Gabriella Gutierrez, Associate Professor, was recently awarded the title of Regents Lecturer at the University of New Mexico. The title acknowledges a faculty member’s contribution to their respective academic programs in areas of teaching, research, and community outreach.  Professor Gutierrez recently contributed to a successful grant application submitted by the New Mexico Des Moines Public School System for funding to build a new school based health care center on their campus, which is in a designated “frontier” area of northeastern New Mexico.

Sebastian Mariscal, designer, developer builder & educator, with offices in SD & NY and projects in CA, NY and Mexico, joined the faculty as the Visiting International Professor of Architecture for Spring 2012 semester.  He will work closely in the graduate studio with Albuquerque architect and Lecturer, Sam Sterling AIA, and students on the exploration of emotions and immateriality in Architecture.