2024–2025 Annual Report of Giving

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Together, We Create What’s Next 

Dear Alumni and Friends, 
 
What does it mean to create what’s next when the world of higher education—and the world at large—is reckoning with rapid change and extraordinary challenges? At the GSD, it means harnessing the power of design to confront urgent issues like environmental crises, housing affordability, and urban equity with creativity and optimism. It means convening brilliant minds—students, faculty, alumni, and supporters—to imagine a different future and then to build it.

Your generosity has propelled visionary thinking into action, driving teaching and research that reverberate far beyond Gund Hall. Each initiative, studio, exploration, and collaboration testifies to what’s possible when our community redefines challenges as opportunities for innovation and hope.

We know there is urgent work ahead, and that none of it is possible alone. Thank you for your partnership, your belief in the transformative force of design, and for standing with the GSD as, together, we create what’s next.

With gratitude, 

Alice Roebuck 
Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Relations 

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Design Takes on the Housing Crisis

Design-led approaches fueled by donor support can shape policies and projects to address critical housing gaps.

Who Will Design the Future? Fellowships Are Changing the Answer.

By removing financial barriers, donors propel the next generation of talent.

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Designing Climate-Ready Cities—Powered by Visionary Philanthropy

Forward-looking donors are investing in ideas that help cities adapt, endure, and thrive.

Why We Give: Designing the Future, Together

From gratitude to action, GSD alumni and friends are shaping a culture of generosity that builds community and possibility.

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Can Architecture Make Cities More Human? Japan’s Takenaka Corporation and the GSD Think So. 

Takenaka’s support transforms studios into incubators for convivial cities.

GSD Comeback 2024: A Weekend of Ideas and Connection

Why the GSD Comeback mattered and reasons why you’ll want to attend this event in 2026.

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A Legacy of Public Service: Empowering Tomorrow’s Planners and Policy Makers 

Endowed fellowships from Julia Koster (MUP ’01) and Richard Doege (MPA ’00) support students committed to public service.

GSD Donor Listing

The GSD celebrates the collective impact of our donors for their commitment to design education.

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