CAED News

• Douglas Steidl Named New Dean of the College of Architecture Douglas L. Steidl, FAIA, of Peninsula, Ohio, will become dean of Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, effective July 1, announced Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert G. Frank. Steidl replaces James Dalton, who will return to a faculty position following the completion of a two-year appointment as dean of the college.
  - Posted May. 7, 2010
• Schwarz Named Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Director Kent State University has appointed Terry Schwarz as the director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC). Schwarz previously served as interim director of the CUDC. Her work at the CUDC includes neighborhood and campus planning, commercial and residential design guidelines, and green infrastructure design strategies.
  - Posted Jul. 21, 2010
• Kent State Salem Students Beautify Campus, Courthouse Students at Kent State University at Salem saved tax payers more than $20,000 when reconstructing the front entryway of the campus during their summer classes. Participants of the landscape construction class improved the main entryway aesthetically while also increasing the visibility of entrance and exit, which will improve safety.
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2010
• Architecture Students’ Work on Display in Baltimore City Offices Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been invited to display projects done by its architecture students in an exhibit at the Baltimore City Planning Department offices located at 417 East Fayette St. in Baltimore, Md.
  - Posted Sep. 10, 2010
• Kent State's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Debuts in Its New PlayhouseSquare Location Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) makes its debut in its new location in Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare District. A unique city-university partnership, Kent State’s CUDC is a community service organization committed to improving the quality of urban spaces by providing design services, research and advocacy for cities, neighborhoods and institutions in the region.
  - Posted Sep. 16, 2010
• Kent State Students Visit United Arab Emirates University The architectural engineering department of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) collaborated with Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design to stage a successful Zero Net-Energy Design Gallery and Seminar in the new campus of the UAEU in Al-Ain city.
  - Posted Jun. 20, 2011
• Pamela Evans Appointed New Director by Council for Interior Design Accreditation Board Profile of Excellence in Action: Dr. Pamela Evans, interim associate dean of Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design and director of the college’s Interior Design Program, has been appointed to serve as a director representing accredited programs for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) Board of Directors.
  - Posted Jul. 25, 2011
• Kent State’s Pamela Evans Appointed New Director by Council for Interior Design Accreditation Board Dr. Pamela Evans, interim associate dean of Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design and director of the college’s Interior Design program, has been appointed to serve as a director representing accredited programs for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) Board of Directors.
  - Posted Aug. 5, 2011
• Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Honored with State Design Award Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, a component of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was presented with an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Ohio Design Award on Sept. 15 for the interior design of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative’s new space, located in the PlayhouseSquare district of downtown Cleveland.
  - Posted Sep. 21, 2011
• UCLA Professor to Discuss the Impact of the Environment on Health, April 20 Kent State University’s College of Public Health presents the next guest of its Public Health Speaker Series. Dr. Richard J. Jackson will speak Wednesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in Kent State’s Michael Schwartz Auditorium. His talk is titled “Design Leaders are Health Leaders: Architects and Planners Have Done Much and Can Do More for the Public’s Health.â€
  - Posted Apr. 19, 2011
• Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Receives National Sustainability Award Kent State University is a lead partner in a collaborative effort to address population decline and large-scale urban vacancy in Cleveland. The initiative Re-imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland has been selected to receive the American Planning Association’s (APA) 2012 National Planning Excellence Award for Innovation in Best Practices for Sustaining Places, the profession’s highest honor, at its April conference.
  - Posted Feb. 8, 2012
• Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Receives National Sustainability Award Kent State University is a lead partner in a collaborative effort to address population decline and large-scale urban vacancy in Cleveland. The initiative Re-imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland has been selected to receive the American Planning Association’s (APA) 2012 National Planning Excellence Award for Innovation in Best Practices for Sustaining Places.
