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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.

  • Ernest Sternberg reflects on leadership of program during period of growth
    1/5/18
    In his six years as chair, Ernest Sternberg oversaw one of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning’s most dynamic periods of growth.
  • Daniel Hess takes helm as chair of UB’s urban and regional planning program
    1/5/18
    Daniel B. Hess, professor of urban planning who studies the socio-economic dynamics of housing, transportation and land use, has been appointed chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UB, effective January 1, 2018.
  • New collaboration makes it easier for students to earn dual MUP, MPH
    12/22/17
    The degrees themselves aren’t new. But the collaborative arrangement between the two UB schools that are offering them is.
  • Real estate development students win national case study competition
    12/19/17
    BUFFALO, N.Y. — A duo of University at Buffalo real estate development students won first place in an intercollegiate competition, placing UB and Buffalo’s story of rebirth on the national stage.
  • It's Not That Hard To Avoid Normalizing Nazis
    12/12/17
    Writing in The Atlantic, Despina Stratigakos, professor of architecture and author of “Hitler at Home,” explains the pitfalls of writing about fascists in a way that normalizes them. The piece was written in response to the controversial New York Times profile of white nationalist Tony Hovater and places the Hovater profile within the context of the puff pieces popular media outlets wrote about Hitler’s domestic life in the 1930s. “The deeply rooted cultural belief that we reveal our true selves at home gave these accounts the veneer of authenticity. And it was precisely this uncritical attitude that allowed not only Hitler’s PR team but also Hollywood agents to use such domestic profiles to mold their clients’ images and sweep any unpleasantness under the rug,” Stratigakos writes.
  • Reimagining terra cotta facades
    12/11/17

    Now in its second year, the Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop convenes architects, engineers and ceramicists to develop environmentally-responsive terra cotta façade prototypes. 

  • Gentrification Can’t Be the Theme of Rust Belt City Recovery
    12/4/17
    An article on Architecture Design about gentrification of Buffalo’s East Side and West Side and concerns among municipalities that feel stuck between the need to generate tax revenue through development and the fear of displacing residents when rents rise as a result of the increased development interviews Henry Louis Taylor Jr., director of the Center for Urban Studies. “If you play the long game in neighborhood revitalization, costs go down when equitable investments are made. Cities can be more creative around taxation and spending,” he said.
  • Climate change and the tale of two cities
    12/4/17

    With funding from National Science Foundation, two architecture and urban planning faculty members are studying the impacts of heat and cold in Tempe and Buffalo.

  • Here are the winners of the 2017 AN Best of Design Awards
    12/1/17
    An article in Architect’s Newspaper about its 2017 Best of Design Awards reports the research award went to Jin Young Song, assistant professor of architecture, for Snapping Façade.
  • Creating conversation in Cleveland
    12/1/17
    A temporary art installation by UB architecture professors Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster has put public debate back into the town square.
  • Examining real estate investment impacts on housing affordability and equity
    12/1/17

    Urban planning professor Robert Silverman, in collaboration with Ken Chilton of the Department of Public Administration, Tennessee State University, are investigating the effects of single-family home real estate investment trusts (REITs) on regional housing markets, specifically in Nashville, TN. 

  • Another Voice: New train station will continue city’s renaissance
    11/28/17
    An opinion piece authored by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown notes the leadership that Robert Shibley, dean of UB’s School of Architecture and Planning, has provided in facilitating discussions on where a new passenger train station should be located in Buffalo. “It was critically important to have someone of Shibley’s planning background and experience to help move this process along, guaranteeing that it would be  a thoughtful, in-depth and transparent consideration of the best location for such a facility,” Brown wrote.