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Ross Adams, assistant professor of architecture at Iowa State University, has been awarded a MacDowell Colony Fellowship from May 8 through June 15 to work on a new book project, provisionally titled "Nomos of the Body." Adams will use his residency at the artists' colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, "to open a historically grounded exploration of architecture, space and power that can also critically question the status of subjectivity in…

February 24, 2017

Top 20 Value by College Values Online College Values Online named Iowa State University's undergraduate community and regional planning program a Top 20 Value — third in the nation — for 2017 based on tuition cost, financial aid opportunities, customization options and "wow" factors. The editors noted that Iowa State's is "one of the best Bachelor's in Urban and Regional Planning degrees in the country." (Please note that the…

February 23, 2017

02/22/17 AMES, Iowa — Architectural historian and theorist Felicity Scott, an associate professor of architecture at Columbia University, will present the 2017 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture Friday, March 3, at Iowa State University. Scott’s lecture, “A Straighter Kind of Hip,” will begin at 5 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, 0101 College of Design. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture’s 2016-17 Public Programs Series, the event is free and open…

February 22, 2017

02/21/17 AMES, IA — Three Iowa State University College of Design students joined peers from institutions around the nation recently to address water-related issues from the perspectives of both art and science. Sarah Reagan, Apple Valley, Minnesota; Lauren Roberts, Olathe, Kansas; and Matt Wilson, Chicago, Illinois, attended the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) Emerging Creatives Student Summit Feb. 8-11 at the University of Florida. The conference on…

February 21, 2017

Bill Best, vice president of product development with United Sports Brands (USB) — the parent company of Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters, XO Athletic and Nathan — and Betsy Barnhart, Iowa State University assistant professor of industrial design, presented student awards Friday, Feb. 17, for projects developed in the fall 2016 USB-sponsored studio INDD . The interdisciplinary class included students majoring in industrial design; apparel, merchanding and design; and kinesiology. Design…

February 17, 2017

Kimberly Zarecor, Iowa State University associate professor of architecture, will present "Stavoprojekt and the Collective Model of Architectural Practice in Communist Czechoslovakia, 1945-1990" Friday, March 10, at "The Design Institute: Building a Transnational History" conference at the University of Hong Kong. The conference is sponsored by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation as part of the American Council of Learned Societies' Program for Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society.

February 17, 2017

02/16/17 AMES, Iowa — A joint exhibition of artwork by two Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate students will be on display Feb. 24 through April 1 in the Community Gallery at the Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Ave. “Transcendence through Observation” will open with a public reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. The show features digital and medium-format film photographs by Rachel Deutmeyer, Dubuque,…

February 16, 2017

02/14/17 AMES, Iowa — Travis Franck, the program director of the nonprofit Climate Interactive, will present a lecture on “Understanding Climate Change through Interactive Simulations” at Iowa State University. Sponsored by the graduate program in sustainable environments, Franck’s presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College of Design. An expert on international climate and energy issues, Franck helps decision makers tackle complex…

February 14, 2017

02/14/17 AMES, Iowa —Stephanie Ryberg-Webster, a national expert on urban development and historic preservation, will speak about “The Future of the Past in America’s Legacy Cities” in a lecture at Iowa State University. Her free public presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 College of Design. Part of the 2016-2017 Contemporary Issues in Planning and Design Lecture Series, the talk is co-sponsored by…

February 14, 2017

Manufacturing a Socialist Modernity: Housing in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1960 Kimberly Zarecor, associate professor of architecture, will speak about her book on mid-20th-century housing in Czechoslovakia in a lecture in Washington, D.C. Zarecor will present "Manufacturing a Socialist Modernity: Housing in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1960" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Embassy of the Czech Republic. The lecture is co-sponsored by the embassy with the Slovak American Society of Washington, D.C., and…

February 13, 2017