
OU RCPL Affiliate Faculty Wins 2021 On the Brinck Book Award
The Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Dr. Laura Harjo, associate professor of Native American Studies and an affiliate faculty member in Gibbs’ Division of Regional + City Planning, as her book Spiral to the Stars: Mvskoke Tools…
Ideal Homes & Neighborhoods Announces New Wheelchair-Accessible Homes
NORMAN, OKLA. – Homes that make life easier for people with mobility limitations are now under construction at Ideal Homes & Neighborhoods communities in Norman, Moore and Stillwater. These homes…
Regional + City Planning Professor Publishes Article on COVID-19, the Built Environment, and Social Vulnerability
Regional + City Planning assistant professor C. Aujean Lee co-authored an article in Sustainable Cities and Society titled “Exploring the nexus between social vulnerability, built environment, and the prevalence of…