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A common sight in downtown Lincoln are people walking down the sidewalks, shoppers going in and out of retailers, individuals rushing to and from work and of course parked cars lining the streets in parking stalls.

2017/2018 Hyde Lecture Series opens another exciting chapter for the design and planning disciplines as speakers take a fresh, in-depth look at the latest developments in their respective fields. The College of Architecture kicks off their lecture series with Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Frankowski, this year’s Hyde Chairs, giving a lecture entitled “Diogenes Lantern”.

Basking in the shadow of the moon of a total solar eclipse is a rare experience not encountered by most Nebraskans (at least not since June 30, 1954, according to NASA). This total solar eclipse is projected to grace the skies again August 21, 2017. For most, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a spectacular solar/lunar anomaly with its national border-to-border path trajectory.

The College of Architecture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is pleased to announce Associate Professor Timothy Hemsath and architectural doctoral candidate Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini have published through Routledge an insightful, research-driven book packed with hundreds of simulated illustrations entitled “Energy Modeling in Architectural Design”.

Nebraska elementary school children are learning how to “Build a Better World” through the 2017 Nebraska Extension 4-H Summer Reading Program which is focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) projects for children this summer. As part of this initiative, public libraries across Nebraska have been introducing children to fun themed, STEM activities and reading lessons.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture is pleased to announce Nathan Bicak, assistant professor of interior design received a Layman Grant Award for his project entitled “A Spatial Taxonomy and Best Practices Criteria for the Interior Design of Makerspaces”.

Two student projects from the College of Architecture have been honored with awards from the 2017 Society of American Registered Architects | New York Council Design Awards program.

• Darin Hanigan, Brooke Sayler and Phung Hong won the 2017 Award of Merit for their “Bee Research Facility” from the ARCH 311/501 studio.

The College of Architecture is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s SGH/Dri-Design Competition; “Interstitial Hope” by Mallory Lane and Benjamin Kunz was the winner of the SGH/Dri-Design Competition.

The jurors were impressed with the team’s conceptual rigor and clear design trajectory.