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Our students are curious about the built environment and its social, cultural, political and ecological contexts. Resourceful, entrepreneurial and actively engaged in our local and global communities, our students are passionate about making our world a better place for all.

Joyce Hwang unveils animal-friendly installation at Exhibit Columbus
8/19/21
UB architecture professor Joyce Hwang hopes to bring greater visibility to the bats, birds, turtles and other "middle species" that reside in cities around the world through an outdoor installation at the prestigious Exhibit Columbus, in Columbus, Indiana.
MSRED student Mythea Mazzola discusses the UB experience
10/5/21
Mythea Mazzola is a MS in Real Estate Development student at UB with a passion for creating an inclusive built environment, developing entrepreneurial and forward-thinking projects, and diversifying the real estate industry.
Passionate about real estate? There's a club for that.
9/29/21
Students in UB's MSRED program have launched UB's first student organization in real estate to support networking, engagement with the professional community, and student leadership development.
Congratulations, Class of 2019
6/10/19
On May 17, 2019, more than 200 future architects, urban planners and real estate developers crossed the stage at UB's Center for the Arts to accept their hard-earned degrees.
Featured work from Fall 2020 senior architecture studio
12/7/20
In the culminating studio of the BS in Architecture program, Urban Life - Self + Society focuses on the urban dwelling as a threshold between self and society, between local and global, and between nature and culture.
Urban planning student Jeremy Sanford pursues activist research for environmental justice activism
4/15/21
Jeremy Sanford is a graduate student studying Environmental and Land Use Planning. At the School of Architecture and Planning's Community Resilience Lab, he provides support for health and energy research with People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) - Buffalo and conducts environmental justice research. He strongly believes that planners have a central role in enhancing racial justice and promoting healthier and sustainable environments.
Award’s Day event delights students with prizes, T-shirt cannon and lots of cowbell
5/23/21
Earlier this month, the clanging sound of more than 300 UB-Blue cowbells filled the air on UB’s South Campus as the School of Architecture and Planning gathered for Award’s Day + Atelier 2021, a festive celebration of student academic achievement.
2021 Watts Scholar Petreen Thomas activates design for social and racial justice
3/8/21
For Petreen Thomas, a great deal of power exists in design – a concept that is shaping her future aspirations as an architect and urban designer, with an eye toward public interest design.
Graduating architecture student Denice Guillermo turns tragedy into insight and resolve
5/12/21
I write today to update you on our preparations for the fall 2020 semester as we work to implement university guidelines for a return to campus in a modified in-person capacity.
PhD student Carol Ramos-Gerena reflects on the power of urban planning to advance gender equity
3/30/21
In recognition of Women's History Month, we're proud to celebrate the distinguished women of UB's School of Architecture and Planning and their boundary-breaking contributions to gender equity. Today we celebrate Carol Ramos-Gerena, a student in our urban planning PhD program with research interests in food systems planning, urban agroecology and food sovereignty.
Commencement 2021 to be held in person, Friday, May 14
3/17/21
The School of Architecture and Planning is pleased to announce that its commencement ceremony will take place as an in-person, outdoor event on Friday, May 14, 2021, at 5:00 PM (tented location on North Campus TBD).
Student-led Instagram account juxtaposes brutalist architecture with … cats!
2/2/21
Cats and brutalist architecture: Who knew the two were a perfect pair?
Construction arts program transforms space and students
6/1/18
The Society for the Advancement of Construction-Related Arts, founded by UB architecture professor Dennis Maher, will infuse the region's workforce with skilled craftspeople who can contribute to a range of construction jobs, including the the growing number of historic preservation projects happening throughout Buffalo.
Empowering communities through literature and design
5/29/20
UB student Nicole Little has put her design skills to work for Buffalo’s Fruit Belt community, helping residents to visualize alternate futures for their built environment through the creation of their own graphic novel.
UB students explore feasibility of a rapid transit line along the New York State Thruway
10/16/20
Environmental design students at UB will work this semester with regional leaders to conduct a feasibility study for an intercity high-speed bus line along the New York State Thruway.
Urban planning student Daniela León builds equitable development from the ground up
10/6/20
Daniela León, a second-year student in the Master of Urban Planning program at UB, is an ardent advocate for building equitable and inclusive economies for urban communities.

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