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Using our Fabrication Workshop as a hub, Christopher Romano, assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, has partnered with Professor Diego Rodríguez and Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC) to co-lead the second annual short-term study abroad program, this year partnering with 2025-26 Banham Fellow Celia Chaussabel.

This fall, graduate students in the UB Architecture Material Culture Research Studio took on a unique challenge: designing user-friendly storage systems for The Tool Library, a local nonprofit that supports the community through affordable access to an extensive collection of tools.

‘California Rebuilds’ invited architects to showcase the power of passive house design in creating sustainable, fire-resilient communities.

UB adjunct architecture instructor Albert Chao is working to transform the Coles House and Studio into a space where community change happens.

When Professor Daniel Hess graduated from the University at Buffalo in 1997 with his master’s in urban planning, his next stop was UCLA to pursue his Ph.D. There, he met Donald Shoup, a professor of urban planning who came to be known for his pioneering work in parking policy and reform. 

UB's IDEA Center has received a nearly $5M award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.

On a pleasantly warm morning in late September, junior architecture students from the University at Buffalo gathered at Gallagher Beach for the 10th annual Junior Studio Regatta, newly renamed as Flo-gatta (Flotilla-Regatta).

Gary J. Jastrzab (BA ’76), one of the early graduates of the UB School of Architecture and Planning, has been honored with the 2025 Philip B. Wels Outstanding Service Award. 

UB student Maddie Stafford is raising awareness about gendered attitudes in traditionally male-dominated fields like architecture. 

As Mayank Sharma (MArch ’25) stepped out of the UB School of Architecture and Planning’s Spring 2025 graduation ceremony, he found himself eager to share the story of his family’s multi-generational bond with UB and his architectural heritage rooted in the vibrant city of Chandigarh, India.

The University at Buffalo has announced Mitchell Joachim (BPS ’94) as the recipient of a 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award.

On September 24, UB’s School of Architecture and Planning welcomed interdisciplinary artist Mary Mattingly to South Campus for its annual Sydney Gross Memorial Lecture.