Spotlight on Urban Design
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Video: Want to Curb Climate Change? Cities Need to Get Involved.
Feature | Apr 02, 2018
Associate Professor Jeffrey Raven and NYIT student Luciana Godinho talk about ways that mayors and urban leaders can help residents adapt to a warming climate.
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How Cities Can Curb Climate Change -- Facebook Live Discussion
Blog | Mar 28, 2018
"The only way to ensure that cities remain livable is for mayors and urban leaders—together with urban designers—to simultaneously cut emissions and help residents adapt to a warming planet," argues Jeffrey Raven, associate professor in the NYIT School of Architecture and Design. . The discussion leverages Jeffrey’s op-ed, To Curb Climate Change, Cities Need The Right Design, published on Forbes.
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Urban Climate Lab: Graduate Urban Design Mid-Term Review held on 15 March at NYIT-Manhattan
The Urban Climate Lab envisions urban design shaping transformative climate action in cities. It focuses on urban design’s central role in greenhouse gas emission mitigation and urban heat stress adaptation and resiliency.
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Master's of Science in Urban and Regional Design is now recognized as STEM
Blog | Dec 15, 2017
As of December 2017, we are STEM
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To Curb Climate Change, Cities Need the Right Design
Feature | Dec 05, 2017
NYIT professor pens op-ed stressing the importance of urban design in helping people adapt to a warming climate.
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Student Profile: Shenger “Anna” Dai
Profile | Oct 18, 2017
When it comes to architecture, Shenger “Anna” Dai likes to look at the big picture.
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Jeffrey Raven Moderates South Bronx Panel at the Center for Architecture
Blog | Oct 11, 2017
Director of the Graduate Urban and Regional Design program moderates panel at the Center for Architecture
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