Spring each year brings with it much excitement to our college with opportunities for exhibitions of student and faculty work, final reviews, graduation, and other successes. Spring 2025 is no different. Please allow me a moment to boast about them.
Congratulations to Michael Gerace, a BSArch ’24 and MArch ’25 graduate, for being named one of the prestigious Metropolis Future100 students. This honor goes to only 50 architecture students and 50 interior design students across North America each year. Gerace follows in the footsteps of Emily Bigelow, MArch ’24, who earned that recognition last year. Not only does it recognize their individual creativity, technical skills, and promise as professional architects, it also brings great pride to their alma mater. Thanks, Mike and Emily!
Another student deserving of a shout-out is Jacob Heyer, BS Product Design ’25, for being invited to showcase his design for a ceiling lamp in the Isola Exhibition during Milan Design Week this year. You can see his design below. Congratulations, Jake!
My colleagues, Sara Codarin, Ph.D., and Masataka Yoshikawa, will be heading to Venice in May for another celebrated architectural event, the Biennale Architettura 2025. Their collaboration about the use of generative AI in architectural design was selected as this year’s theme, “Intelligence. Natural. Artificial. Collective.” includes artificial intelligence in our field. We’ll share more about their research findings in our next edition of this newsletter.
We are currently in final reviews, wrapping up the academic year, with about 125 students graduating with their bachelor’s or master’s degrees on May 10, coincident with the close of our annual signature student exhibition, ShowLTU CoAD. I invite our alumni and industry leaders to join us from opening day, May 8th, through the 10th here on campus. You will read more about this proud moment for our college in this edition.
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