ambitious (adj.): having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed. How to embrace the ambitious... Challenging, demanding difficult, arduous—connotatively, our culture of competition has agreed to talk about ambitious undertakings negatively. Let’s reclaim that as we navigate these last few weeks of the term. Your work in ENVD...
After 27 years of administrative, advisory, leadership and program support work, Peggy Gordon, assistant director of academic services, will graduate with the ENVD class of 2023 and enroll in retirement this spring.
Teaching Assistant Professor Susan Atkinson, Chris Hamilton and Erica Hung–two recent ENVD graduates–presented their interdisciplinary collaboaration at the Art + Science + Action Partnerships Celebration on March 22. The event was sponsored by the CU Boulder Office for Outreach and Engagement and the Boulder County Arts Alliance (BCAA).
Two assumptions undergird urban parking policy: Without convenient parking, car owners would be reluctant to patronize businesses; and absent a dedicated parking spot for their vehicle, they’d be less likely to rent and buy homes. Because parcels of urban land are usually small and pricey, developers will build multistory garages. And so today, a glut of these bulky concrete boxes clutter America’s densely populated cities.
The Environmental Design Scholarship Committee is proud to announce the 2023-2024 winners of the ENVD Research Award. The ENVD Research Award financially assists with senior-level ENVD honors and capstone projects. Congratulations to ENVD students Ellie Muncy and Ainsley McElwee!
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) conference was held Nov. 11-14, 2022, in San Francisco. There was a record turnout in attendees from Environmental Design.
Lydia Mercante, a third-year Environmental Design (ENVD) student majoring in sustainable planning and urban design, spent the summer of 2022 meeting with various design professionals in New York City to learn more about the industry to share with other students.
Specializing in transit-oriented development (TOD) since his undergraduate studies, Hersey was well prepared to present an introduction to the sustainable growth model as well as a deeper dive into TOD’s interaction with affordable housing. The latter course, Equitable Transit-Oriented Development, was among Planetizen Courses’ most popular classes of 2022.
