Regional and City Planning professor Meghan Wieters was recently named a Risser Innovative Teaching Fellow for the 2017-2018 academic year. The Paul G. Risser Innovative Teaching Fellowship provides funding and support to OU faculty to transition an existing or new undergraduate course into an outstanding example of an innovative, team-based active learning class. The primary goal of this program is to build and enhance a community of faculty who are passionate about active learning and exploring new pedagogies.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
Research initiated by Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumna Naila Hasan during her master’s studies at the University of Oklahoma has continued through faculty collaboration and resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce Esther Thorp, Tyler Boydstun and Chukwuma Nwokoye as the winners of the 2026 Construction Innovation Translation Hub (CIThub) Student Ideas Competition.
