Cover story

Minnesota Affordable Housing
This spring and summer, the College of Design will aim a spotlight on the issue of affordable housing. Through two concurrent exhibitions at the Goldstein Museum of Design and a symposium on affordable housing, the college hopes to inspire new ideas and a strong momentum for creating high -- quality, affordable housing throughout the state. Full story

Features

Around the college
There, Vol. 3... Paper jackets at Rapson... Final senior lines... Three days of waste in Rapson... Mapping new knowledge ecologies... Building connections across disciplines... Full story

Richard Koshalek
U of M architecture alumnus, president, Art Center College of Design, first College of Design commencement speaker Full story

Where Design and Sustainability Intersect
A common theme links the research, University affiliations, and professional partnerships of College of Design (CDes) landscape architecture professor Lance Neckar -- an overarching interest in how design and sustainability intersect. Full story

A Disciplined Approach
Traditional academic barriers are coming down in favor of collaborative efforts that connect experts from all corners of the U. Full story

Alumni Profile: Eric Olson
Since earning a bachelor's degree in design communication from the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel in 1999, Olson has emerged as a young typographer with a promising future, making a splash in national and international design circles for his work. Full story

The Chairs of Rapson Hall
ince 1996, the Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library in Rapson Hall has featured a unique chair collection. Librarian Joon Mornes conceived of the idea of a collection of architect-designed chairs as a resource for students, who could learn from -- as well as sit on -- the chairs. The majority of these chairs are gifts to the library. Full story

Columns

Letter
The list of College of Design faculty and alumni included in the University's Wall of Discovery (Emerging, Fall 2006, p. 5) should also include photographer Judy Olausen. Full story

Dean Fisher
A popular book and movie, The Secret, claims that we are all energy, and that we can exert more positive energy and less negative energy in our lives if we choose. The new College of Design has certainly learned this secret. We have so much positive energy flowing in so many directions that it seems as if we have all been channeling that work. Full story

Architecture
School of Architecture faculty are involved in a number of initiatives with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and national architectural educational groups: data-gathering efforts to measure the quality of our programs across peer institutions, examining the impact of recent changes in the architectural profession instigated by Building Information Modeling (BIM), and the ongoing concern with architecture's contribution to the public good. Full story

Landscape Architecture
May we live in interesting times." This old proverb, reportedly of Chinese origin, is an apt description of the past year in the Department of Landscape Architecture. It has been an exciting whirlwind of activities and events, from hosting the second momentum-building all-class reunion and participating in the National American Society of Landscape Architects national conference in October, to launching a strategic planning effort and cycling through the gigantic task of forming a new interdisciplinary college for most of the rest of the year. Not to mention teaching our students and participating in several innovative research and scholarship endeavors. Full story

Design, Housing, and Apparel
This spring, the individual disciplines within the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel (DHA) are planning for the future. The department has functioned well as a federation, with the department identity foremost. We plan to turn this around in the new college. Our ultimate structure will evolve to support disciplinary distinction. This issue of Emerging gives an opportunity to share the main research, teaching, and outreach activities of each discipline. The primary faculty members are also listed. It should be noted that a number of research and outreach initiatives involve faculty from more than one discipline. Full story

News
Awards... Appointments... Grants... Publications... Exhibitions and presentations... Students... Alumni... Transitions... Deaths... Full story

Advancing the college through private support
Private giving makes it possible for CDes to transform the lives of those who are touched by its teaching, research, and outreach. Full story

Alumni
Student and alumni board members... College of Design student and alumni board, officers for 2007-08... 2006-07 board members... Continuing education survey results -- sustainability tops the list... Split Rock Arts Program... Architecture alumni reunion November 2007... Alumni e-newsletter coming soon... Now recruiting mentors for fall 2007... Full story

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