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One faculty member and two former students of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture have been elevated to membership in the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows, one of the highest honors the AIA bestows upon its members. AIA Fellows are selected for making significant contributions to architecture and society.

As the new historic preservation specialist at the White House, Martin Howell, a Texas A&M former student, has a major role in maintaining the historic nature of one of America’s most famous addresses.

Two projects designed by an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture are featured in “Design for Decades,” an American Institute of Architects’ online exhibition showcasing top-flight architectural work.

Students in a fall 2010 graduate design studio led by Phillip Tabb, professor of architecture at Texas A&M, created what he called outstanding designs for affordable and sustainable housing for a hamlet in the Serenbe community, an environmentally friendly development in Georgia.

During a January 2011 minimester at Texas A&M’s Soltis Center for Research and Education in Costa Rica, students soared above a cloud forest and sharpened their creative skills while exploring “The Design Process,” one of the most popular classes offered at the College of Architecture.

For the scholarly potential of her research focusing on the sacred architecture of the Athenian Acropolis, Nancy Klein, a Texas A&M architectural historian, recently garnered a $10,000 research grant from the university’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies.

This summer in the Georgia community where he serves as master planner, Phillip Tabb, professor of architecture at Texas A&M will co-chair a symposium pondering the divine and the structures humans build to experience it.

Lauded in recommendation letters as “an indispensible asset” and “a shining example of dedication and commitment to everything that encompasses the College of Architecture,” Shelley Smith, an administrative coordinator at Texas A&M’s Department of Construction Science, was honored with the Linda J. Todd Outstanding Support Staff Achievement Award.

A distinguished lineup of allied healthcare professionals are coming to Texas A&M’s College of Architecture to discuss issues related to health care and healthcare facility design for the Spring 2010 Architecture-For-Health Lecture Series.

Two College of Architecture outstanding alumni, Ronald L. Skaggs ’65 and James R. Thompson ’68, are among nine former cadets to be inducted this spring by the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets into the Corps Hall of Honor.

An art exhibit in San Antonio by Joshua Bienko, assistant professor of visualization at Texas A&M, has “generated substantial buzz,” says the San Antonio Current, an Alamo City news and culture publication.

A Texas A&M doctoral student is investigating whether small neighborhood schools, when compared to larger suburban schools, better promote students’ walking to school and the social cohesion of the communities they serve.

A list of the 25 most influential people in healthcare design in 2010 includes four Texas A&M College of Architecture faculty and an outstanding college alumnus who serves as executive vice president for HKS Inc., a Dallas-based architecture firm.

Two new assistant professors, Kenneth Joh and Eric Bardenhagen, joined the department for the 2010-11 academic year.

Two Texas A&M urban planning faculty members are researching mobility issues as Texas Transportation Institute research scientists.