The Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC) at the University of Oklahoma hosts the Langston University Transportation Academy (LUTA) annually. LUTA contributes to delivering intervention efforts that are geared toward encouraging high school students to take science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) academic courses. LUTA curriculum involves STEM-focused learning experiences related to land, air, water, and space transportation, and how these modes of transportation interface with each other. During the recent LUTA, students visited the Ken Robson BIM+VIZ Lab, hosted by Dr. Tammy McCuen. Students experienced 3D visualization of transportation projects using virtual reality technology in the state-of-the-art lab located in the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture. Students were provided exposure to and discussion about technology applications in transportation.
For more information about the BIM+VIZ Lab, contact Dr. Tammy McCuen (tammymccuen@ou.edu).
Telesis, a journal produced by students in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, has earned first place in the 2026 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals for its seventh volume, “Unfold.” This marks the fourth time the publication has earned recognition for excellence in student architectural journalism. It shares the honor with student journals from Columbia University, University of Michigan, and Cal Poly.
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.
