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  1. Interdisciplinary projects to include Viz, LAND students
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    New interdisciplinary classes to begin at Texas A&M this fall

    posted April 27, 2012
    Visualization and landscape architecture students will be working with counterparts from numerous other disciplines working on groundbreaking projects made possible by a new interdisciplinary initiative at Texas A&M.
  2. Noted designer guides student's in shape, materials exploration
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    Art and technology merge in students' design exploration

    posted April 27, 2012
    Working under the tutelage of an algorithmic design expert and an aerospace engineer, students in an experimental design studio at Texas A&M recently created prototypes for two unconventional home exteriors fabricated from innovative composite building materials.
  3. CHSD 'boot camp' schools pros on evidence-based design principles
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    CHSD hosts ‘boot camp’ for architects

    posted April 18, 2012
    Professional architects learned how to incorporate evidence-based design into healthcare projects at an April 12-14 “boot camp” sponsored by Texas A&M’s Center for Health Systems and Design.
  4. Solar-powered umbrella design places 3rd in national contest
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    Students' solar-powered umbrella wins 3rd in contest

    posted April 12, 2012
    A solar-powered beach umbrella capable of powering portable electronic devices, built by a team of Texas A&M Design Process students, earned third place in the nationwide Innovative Design Competition sponsored by Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
  5. Interdisciplinary green roof effort to engage wide variety of students
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    Campus green roof initiative to involve multiple disciplines

    posted April 4, 2012
    Next fall, students from a variety of academic programs will collaborate to install and monitor a green roof atop a campus building; an initiative preparing students as leaders in energy conservation, said Bruce Dvorak, an assistant professor of landscape architecture.
  6. Vanegas moderates ‘green’ panel at global real estate convention
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    Vanegas moderates sustainability panel at Qatar urban forum

    posted March 24, 2012
    Four of the world’s leading “green” experts discussed sustainability, energy and “green” development in a March 6 forum moderated by Jorge Vanegas, dean of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, at a global real estate convention in Cannes, France.
  7. D-Day Ranger monument saved by Aggie-led restoration effort
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    CHC-led effort saves Ranger Memorial

    posted March 13, 2012
    Visitors to Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France, can once again visit a cliffside monument honoring the World War II heroism of U.S. Army Rangers, led by a future Texas A&M president, following a $6 million site restoration based on information gathered by the university’s Center for Heritage Conservation.
  8. Aggie Workshop took holistic approach to landscape design
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    Aggie Workshop took holistic approach

    posted February 6, 2012
    Professional landscape architects shared their knowledge with students Feb. 10-11 at the Langford Architecture Center in a series of presentations, discussion panels and charrettes at the 2012 Aggie Workshop, which this year took a holistic approach to design.
  9. Research centers offer disaster- themed preservation symposium
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    Preservation experts focus on ‘Disaster’ at 13th CHC symposium

    posted January 19, 2012
    Historic preservation efforts undertaken after natural and manmade disasters were the focus of “Disaster,” the 13th Annual Historic Preservation Symposium at the Langford Architecture Center.
  10. Lectures eye health care design solutions for under, uninsured
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    Lecture series eyes design solutions for under & uninsured

    posted January 12, 2012
    Relationships between architectural design and health care for the under and uninsured are the focus of the Center for Health Systems & Design’s Spring 2012 Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series.
  11. Eagle touts Design Process class as 'essence of unorthodox'
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    Design Process class featured in The Eagle

    posted January 4, 2012
    The Bryan-College Station Eagle spotlighted "The Design Process," one of the most popular classes taught at the college, in its Dec. 25, 2011 issue. Led by Jorge Vanegas, dean of the college and Rodney Hill, professor of architecture, the class, wrote the Eagle’s Caroline Ward, is the essence of unorthodox.
  12. Creativity, discovery, innovation fuel Hill's design process class
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    Hill's design class runs on creativity

    posted December 1, 2011
    No textbooks, no tests, no scantrons — Prof. Rodney Hill’s creativity class doesn’t have a trace of the elements found in a traditional college course, instead relying on discovery and innovation; it’s not every class that requires students to sign a non-disclosure agreement before attending lectures.
  13. Faculty embrace the studio as the centerpiece of design education
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    Studio education: What sets us apart

    posted November 28, 2011
    As higher education leaders across the nation wrangle with budget constraints and consider reforms aimed at doing more with less, Texas A&M College of Architecture educators continue to embrace the studio, the time-tested cornerstone of design education, as the most critical component of modern design pedagogy.
  14. New center provides researchers access to nonpublic federal data
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    Data center to aid research initiatives

    posted November 23, 2011
    Valuable sociological and economic data collected by the federal government but not available to the general public will soon be available to select researchers from Texas and the surrounding region with the opening this fall of the Texas Census Research Data Center at Texas A&M University.
  15. CHUD part of a network eyeing effects of change in South Texas
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    CHUD helps track effects of change in South Texas region

    posted November 16, 2011
    The Center for Housing and Urban Development at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture is part of a new research, educational and engagement network focusing on providing sustainability science to South Texas policymakers and communities.