Students in the Urban Design Studio program at OU-Tulsa are working to improve B.S. Roberts Park in Tulsa after years of neglect and harm. Their plan for the project includes creating an improved playground for kids of all ages, a section for adults to exercise while their children play, and some kind of structure to house a farmers market. The students invited the community to come to give their feedback on their plans on Saturday, May 4th.
Read more in the Tulsa World article linked below.
B.S. Roberts Park renovation: OU Urban Design group invites community to discuss plans
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.
Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.
In May, students from the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture's Architecture, Environmental Design, and Interior Design programs participated in an intensive five-day Studio in Residence at Taliesin West, the iconic winter home and desert laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright.