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Posted: 1.25.10

Thomas Fowler Earns National Award

Chairs Created in Digital-Design Studio

Architecture Professor Thomas Fowler IV is the recipient of the 2009-10 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Creative Achievement Award. He was recognized for his development of the Collaborative Integrative-Interdisciplinary Digital-Design Studio. This studio infuses creativity into collaborative student teamwork and interweaves scholarship with academia and professional development with research and service at local and national levels.

ACSA annually honors a specific creative achievement in teaching, design, scholarship, research or service that advances architectural education. Since the program began in 1997, approximately 1,500 students from 11 disciplines have developed more than 80 projects with in-kind donations from faculty and industry professionals.

The award will be presented at the ACSA Annual Meeting on March 5 in New Orleans.

Architecture Program Ranks 3rd in 2010

The architecture program at Cal Poly is ranked the third best undergraduate program in the nation by Design Intelligence, The full report can be ordered at the America's Best Architecture & Design Schools, 2010 Edition web page.

For additional information, go to 2010 Design Intelligence.

Architecture Department Ranked in Top 10 Nationally in Degrees to Minority Students

Cal Poly students’ success placed the university among the Top 10 of the "Top 100 Degree Producers 2009" rankings compiled by the magazine Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

In the organization’s 2009 national rankings, the Architecture Department was:

Go to Minority Degrees Press Release

Events

Hearst Lecture Series

02/05/10 Ann Forsyth, Business Rotunda, 4pm

01/12/10 Pierluigi Serraino
Business Rotunda, 4pm

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