Design in a Pandemic: The Great Outdoors
Landscape architects have long been at the forefront of city planning efforts, national and international investment in public spaces, and involved in the growing concern for the future of green spaces. When scientific research…
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2021 College of Art & Design Diploma Ceremony
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Mark Boyer Named to 2021 CELA Academy of Fellows
Mark Boyer, professor and director of the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, was inducted to the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Academy of Fellows during the 2021 CELA Conference on…
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LSU Design Week 2021 an International Challenge
The LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture held Design Week January 11-15, 2021, in which landscape architecture students tackle a contemporary design challenge. Guest experts visited in-person and virtually to give final critiques…
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Andrew Wright Won 2020 ASLA Student Award
Andrew Wright, MLA 2020, received a 2020 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Student Award for his project titled “The Siltcatcher: A Sediment-Capture System for Wetland Creation and Coastal Protection in Western Lake Pontchartrain.” Brendan…
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LSU Art & Design Prepares For On-Campus Instruction
The return to on-campus instruction in the fall 2020 semester has required LSU administrators to collaborate to ensure that social distance measures are enforced in classrooms across all disciplines. This has presented a unique…
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Kevin Benham Won Rome Prize 2020-21
Kevin Benham, assistant professor of landscape architecture, has been awarded the prestigious Rome Prize 2020–21 fellowship to advance his research on transhumance. The American Academy in Rome (AAR) awards the highly competitive fellowships to support…
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Haley Blakeman Named ASLA 2020 Fellow
Haley Blakeman, assistant professor of landscape architecture, was named a 2020 Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). ASLA has elevated 19 members as Fellows this year “for their exceptional contributions to…
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Photography & Preservation
Interdisciplinary collaboration is a key aspect of LSU art & design faculty research, and now student curriculum, with numerous courses offered that span across disciplines. Johanna Warwick, assistant professor of photography, collaborated with landscape…
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LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio to help develop Master Plan for Baton Roots Community Farm
With recent support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio will partner with the nonprofit organization The Walls Project to develop a master plan for Baton Roots Community Farm, which…
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2020 LSU Alumni Hall of Distinction honoree Lewis May
Lewis May, one of America’s leading planners, urban designers, and landscape architects, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in landscape architecture at LSU, and his five-decade career has earned him nearly 200 international awards of…
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Art & Design 2020 LSU Distinguished Communicators
During the May 2020 graduation celebration, eight College of Art & Design graduates received the LSU Distinguished Communicator Medal. LSU Communication across the Curriculum, or CxC honored 44 graduates across six colleges with the medal in 2020….
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Lake Douglas Receives Faculty Award for Outstanding Communication
Lake Douglas, the LSU College of Art & Design’s associate dean of research and development and professor of the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, has been awarded the 2020 Faculty Award for Outstanding…
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Educating About Landscape Architecture
Professor Bruce Sharky and students are working to spread the word about how landscape architects affect significant change in the world. Today’s landscape architect tackles everything from large-scale environmental issues like disaster recovery and stormwater management…
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New to LSU: Q&A with Robyn Reed
Assistant professor of landscape architecture Robyn Reed is a designer, educator, and advocate for the practice of landscape architecture. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Robyn is a licensed landscape architect…
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LSU Students Design for Giant Pandas in China
This fall LSU design students in assistant professor Brendan Harmon’s interdisciplinary “Giant Panda Studio” are designing a new national park for giant panda conservation and tourism in the wilds of Sichuan Province, China. The…
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Art & Design Tailgate 2019
The annual College of art & Design tailgate party was Saturday, October 26, 2019.
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