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Former college student Zamir Garcia ‘93, is an associate at a Philadelphia firm lauded by an architecture critic for its design of an addition to a nearby museum completed in 1916.

Peter Lang, associate professor of architecture, discussed his border studio initiatives in the Los Lomas colonia at the June 24-26 Dwell on Design conference in L. A. His students developed survival strategies and partnered with colonia residents to improve the border community.

Forster Ndubisi, head of Texas A&M’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, and his counterparts at two leading Chinese universities have agreed to explore the possibility of academic exchanges by signing letters of cooperation during meetings in China.

William L. Peel Jr., who holds two degrees from Texas A&M's College of Architecture, has been named executive vice president and chief development officer of Houston-based Tellepsen, a leader in commercial and industrial construction since its founding in 1909.

Visitors to the 2011 Luleå Art Biennial in Sweden are taking a virtual trip in an underground ant colony in “atta,” an immersive installation by Carol LaFayette and Fred Parke, professors of visualization. At left, patrons wear Stereovision glasses to view the colony on four screens arranged in a semicircle.

Visitors to the 2011 Luleå Art Biennial in Sweden are taking a virtual trip inside an underground ant colony in “atta,” an immersive installation developed by Carol LaFayette and Fred Parke, professors of visualization at Texas A&M.

Students in the Master of Science in Land Development program prepared for careers in the property industry by visiting three of the Houston area’s most notable mixed-use developments, then worked with the developers to craft leasing proposals for a hypothetical business.

With a 2011 fellowship from the American Institute of Architects, Amy Kircher, an M.Arch student at Texas A&M, will design a prototype outpatient healthcare facility based on her research that suggests a new direction for preventative care building design and a new way of thinking about healthcare architecture.

Members of the Ernest Langford family visited the Technical Reference Center June 27, 2011 to take a look at the center’s Langford collection, with more than 400 photographs and documents of one of the giants in the history of Texas A&M's architecture program.

Allan R. Parr, who earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1988, has been named president of REES Associates, Inc., an architectural, planning, and interior design firm with offices in 10 North American cities. Parr is a registered architect and member of the American Institute of Architects.

Susie Billings, the administrative assistant at Texas A&M’s CRS Center, earned the Bryan/College Station chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals' "Member of the Year 2010-2011" award. The IAAP is a not-for-profit professional association for office professionals.

Chanam Lee, professor of urban planning at Texas A&M, will tell the American Public Health Association how the built environment can impede the physical activity of children and overweight adults at the group’s annual meeting this fall in Washington, D.C.

Students in Texas A&M’s University Honors Program recognized the mentoring efforts of Stephen Caffey, assistant professor of architecture, with enough votes for the Wells Fargo Honors Faculty Mentor Award.

Former students helped take “Cars 2” all the way from Radiator Springs to Japan and Europe for a visual adventure that Lightning McQueen and Mater will never forget. The sequel was produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Studios.

Researchers from the Center for Heritage Conservation visited Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay June 6-11, 2011 where they used sophisticated surveying equipment to collect data to create detailed 2- and 3-D models of the island and its historic structures for documentation purposes.