  - Posted Feb. 27, 2012
• Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series Brings Architect George Miller to Kent State Kent, OH- The annual Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series presents world renowned architect, George H. Miller, managing partner at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, at 7 p.m. on March 15 in the Kiva Auditorium, 1065 Risman Drive, Kent State University. The lecture is free and open to the public. To ensure a seat, please call 330-672-2760 or email collegeofthearts@kent.edu.
  - Posted Feb. 28, 2012
• Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series Brings Architect George Miller to Kent State
  - Posted Mar. 5, 2012
• Forum to include Kent State's Sagree Sharma as panelist
  - Posted Mar. 2, 2012
• Kent State's Joe Ferut designs energy-efficient straw bale house in Akron
  - Posted Mar. 2, 2012
• CUDC Street Installation Gains National Attention
  - Posted Apr. 27, 2012
• Pop Up City To Be In International Exhibition
  - Posted May. 4, 2012
• Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative to Be Showcased in Venice “Pop Up City,†a project of Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, will be exhibited at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale that takes place from Aug. 29 to Nov. 25 in Venice, Italy, with the theme “Common Ground.â€
  - Posted Aug. 15, 2012
• Call for Installation Proposals The 2012 MATr Project
  Who is eligible: Students & Faculty
  Prize: $2500
  New deadline: Friday, February 24
  The Lecture Committee in Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental
  Design seeks proposals for installations of high design merit that consider the act of “practicingâ€
  through physical engagement with real material knowledge and the physical material world.
  
  
  - Posted Feb. 1, 2012
• New Kent State Architecture Building Generates Excitement in the Architecture Profession
  - Posted Oct. 1, 2012
• Watch Live: Proposed New Architecture Building Designs The four finalists in the competition to design the new building for Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design will present their design concepts at a public presentation Thursday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place on campus in the University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, located at 650 Hilltop Drive in Kent. 
  - Posted Jan. 11, 2013
• Kent State Offers First Look at Proposed Designs for New Architecture Building
  - Posted Jan. 14, 2013
• 2013 Urban Innovators Speaker Series to Feature Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Director, Feb. 20 University Park Alliance’s 2013 Innovators Speaker Series will feature Kent State University’s Terry Schwarz at its next program. Schwarz is director of Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative. The title of her presentation is “Transforming Vacant Spaces: Creating Value from Vacancy in the Urban Footprint.â€
  - Posted Feb. 13, 2013
• Kent State Student Team Performs Strongly in Urban Design Competition A team of urban design graduate students from Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design received an honorable mention from the 2013 Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The competition received 149 submissions. 

  - Posted Mar. 26, 2013
• Kent State Announces Winning Architecture Team for University’s New, $40 Million Architecture Building After holding a competition that drew the interest of internationally recognized architects, the architecture team that will design the new $40 million building for Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been determined.
  - Posted Apr. 2, 2013
• $5 Million Gift Is Largest Made to the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton announced today a $5 million gift from John and Fonda Elliot through the family’s foundation which will create the “Elliot Studios for Design†at the new building planned for the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State. The gift also will fund endowments for The Elliot Program for Healthcare Design, The Elliot Scholars and The Elliot Professorship in Healthcare Design.
  - Posted Jun. 17, 2013
• Kent State’s CUDC to be Showcased at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale “Pop Up City,†a project of Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, will be exhibited in Venice, Italy.
  - Posted Aug. 27, 2012
• Architecture and Design Authority John Loring Speaks at Kent State A lecture on the career of Joseph Urban, a prolific Gilded Age architect, illustrator, designer and significant set designer of the 20th century. Thurs., Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m., E. Turner Stump Theatre.
  - Posted Sep. 9, 2011
• Architecture Students Design Habitat for Humanity Dwellings in Columbiana County Fourth-year students from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design may one day see their concepts take shape in the form of houses built by Habitat for Humanity of Northern Columbiana County. 
  - Posted Jan. 21, 2013
• College of Architecture and Environmental Design Spring Lecture Series In February and March, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University presents a series of lectures relating to diverse modes of contemporary design practice.
