Public Programs

Spring 2025

Zoom image: FALL 2024. Public programs. Wednesdays 6pm. Hayes Hall Room 403 (Unless otherwise noted). The public programs of the School of Architecture and Planning is supported by the following individuals and institutions: Jambal UBT Department of Architecture, UB Department of Urban and Regional Planning & UB Asia Research Institute, Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence, Urban Land Institute Western New York Women’s Leadership Initiative. FALL 2024. Public programs. Wednesdays 6pm. Hayes Hall Room 403 (Unless otherwise noted). The public programs of the School of Architecture and Planning is supported by the following individuals and institutions: Jambal UBT Department of Architecture, UB Department of Urban and Regional Planning & UB Asia Research Institute, Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence, Urban Land Institute Western New York Women’s Leadership Initiative.

Full Lineup

  • Lydia Kallipoliti
    1/29/25

    Wednesday, January 29, 2025
     This talk seeks to reveal how architecture constructs, distributes, and leverages power via material upcycling, interspecies alliances, biopolitics and excremental processes.

  • Reimagining Black Futures I
    2/5/25

    Part I: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
    This panel, part of the School’s programming for Black History Month, aims to understand, explore, and discuss a series of contemporary projects in the city of Buffalo through the lens of both opportunities and challenges.

  • Reimagining Black Futures II
    2/12/25

    Part II: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
    This panel, part of the School’s programming for Black History Month, aims to explore the challenges faced by Black urban planners, designers, and architects in developing plans and designs aimed at transforming underdeveloped Black neighborhoods into healthy, thriving, and joyful places.

  • Table Talks
    2/19/25

    Wednesday, February 19, 2025
    The UB Senenmut Alumni Association presents the 8th Annual Table Talks, focusing on A Panel on Workplace Culture. The two-part program begins with networking and an opportunity to meet local employers, followed by an AIA CEU lecture.

  • Catherine Griffiths
    2/26/25

    Wednesday, February 26, 2025
     In this lecture, Catherine Griffiths advocates for a counter-algorithmic design practice—one that contests the black-boxed nature of artificial intelligence by revealing the constituencies of models and what is left excluded or unmodeled.

  • Cameron Sinclair
    3/5/25

    Wednesday, March 5, 2025
    The complexity of resource scarcity, climate collapse, political instability and economic volatility are simply challenges looking for innovative and bold solutions. This is the new role of a designer and the infusion of authentic human creativity at intersection of ethics and aesthetics maybe our most important skill set - particularly in a time of artificial intelligence.

  • Alex Schwartz
    3/10/25

    March 10–14, 2025
    Alex Schwartz, professor of public and urban policy at The New School, is UB's 2025 Will and Nan Clarkson Chair in Affordable Housing. His research focuses on housing and community development, including public housing, affordable housing programs, mixed-income housing, and fair housing.

  • Sarah Williams
    4/2/25

    Wednesday, April 2, 2025
    Williams will explain how we can use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression, something Williams calls "Data Action", which is also the title of her recent book.

Atelier Week Open Studio

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
 5:00-8:00 p.m. | Parker, Hayes, and Crosby Hall
A spirited School-wide exhibition and reception that opens our learning spaces to the community and puts the work of our students and faculty on full display. Join us as we celebrate the vibrant intellectual life of our School.

  • FRAME/WORKS Faculty Exhibition
    3/12/25

    March 24 – April 19, 2025
    Exhibition Opening - Wednesday, April 9, 2025
    5:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Crosby Hall
    Showcasing the work of 45+ faculty, researchers, and collaborators in Crosby Hall's lobby. Educators from Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning framed their work as a question, illustrated with an image and caption.

The image shows a group of people in a workshop or makerspace, posing with cardboard models and projects secured with blue tape, surrounded by tools and materials.
Exhibition Opening: "Fragments: Then and Now"

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Assembly House, 150 Edward Street

  • Richard Gluckman
    4/16/25

    Wednesday, April 16, 2025
    The lecture will discuss the trajectory of Gluckman’s career, from the early influence of the industrial infrastructure and cultural institutions of Buffalo to design/ build of his college years to a serendipitous engagement with minimalist art on his arrival in New York City in 1976.

  • David Benjamin
    3/24/25

    Wednesday, April 23, 2025
    David Benjamin, Founding Principal of The Living and Associate Professor at Columbia GSAPP, will present selections of his recent work at the intersection of biology, computation, and design. Combining research and practice, he explores new ideas through prototyping.

2024-2025 Public Programs Committee: Mark Shepard and Hadas Steiner, supported by Ashley Godoy; poster designed by Lukas Iverson.

The public programs of the School of Architecture and Planning are supported by the following individuals and institutions: Will and Nan Clarkson Visiting Chair, UB Department of Architecture, UB Department of Urban and Regional Planning, UB History and Asian Studies, UB student group AASAP, and the UB Senenmut Alumni Association.

The image is a poster for the Spring 2025 Public Programs. It lists various events, lectures, and symposiums scheduled to take place on Wednesdays at 6 PM in Hayes 403, unless otherwise noted. The events are divided into two categories: AI, Design & the Environment lecture series and Other Events. For the AI, Design & the Environment lecture series, Lydia Kallipoliti will present on January 29 (Dean's Lecture), Catherine Griffiths on February 26, Sarah Williams on April 2, and David Benjamin on April 23. In the Other Events category, there is Reimagining Black Futures I on February 5, Reimagining Black Futures II on February 12, Table Talks on February 19 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM, a lecture by Cameron Sinclair on March 5 (Labyrinth Workshop, 15 Allen Street), the Clarkson Chair Lecture by Alex Schwartz on March 12, the Symposium on Social Transformations & Urban Transitions in China from March 21-23 from 9:00 AM to 5:15 PM, the Atelier Week Open Studio on April 9 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM (Pfeifer, Hughes, and Crosby Hall), the Exhibition Opening "Fragments: Then and Now" on April 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM (Assembly Hall, 150 Edward Street), and a lecture by Richard Gluckman on April 16.
Wednesdays

6 p.m. | 403 Hayes
(Unless otherwise noted)

Select lecture and events offer AIA and AICP learning units for professional continuing education. Details are provided on specific event pages. 

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Published January 9, 2025

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