C. Aujean Lee, an Assistant Professor of Regional and City Planning at OU, was awarded a Big XII Faculty Fellowship for Spring 2023.
The Chief Academic Officers of Big XII universities launched this program to stimulate scholarship initiatives by supporting travel to member institutions. These visits give faculty members the opportunity to engage Big XII university communities through the exchange of ideas and research.
Dr. Lee will be visiting the University of Texas at Austin to develop research projects on racial equity, urban planning, and environmental justice. She will also give a public lecture at City Forum, a speaker series that focuses on diversity, multiple publics, and social change.
The OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) 2024 collaboration with the Historic Threatt Filling Station has been recognized in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's newly released Byways Report: The Scenic Route to Rural Prosperity – a story-driven publication exploring how road trip culture and place-based tourism can fuel economic growth in rural communities.
The Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Camille Germany, Chief of Staff, has been named the 2026 recipient of the university-wide Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award.
Gibbs College faculty Ken Marold and Bryan Bloom were recognized at the 2026 ACSA Architectural Education Awards during the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 114th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, held March 26–28, 2026.
