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GSD Alumni Council New Student Reception

On Thursday, August 29, during Orientation Week, the Alumni Council hosted a reception for new students to the GSD. With the threat of rain overhead, students and alumni gathered under the eaves of Gund Hall.

Sep 19, 2013

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GSD ALUMNI Q+A: JOHN RONAN

For the first in a series of GSD Alumni Q+A, we asked John Ronan (MArch ’91) about his work, his life and his GSD experience.

Sep 18, 2013

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Alumni Insights Lecture Series

The Alumni Insights lecture series, hosted by GSD Development and Alumni Relations, recognizes the work of Harvard GSD alumni and gives current students an opportunity to hear about the diverse careers and achievements of the school's graduates.

Sep 18, 2013

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Student Activism: Women in Design

An online petition created by a GSD student group defending the rights of architectural pioneer Denise Scott Brown garnered a media maelstrom this spring.

Sep 18, 2013

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YOUNG ALUMNI CAST A WEB

Each spring, many GSD graduates leave campus and exchange the GSD’s creative, collaborative environment for the anonymity of the big city. Two recent graduates are re-building the supportive design network that made their GSD experience so rich by creating venues for networking and social opportunities in which alumni can come together.

Sep 18, 2013

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GSD brains + Brooklyn Brawn = innovative lab

150 GSD students, alumni and friends gathered on a Brooklyn rooftop as the sun set over Manhattan in late July. GSD alumni hosted the cocktail reception at the New Lab, a Beta space facility in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that brings together design, prototyping and new manufacturing that incubates and encourages innovative work in a range of disciplines.

Sep 18, 2013

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Erle Elliss long view of population growth

Erle Ellis just got to the GSD for his stint as visiting associate professor of landscape architecture and he’s already making a splash. In an opinion piece for the N.Y. Times, he challenges the conventional wisdom that human population growth is outstripping the earth’s ability to provide sustenance.

Sep 16, 2013

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UPD students tour Boston

The UPD Department hosted its annual bus tour of Boston on September 7, led by Alex Krieger and Kathy Spiegelman, to introduce first year UPD students to the history of planning and development in the city. 

Sep 16, 2013