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Media Mentions

Our faculty are frequently called upon to inform critical issues facing the world today. See the latest faculty and school mentions in the press.

  • UB architecture faculty receive coveted ‘Emerging Voices’ award
    2/12/18
    Two UB architecture professors are among this year’s recipients of the Architectural League of New York’s annual Emerging Voices awards.
  • Buffalo is headed to Venice
    2/9/18

    The School of Architecture and Planning is taking Buffalo’s story of place – and its place within it - to the world as an invited exhibitor at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. The six-month event is the world’s largest and premier exhibit of architecture and design.

  • UB architect manipulates metal and light to create a curious cube
    2/7/18
    BUFFALO, N.Y. — During the day, light pours in from two sides through the more than 72,000 holes laser-precision drilled into the stainless steel panels that veil the building’s façade.
  • Stratigakos named interim vice provost for inclusive excellence
    2/5/18

    Despina Stratigakos, professor in the School of Architecture and Planning, has been named interim vice provost for inclusive excellence for the University at Buffalo. 

  • 2018 Emerging Voices Award Winners Announced
    2/1/18
    An article in Metropolis magazine reports Stephanie Davidson, visiting assistant professor of architecture, and Georg Rafailidis, associate professor of architecture, have been named to the list of Emerging Voices awardees by the Architectural League of New York. Articles also appeared on ArchDaily and The Architect’s Newspaper.
  • Students dive into the profession on annual NYC career trek
    1/29/18

    Twenty-nine students crisscrossed the boroughs on a dizzying two-day excursion that included site visits to signature development projects, a chance to see the inner workings of major employers, and networking opportunities with alumni at work across the professions.

  • Students engage in conversations surrounding inclusion and diversity
    1/25/18
    A story on WIVB-TV reports students from UB’s Prosperity Scholars program traveled to the Michigan Avenue African-American Heritage Corridor Thursday to learn about the people who have lived in the neighborhoods and shaped the city, and interviews Kelley Mosher, a graduate student in urban planning. “One of the interesting things I learned from today’s panel is that some people might look, from the surface level, they have the same background but they all have different stories to tell,” she said.
  • Bailey Green progress is slow but steady
    1/25/18
    A story on WIVB-TV about progress being made on the Bailey Green neighborhood improvement project notes that an urban planning team from UB has been involved in the efforts.
  • Evictionland
    1/24/18
    An article on Curbed, a real-estate blog network, about the increasing number of Americans who are experiencing eviction and the role that gentrification plays in the problem interviews Robert Silverman, professor of urban planning, who said market forces unchecked by government economic policies have combined to push up rental prices across the board, particularly in desirable metro areas like Washington, D.C. “Rents have been outpacing income growth, even in terms of other housing markets, like the mortgage market,” he said. “Landlords have been raising rents even though [household] income hasn’t kept up with costs.”
  • Another Voice: Building tourism buzz in Buffalo
    1/23/18
    An opinion piece about the “new” Buffalo, which The New York Times recently named as one of its “52 Places to Go in 2018,” reports that 13 years ago the Buffalo Niagara Cultural Tourism Initiative released its strategy for attracting visitors to the region and notes the document was the result of nearly two years of community meetings, focus groups, interviews and data analysis by UB’s Regional Institute and its consultants.
  • Jin Young Song's elastic facade concepts snap up awards
    1/19/18

    Two award-winning design concepts by Jin Young Song explore sustainable building envelope strategies using elastic instability—the same technology used in Snap Bracelets. 

  • UB architects help write history of under-recognized female architects
    1/17/18

    UB is participating in a national program to document 50 histories of prominent female architects to ensure their names - and contributions - are not lost to time.