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| Dear CAPPA Community, Welcome to the first issue of CAPPAZINE, providing regular updates and showcasing faculty, student, and alumni accolades. With gratitude for your manifold contributions to CAPPA and best wishes for a wonderful summer, Nan Ellin, PhD
Dean and Professor
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| Faculty and staff celebrated the end of the academic year at the beautiful home of Thomas and Dane Taylor in Dallas. Numerous faculty and staff members were recognized with "CAPPA Star" Awards.
The CAPPA Stars in Recognition of Outstanding Service were awarded to Ardeshir Anjomani, Susan Appleton, Richard Cole, Todd Hamilton, Rod Hissong, Truett James, Pat Taylor, and Bijan Youssefzadeh. The CAPPA Stars for Shining Ever So Brightly, for outstanding achievement, were awarded to Sara Abraham-Oxford, Rebecca Boles, Colleen Casey, Yekang Ko, Jonny Le, and Madan Mehta. See images of the awards and of the evening on our Flickr profile.
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| The newest Connect the Dots @ CAPPA piece was designed and installed by Associate Professor Steven Quevedo in collaboration with graduate student Ikram Eloulid and Assistant Professor in Practice Heath MacDonald.
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| Associate Professor Douglas Klahr assumed the position of Associate Dean in June 2016. His duties include assisting with the Unit Effectiveness Program (UEP), enrollment management, moving our proposed graduate certificates through the approval process, and serving on the Endowment Compliance Committee as well as the university-wide Associate Dean Committee. Dr. Klahr will also oversee student affairs, advising, recruiting, and our online education programs. He will continue as a faculty member, teaching one course per semester.
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| Professor Mahyar Arefi will join CAPPA this summer as the founding Chair of the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture. Dr. Arefi holds a PhD in Planning from the University of Southern California, and Master's degrees in Architecture and in Urban Design from the University of Tehran. He has been at the University of Cincinnati since 1999 where he was Professor of Planning and Director of the PhD Program.
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| Associate Professor Brad Bell will become Interim Director of the School of Architecture on September 1, 2016. The School of Architecture includes Bachelor's degrees in Architecture and Interior Design as well as the Master of Architecture.
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| Associate Professor Colleen Casey will begin serving as Interim Chair of the Department of Public Affairs on September 1, 2016. The Department of Public Affairs includes Master's and Doctoral degrees in Public Administration and Public Policy.
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| Associate Professor David Hopman will begin serving as Interim Program Director of the Landscape Architecture Program this summer.
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| The 2016 Super Jury Reviews, held on May 13, delivered an exciting day of energy and activity for the architecture and interior design studios. This year's jury included Jorge Ambrosi, Gabriela Etchegaray, Eurico Francisco, Michael Malone, Joshua Nimmo, Marc Montry, Ricardo Munoz, Thad Reeves, Jason Smith, Signe Smith, and Jamie Wallace. Visitors included (in photo to the left) President Karbhari and Provost Johnsrud.
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| The College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs is partnering with the College of Business to offer a Master of Science in Real Estate starting Fall 2016. The MSRE is composed of 12 courses, five of which are in CAPPA.
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| Of six total awards issued by the Environmental Protection Agency for the national 2015 Campus RainWorks Challenge, two went to CAPPA students. First Place was awarded to Landscape Architecture graduate students Baishakhi Biswas, Sherry Fabricant, Jacob Schwarz and Ahoura Zandiatashbar, a doctoral student in Urban Planning and Public Policy. Their winning entry was called “Eco-Flow: A Water-Sensitive Placemaking Response to Climate Change” and focused on reducing stormwater runoff that could result from future campus construction projects. Receiving Honorable Mention were Landscape Architecture master’s students Layal Bitar-Ghanem, Kerry Gray-Harrison, Riza Pradhan and doctoral candidate Somayeh Moazzeni of Urban Planning and Public Policy for their entry “Innovation Park at The University of Texas at Arlington: Research and Innovation in a Changing Climate.” Congratulations to all the students on these terrific projects and to Associate Professor Taner Ozdil who served as their advisor.
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| The first Summer@CAPPA took place from June 19th through the 24th. Twenty-three high school students from the greater Dallas-Fort Worth region participated in this intensive design workshop led by Assistant Dean Rebecca Boles, Assistant Professor Joshua Nason, Lecturer Dennis Chiessa, and Materials Workshop Manager Jeff Whatley.
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| A modern farmhouse in Dallas designed by Todd Hamilton, Professor of Architecture, and Sidebar Collective was showcased in the current issue of Dwell. The house was featured in the 2015 AIA Dallas Fall Home Tour.
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| Michael Buckley, Associate Professor of Practice in Architecture, served as keynote speaker for the opening sessions of the 2016 Mortgage Bankers Association Dallas Conference. Buckley explored scenarios for re-purposing vacant or underutilized land within the urban cores of the Dallas-Ft. Worth metropolitan areas.
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| The Star-Telegram published an opinion-editorial by Richard Cole, Professor of Public Affairs, suggesting that states be given a first chance to address the transgender bathroom debate on their own.
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| Colleen Casey, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, emphasized the link between community-based organizations and economic opportunity during a radio panel discussion on income inequality, KCPW.org reported. The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour on KCPW 105.5 FM (Salt Lake City, Utah) hosted the panel.
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| David Coursey, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, was elected Chair-Elect for the UTA Faculty Senate at its last meeting of the 2015-16 Academic Year. The Faculty Senate acts as the primary faculty representative to university governing authorities, and formulates policy and enacts legislation on all matters pertaining to the professional concerns, duties, standards, ethics, responsibilities, and privileges of the UTA faculty.
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| David Hopman, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, was selected as one of 14 experts nationwide to write the first exam for The Sustainable Sites Initiative as part of the development of a new professional credential called the SITES Accredited Professional (SITES AP) currently underway at Green Business Certification Inc.
Please visit our FacultyNow page to view the full list of recent faculty activity.
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| CAPPA student Ana-Sofia Gonzalez was named Leader of the Month by the American Institute of Architecture Students, AIAS.org reported. She served as AIAS UTA Events Coordinator in 2014-5, Vice President in 2015-6, and was recently elected President for 2016-7.
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| The City Influencer named UTA student Lorin Washington one of Dallas-Fort Worth’s Most Influential College Students of 2016. This award aims to celebrate African-American college students who are the epitome of what makes DFW such a special place in which to live, work, and play. Lorin is a PhD student in the Urban Planning and Public Policy program.
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| The Texas Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers recognized Interior Design student Veronica Sanders as a First Place winner in its 2016 Dallas Design Ovation Awards on May 5, 2016 at the Dallas Market Center. Sanders' entry was selected in the student design category, "Student Designer - Real or Imagined."
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| Ann Foss ('16 PhD) has joined the City of Arlington as Principal Planner where her duties include oversight of the Arlington Urban Design Center, a partnership between CAPPA and the City of Arlington.
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| Douglas Prude ('12 MCRP) has joined Downtown Dallas, Inc (DDI) as Economic Development & Planning Analyst. Prude has over 15 years of professional experience, spending the past four years in commercial real estate as the Director of Research for the Henry S. Miller family of companies.
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| Michael Bennett ('83 MArch) was named Top Private CEO of the Year by Fort Worth Business. Bennett is Principal of the architecture firm Bennett Benner Partners and a member of the CAPPA Advisory Council.
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| Enrique Mendez ('77 BArch) has joined HNTB Corp. as Aviation Project Director–Architecture and Associate Vice President, Aviation Pros reported.
Please visit our AlumniNow page to view the full list of recent alumni news.
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