Assistant Professor Erkin Ozay was an invited panelist for the symposium ‘Minding the Gap’ held in Washington DC in January 2019. The event, organized by the AIA Regional and Urban Design Committee, brought together educators, researchers and practitioners to discuss the future of urban design education in the USA.

Associate Professor Joyce Hwang was selected as one of five designers and artists invited to develop a proposal and prototypes to transform exterior spaces at Matadero, a contemporary arts center in Madrid. The “Mutant Cyborg Garden” is being coordinated and directed by the architecture office ‘elii’ and Matadero Madrid. Professor Hwang recently conducted workshops with design students in Madrid and that work culminated in an exhibition at Matadero for the 2019 Madrid Design Week. She is working in collaboration with the architect Nerea Feliz.

Professor Brian Carter was a contributor to ‘Twisted”. The book was recently published by Actar Publications, New York & Barcelona. The chapter written by Professor Carter is entitled ‘Textiles, Machines, Flow and Factories’.