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On March 29, 2023, Regional + City Planning faculty Dr. John C. Harris and Dr. C Aujean Lee joined doctoral student and Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Research Fellow Rebecca Blaine to present to MetaFund about community engagement practices.
MetaFund is an Oklahoma-based nonprofit that invests in creative solutions for communities, with a primary focus on quality jobs, affordable housing, community health, and child wellbeing. The organization invites presenters to share about various community development topics.
The team shared their findings and recommendations from last year’s IQC project with the City of Tulsa. For the project, students from the Community Development and Revitalization course and the Planning with Diverse Communities course conducted virtual canvassing of the Riverwood neighborhood.
A project designed by Gibbs College of Architecture faculty member Austin Lightle has been selected for BuildFest 2026, a national art and architecture festival held at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in New York, on the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
Two Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumni are helping shape recommendations that could influence affordable housing design and construction across Oklahoma.
The University of Oklahoma Libraries recently welcomed Carl Siegel as an Architecture Librarian and Archivist and Assistant Professor. In his role, Siegel supports students, faculty and staff across the Gibbs College of Architecture while also serving as archivist for the American School of Architecture Archives.
