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Visitors to one of the world’s premier computer graphics and interactive techniques conferences saw pioneering work developed at the Texas A&M Department of Visualization. “Atta Texana Leafcutting Ant Colony: a View Underground,” created by visualization professors Carol LaFayette and Fred Parke, put viewers at SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles inside an immersive, three-dimensional representation of an ant colony. The SIGGRAPH convention is an annual event that drew almost 30,000 attendees August 11-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Artists, research scientists, gaming experts, developers, filmmakers, students and academics from 87 countries attended. Above: A 3-D representation of an underground ant colony, developed at the Department of Visualization, was a hit at a computer graphics convention in Los Angeles in August.
Vanegas takes helm as interim dean
The appointment, effective Aug. 1, was announced at a Wednesday morning gathering of College of Architecture faculty and staff by Jerry Strawser, then Texas A&M's interim provost and executive vice president for academics. Strawser said Vanegas, as interim dean, is expected to "move forward aggressively" and continue to "build on the momentum" the college has gained under the leadership of outgoing dean, Tom Regan, whose deanship began in 1998.
Mills comes to Aggieland from South Africa
Prior to joining the Texas A&M faculty, Mills was principal and sole proprietor of an architecture firm in Johannesburg, South Africa. He also served as executive dean for the Faculty of the Arts and as professor of architecture at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria.
Student, professor highlight attributes Master of Architecture student Ashley Dias and Louis Tassinary, professor of architecture and associate dean for research, recently took some time to share their personal insights on the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University. In the following video, they highlight a few of the college’s attributes and explain why it is “the place” for pursuing an education. Watch the video and read the full story
Brody pens book encouraging local
A natural system better known as the Mississippi River overwhelmed many communities along its banks in June 2008. Local officials were quite visible during the catastrophe, doing what they could to minimize the damage.
Jackson authors book, ranks
“This ranking is important because it provides the first assessment of efficiency achievements in individual states and, more importantly, uncovers how much efficiency potential still exists,” said Jackson.
Viz department featured in In its July 24, 2008 edition, the Houston Chronicle published a comprehensive feature on the Department of Visualization at the Texas A&M College of Architecture. The story offers an overview of the department's Master of Science in Visualization Sciences program and touts the Texas Aggie connection to Hollywood's leading animation and special effects studios. “It occupies a small, nondescript floor of the Langford Architecture Building. It has only about 60 students and 11 faculty members, but its presence has long been felt throughout the world of computer graphics (CG) entertainment,” Louis B. Parks wrote in the Chronicle piece.
Legion of A&M Vizzers assist creation When moviegoers enter the world of WALL•E, a robot who lives on a future Earth devoid of humans, they’re seeing a movie with major contributions from 17 graduates and four current students of the Visualization Laboratory at Texas A&M University, part of the Department of Visualization Sciences at the university’s College of Architecture. “WALL•E,” the latest blockbuster film from Pixar studios, is just the latest example of how “Vizzers” from Texas A&M, animators who learned about digital animation from the Viz Lab, are using their knowledge to help Pixar entertain audiences in America and throughout the world.
Sony Pictures begins partnership Sony Pictures recently selected the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University to be part of its Imageworks’ Professional Academic Excellence (IPAX) program, which helps groom visual effects artists, software engineers and animators for movies and related endeavors. Tim McLaughlin, visualization department head, calls the program “a good partnership” that will benefit students, faculty, and the Sony program. About 60 students are currently enrolled in the Viz program at Texas A&M.
Huerta wins scholarship from Rodrigo Huerta, a student in Texas A&M University’s Master of Science in Visualization Sciences program, was selected by Sony Pictures Imageworks as the top scholarship winner in a nationwide competition of students preparing themselves for careers in digital animation. The scholarship is from Imageworks’ Professional Academic Excellence (IPAX) program. Through the IPAX scholarship fund, Luis will receive tuition money toward his master’s degree in visualization Texas A&M as well as animation courses he’s taking through Animation Mentor, an online animation school.
Alan Stacell memorial tower dismantled;
The unique structure honored the memory of Alan Stacell, who for 40 years served as teacher, mentor and friend to a legion of young Texas A&M designers at the university’s College of Architecture. Plans call for a new design competition this fall to honor his memory. A group of Texas A&M architecture students, inspired by Stacell, designed and built the structure in 2002 as a memorial to him. He succumbed to cancer Dec. 9, 2001 shortly after retiring from the Department of Architecture.
