Thank you to the Gibbs College alumni, design professionals, student volunteers, and event organizers who participated in this year’s IIDA ZeroLandfill OKC event! The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Texas-Oklahoma chapter recently hosted the 2021 ZeroLandfill OKC event.…
Tag: Sustainability
Architecture Professor Shares Environmental Stewardship Recognition
The OU Environmental Concerns Committee (ECC) recently named the Environmental Sustainability Working Group (ESWG), co-led by led by Dr. Randy Peppler (above left, OU Dept. of Geography & Environmental Sustainability)…
Gibbs College to Host Madison Swayne Lecture, “Environmental Justice Opportunities & Brownfield Redevelopment,” on March 31
The University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to host Madison Swayne, former brownfields remediation consultant and Assistant Professor at San Diego State University, will describe the…
University of Oklahoma Alumnus Named a 2020 LEED Fellow
Founder and President of C-Wise Design and Consulting, Martha Norbeck, has been named a 2020 LEED Fellow by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI). Norbeck is among 25 professionals who represent…
Architecture Faculty Member Publishes Research on Climate Change Communication
Assistant professor of Architecture Angela Person recently coauthored the article “Climate Change Communication: Examining the Social and Cognitive Barriers to Productive Environmental Communication,” published in Social Science Quarterly. The research…
Donor Highlight: Lee Beckman
This semester, we’d like to put the spotlight on a few of Gibbs College of Architecture‘s (GCA) donors and supporters. Their gifts of time and financial resources to our programs…
GCA Professor Featured on Science-Themed Talk Show
Lee Fithian, associate professor of architecture at Gibbs College of Architecture, was featured on “Yes! Science!,” a talk show series dedicated to highlighting women and minorities working in various STEM…
Students Honored for Environmental Scholarship, Advocacy
Student researchers from Dr. Angela Person and Dr. Randy Peppler‘s Environmental Sustainability Working Group’s (ESWG) 2017 and 2018 cohorts were recently honored with significant environmental and research awards. Maya Henderson,…
Associate Professor Lee Fithian Selected for 2017 National Fellowship Program
Associate Professor Lee Fithian has been selected as a Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program’s 2017 National Fellowship Program. She exemplifies the mission of the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) –…
Associate Professor Lee Fithian Publishes Research in the Journal of Living Architecture
Congratulations to Division of Architecture Associate Professor Lee Fithian, whose co-authored paper was recently published and is now available online in JLIV, the Journal of Living Architecture. To read the…