Professor Jay Chandler, J.D., an adjunct member of the Graduate Faculty of the University of Oklahoma‐Tulsa since 1990, is now celebrating retirement after teaching his last class on December 9, 2019, with students from the OU Urban Design Studio.
Professor Chandler has practiced law for more than 40 years and has taught Legal Framework for Design as adjunct faculty at OU-Tulsa for the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture for more than 30 years. Jay plans to travel in retirement beginning later this month in Vienna. We wish him well!
Featured photo from left to right: Clay Harris, Jamie Pierson, Professor Jay Chandler, Urban Design Studio Director Shawn Schaefer, Alex O’Connell, Chris Paulsen, Tristan Fox, Samiul Haque and Virginia Paiva.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture announces John Harris as Associate Dean for Research ad interim, effective Aug. 25, 2026, until the permanent position is filled.
Gibbs College is pleased to announce the 2026 Gibbs College Faculty & Staff Awards recipients. These individuals were recognized by Dean Butzer during the Gibbs College Back to School Meeting and will be honored during the Celebration Banquet in October. They were nominated by their colleagues via an open nomination process.
Telesis, the Gibbs College of Architecture’s student journal, has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to support its next two issues, “Pause” (Volume IX) and “React” (Volume X).
