AROUND the College FACULTY APPOINTMENTS, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND NEWS
ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS & PROMOTIONS
Eleni Glekas, director of Historic Preservation presented at PastForward, a conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in Chicago in November. She spoke in part of a session called “Knowing What We’ve Got: New Tools for Visual Documentation.” Her talk focused on incorporating technology in historic preservation education, profiling student work, and highlighting the BAC’s practice-based learning model.
Architect Magazine featured Parallax founder John Masotta, B.Arch ’86, for the unveiling of his new project with The Archer School for Girls, Archer Forward, in Los Angeles.
Ben Peterson, director of Practice Instruction and Student Support, was a keynote speaker at the Future Concurrent Design Education conference hosted by the Consortium of Academies of Architecture of the Netherlands in October. His lecture “Perspectives from Away” situated the concurrent educational experience of the BAC in larger social, political, and economic contexts. Ben also collaborated with a number of Dutch academies on how they might explore and define the future of the concurrent educational model for architecture students. Aidan Ackerman, director of Digital Media and faculty in the School of Landscape Architecture, served on Design Museum Boston’s panel at their February 22nd UNITE • Maker Nation: Education to Industry event. Library Director Susan Lewis has retired from the BAC after 43 years. After 24 years as Chief Financial Officer, Kathy Rood, ’17 (Hon.), has retired from the BAC. Mark Virello joined the BAC in September as the new Chief Financial Officer.
David Rifkind, M.Arch ’97, associate professor of architecture at Florida International University, was featured in Architect Magazine’s AIA Feature on Miami’s unique opportunity to revolutionize how Americans handle climate change. Felice Silverman, ’92, MID ’14, FIIDA, participated in the Women in Design Symposium at ABX last November. The day-long event addressed how to achieve gender equity in the building industry among other challenges. Chelsea Blanchard, M.Arch ’16, was featured on New England Home magazine’s website for their guide on historic home restoration. Patrick McKechnie, M.Arch ’17, was featured on the front page of his local paper Ashland Daily Tidings for his thesis project redesigning Medford, Oregon’s Rogue Valley Mall.
Maya Bird-Murphy, M.Arch ’17, Associate AIA, LEED Green Associate, SEED
Maya Bird-Murphy founded Chicago Mobile Makers, a nonprofit organization that offers free and low-cost youth workshops encompassing design, architecture, digital fabrication, basic construction, and place-making in Chicago communities. Maya was recently interviewed on PBS Chicago Tonight about the organization, and Chicago Mobile Makers was selected as a Finalist in the “Urban Design” category of Fast Company’s 2018 World Changing Ideas Awards.
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