  - Posted Feb. 4, 2010
• Kent State Students Prepare for Architecture Integrated Design Competition In the Tri-Towers Studio, 80 senior architecture students are preparing for one of the most anticipated projects of their college careers.
  
  - Posted Apr. 30, 2012
• Students’ Winning Sculpture Design Installed on Kent Campus Kent State College of Architecture and Environmental Design graduate students Zachary Hoyt and Siaraa Abulhamayel had their 10-foot-tall sculpture project installed on the Kent Campus.
  - Posted Nov. 5, 2012
• College of Architecture and Environmental Design Students Partner With Upward Bound on Community Outreach Project Kent State designers.in.service (d.i.s.) students from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design partnered with students from Kent State’s Math/Science Upward Bound program for National TRIO Day.
  - Posted Apr. 1, 2013
• Student Team Performs Strongly in Urban Design Competition Kent State students received an honorable mention at the 2013 Urban Land Institute's Student Competition.
  - Posted Mar. 25, 2013
• Kent State Announces Finalists in Design Competition for New Architecture Building Kent State University has announced the finalists in the competition to select an architecture firm to design the new building for the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.
  - Posted Nov. 19, 2012
• Interior Design Seniors Showcase Work at Cleveland Urban Design Center Kent State University senior interior design students will showcase their work at the annual senior exhibition and award ceremony Friday, April 1 at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative.
  - Posted Mar. 14, 2011
• Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Project is Part of Chicago Cultural Center Exhibition Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) will have its “Pop Up City†initiative featured in the “Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good†exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center through Sept. 1.
  - Posted Jun. 4, 2013
• Kent State’s CUDC Honored with State Design Award Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, a component of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was recently presented with an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Ohio Design Award.
  - Posted Oct. 3, 2011
• New Kent State Architecture Building Generates Excitement in the Architecture Profession Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design will soon be getting a new home on the Kent State University Esplanade, a pedestrian walkway through campus that is currently being extended into downtown Kent, Ohio.
  - Posted Oct. 9, 2012
• Kent State’s CUDC Project Is Part of Chicago Cultural Center Exhibition Kent State's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative will have its initiative featured at the Chicago Cultural Center.
  - Posted Jun. 17, 2013
• CAED Faculty Design for Local Business KSU professors Kathryn Strand and Jason Turnidge lend their design talents to Tree City Coffee & Pastry, a new business in downtown Kent.
  - Posted Feb. 1, 2012
• New Kent State Architecture Building Designs Available for Public Viewing at Kent State University Library Models of the new Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design building are available to view on the first floor of the Kent State University Library.
  - Posted Jan. 28, 2013
• CUDC Initiative Receives Accolades Re-imagining a [Greater] Cleveland, an initiative by Kent State University's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), was honored with the National Planning Excellence Award for Innovation in Sustaining Places.
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2012
• College of Architecture and Environmental Design Service Team Helps Build Home in Guatemala Six members of designers.in.service from Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, volunteered their skills for a trip to Guatemala this past Spring semester.
  - Posted Oct. 22, 2012
• Spring 2013 Research Incentive Awards The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce Research Incentive awards for Academic Year 2013-2014.
  - Posted Apr. 25, 2013
• Interior Design Program in the Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer recently spoke to faculty and students from Kent State to gain insight on the true nature of the Interior Design profession today.
  - Posted Feb. 1, 2012
• Spring Lecture Series Coming to Kent Campus useful pasts|fantastic futures: restless terrain is Kent State University's College of Architecture & Environmental Design Spring Lecture Series.
  - Posted Feb. 6, 2012
• Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Sports New Signs in PlayhouseSquare District When theatergoers gaze down Cleveland’s Euclid Corridor, they will now see Kent State University signage among the bold and theatrical buildings.
  - Posted Jun. 13, 2011