On the first day of class on the last day of August, Eric Huebner, associate professor of music in the College of Arts and Sciences, was seated at the chair of a grand piano on the sidewalk outside of Slee Hall on the North Campus. He was performing two Chopin preludes and a snippet of Bach’s D minor keyboard concerto, a piece that he would soon be performing as part of an upcoming concert with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Seven UB alumni practicing with Gensler offices across the U.S. recently came together with current students to share their career trajectories and work experience at the world’s largest architecture, design, and planning firm.
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.
Professor Brian Carter recently reflected in "Drawing Matter" on how the coronavirus pandemic changed methods of teaching and making in studio at the School of Architecture and Planning.
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning has announced the addition of two tenure-track faculty bringing expertise in inclusive planning and design of pedestrian environments.
Mary D. Cohen, a lifelong educator and former researcher with UB’s Health in Housing Institute (HIH) who passed away earlier this summer at 91, leaves a diverse legacy of community-building work.
Along with our faculty, students, staff, and alumni, we are enraged by and grieve the recent killing of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of a police officer. In support of racial justice and building on the School’s collective commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity, we wil execute an explicitly anti-racist approach across all our operations.
Welcome to all - students, faculty and staff - to the start of a new academic year as we return to campus and a ‘new normal’ of learning together. We are ready, after months of careful and intensive planning to ensure that we can learn together – in place – while supporting the health and safety of our community.
Among several studios and seminars offered by the School of Architecture and Planning over the summer was “Off the Grid,” taught by UB adjunct instructor Jon Spielman.
For Stanicka Mathurin, the study of architecture and preparing for a successful career in the profession began before she even completed high school. The second-year MArch student was just a sophomore when she helped design a children’s mission home and later a school in Haiti as part of a project for His Work International to help orphans.
