NEXT WEEK: Free Your Mind Panel - Celebrating Black History Month
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The HCOA Student Union and NOMAS Chapter at Texas Tech University invite you to join the Huckabee College of Architecture for a night of conversation with architecture and design professionals at the "Free Your Mind" panel celebrating Black History Month!
Our panel of design professionals will share their stories and experiences and discuss inclusion within the profession and in academia and there will be free Chick-fil-a.
Monday, February 27th, 2022 | 5:00 PM CST | HCOA Gallery (Ground Floor)
Panelists Include:
Brandon Hepburn, AIA, LEED BD+C, Project Architect, Corgan
Femi Kareem, Associate, Project Coordinator, Corgan
Sharli Young, Project Lead I, Corgan
Chioma Nwachukwu, Designer I at Perkins & Will
Narsis Holmes, MArch Student at the University of Texas in Austin
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CROP X: YIELD Submissions Due March 31 |
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This is a reminder that submissions for CROP X: YIELD are still being accepted and are due on Friday, March 31st, 2023!
CROP X: YIELD reflects on the previous editions and explores new ideas for the future. We seek submissions spanning a wide range of content. This survey of the immediate-present invites students, faculty, and strangers to submit projects, writings, photographs, drawings, interviews, etc.
CROP is a student-led biennial publication of the Huckabee College of Architecture, a curation of student, faculty, and other architectural work. This year's publication of CROP is the tenth edition, featuring the theme, YIELD. Here, we take a tentative look at the past and turn our gaze toward an optimistic future for architecture.
The submission deadline for CROP X: YIELD is March 31st, 2023. (11:59 PM CST)
For submissions, please include the following:
LastnameFirstname_ShortTitle.pdf
Include a 100-word (maximum) abstract
File size less than 5MB
Subject line "CROP X Submission"
All submissions and questions are welcome via email at cropttu@gmail.com
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Professor Dr. Clifton Ellis, is a part of the “Black Workers in the Building Process of Early America” webinar hosted by the Construction History Society of America, and will give a presentation entitled “Enslaved Builders of Southside Virginia." The webinar covers a range of topics, including the contributions of black workers to the construction industry, their working conditions, and their impact on American society. The webinar takes place today at 12:00 PM CST.
To register for the webinar, click here.
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Instructor Lahib Jaddo recently sat down with an interview with Mischa Geracoulis of The Markaz Review, a nonprofit publication that seeks to promote creatives from the greater Middle East. The interview, entitled “An Iraqi Artist in the Diaspora”, discusses Jaddo’s Turkmen background, her relationship with Iraq, and her life today.
Credit: Lahib Jaddo, “Poppies for Kirkuk,” 36x48”, 2004.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Asma Mehan published the article “Re-theorizing the collective action to address the climate change challenges: Towards a resilient and inclusive agenda” in the peer-reviewed Canadian Journal of Regional Science. The article discusses the challenges facing scientists, academics, citizens, and policymakers today and whether collaborative, inclusive, and resilient climate change action can be implemented, assessed, and achieved. The article is open access and can be viewed here: https://idjs.ca/images/rcsr/archives/V46N1_3-Mehan.pdf.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Asma Mehan, along with Dr. Krzysztof Nawratek of the University of Sheffield, chaired a session entitled “The City as the (Anti)Structure: Urban space, Violence and Fearscapes” as part of the II International Congress Colonial and Post-Colonial Landscapes held by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal from January 18-20, 2023. The session explores how fear and violence in its many forms shape urban landscapes.
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Donations are critical to the advancement of our program. With your contributions, we can fund our merit-based scholarships, recruit extraordinary faculty, fund research endeavors and improve our facilities. No gift is too small to make an impact on our students, faculty, and staff. If you're interested in giving, the Texas Tech University Office of Institutional Advancement has a convenient web portal for making secure, online donations to one of the established Huckabee College of Architecture funds. Click here to donate.
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