Dr. Bryce Lowery, an Associate Professor of Regional and City Planning, collaborated with Dr. Madison Swayne, Dr. Iana Castro, and doctoral student Jessica Embry of San Diego State University to explore food security issues in the San Diego County area. Their work was published in Preventing Chronic Disease, a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The team worked to identify how the availability of stores that accept Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments, authorized by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP), changed with long-standing patterns of food insecurity during the pandemic. SNAP is a federal program that provides food-purchasing assistance to individuals and families in low-income communities. Many people receive this assistance through the EBT system, which allows state welfare departments to issue benefits electronically.
Through their research, the team discovered that the loss of EBT stores had a stronger impact on food access for residents in low-income communities than in communities that face fewer financial hardships. Read the full publication.
Gibbs College of Architecture (GCA) alumnus Tony Wu has spent nearly two decades at Pelli Clarke & Partners, rising to Senior Associate and leading projects on an international scale. His most recent notable work, a transit-oriented development in Yibin, China, earned national recognition in the country and was featured on ArchDaily.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Tim Stephens has accepted the position of Senior Director of Development for Gibbs College, beginning April 15, 2026.
Dr. Khosrow Bozorgi, professor of Architecture at the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, is advancing a major research project that examines how societies across time and place have organized the built environment in strikingly similar ways.