Graduate students Nome, Ozener A research effort revealing three different kinds of Building Information Modeling was presented by Carlos Nome and Ozan Ozener, Ph.D. architecture students at Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture, prior to the American Institute of Architects’ Boston convention in May 2008. Their May 13 presentation was part of “Change the World: Harnessing BIM Technology and Integrated Project Delivery for Sustainable Design,” a series of lectures that took place before the main AIA convention May 15-17. The genesis of the presentation took place more than a year ago, when the AIA’s Large Firm Roundtable requested proposals from universities to conduct research on BIM. The proposal from Texas A&M was led by Mark Clayton, then interim head of the Department of Architecture.
Aggie Solar Decathlon groHome re-built, Designed to be responsive to the present and future needs of the American family, the Aggie groHome, Texas A&M College of Architecture's award-winning entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2007 Solar Decathlon, is now open for public tours on the grounds of the Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas. The student-designed residence powered exclusively by the sun can be toured 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 1 - 4 p.m. on Sundays. The solar home will be open for tours through the fall.
Landphair elevated to ASLA fellow Harlow Landphair, ASLA, a retired professor of landscape architecture at Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture, is among 20 members of the American Society of Landscape Architects selected for induction to the society’s Council of Fellows. Members of the ASLA Council of Fellows are recognized for their extraordinary work, leadership, knowledge, and service to the profession over a sustained period of time. The Fellows-elect will be formally inducted into the council October 4, 2008, during the ASLA’s annual meeting in Philadelphia.
Aggie ASLA members traveled to
She and three like-minded Aggie landscape architecture students, M’Lynn Lehrmann, Paul Cozzolino, and Pamela Humphrey, journeyed to Washington D.C. May 8 to lobby members of the U.S. Congress as part of ASLA’s Lobby Day. They were sponsored by the college’s landscape architecture and urban planning department and the ASLA. From left are M'Lynn Lehrmann, Briana Morrison, Paul Cozzolino, and Pamela Humphrey
HRRC's coastal planning
“We wanted to create a Web-based, visual spatial decision support tool, where anybody with an internet connection, whether you’re a mayor, planner, or resident on the coast, can view, interact with data and predict impacts of development on coastal areas,” said Sam Brody, associate professor of urban planning at Texas A&M and a faculty fellow with the Hazards Reduction and Recovery Center.
Hazard and disaster experts call
To that end, Peacock and other leading natural hazard and disaster researchers met on the Texas A&M University campus June 12-15, 2008 and called for the establishment of a Resiliency and Vulnerability Observatory Network (RAVON), and established guidelines for its establishment, focus, and operation.
Lindell named to earthquake
Lindell, who holds a Ph.D. in social and quantitative psychology from the University of Colorado and is a faculty fellow at Texas A&M’s Hazard Reduction and Recover Center, noted the significance of the inclusion of social scientists such as himself on the committee. His appointment, he said, “reflects an increasing recognition of the contributions that our disciplines can make to the reduction of earthquake hazards,” he said.
Tassinary, Ulrich and colleagues' study Two professors from Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture contributed to a study on anger at the workplace that was the most frequently read article in the environment and behavior category on the Sage Journals online website in June 2008. The study indicates nature paintings reduce males’ stress levels in an office setting. Louis Tassinary, professor of architecture, associate dean for research and director of graduate studies and Roger Ulrich, professor of architecture and holder of the Julie and Craig Beale ’71 Endowed Professorship in Health Facilities Design, teamed up with Byoung-Suk Kweon of the University of Michigan, and Verrick Walker of PageSoutherlandPage, for the study.
CHUD continues outreach efforts
Laura Treviño, associate director of CHUD’s Colonias Program in Weslaco, spoke at a literacy conference in May hosted by the McAllen ISD Migrant Education Department and the AVANCE-RGV Civics Program. AVANCE-RGV serves low-income Rio Grande Valley colonia families with young children. The event promoted education through literacy with an emphasis on the importance of children’s reading at home.
CHUD helps Texas A&M Two years ago, high school students in Eagle Pass listened to a presentation from representatives of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University. Intrigued, 44 of the students wanted to visit the Texas A&M campus. What stood between them and a campus tour was the journey to College Station, a journey that would later involve the college’s Center for Housing and Urban Development, campus groups, other educational associations and individuals who wanted to make the trip become reality. This fall, ten of those students will begin classes at Texas A&M.
Scholarship students from Laredo Camp ARCH, the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s summer camp that familiarizes high school-age students with careers in fields taught at the college, included students on scholarship from South Texas. College of Architecture interim dean and Center for Housing and Urban Development director Jorge Vanegas agreed to teach students at Camp ARCH during its July 13-19 run if his instructor fee was used to provide scholarships for three students from South Texas colonias. Outgoing college dean Tom Regan also sponsored a colonia resident. Three of the four students, Sergio Benitez, Procopio Herrera, and John Mejorado, wanted to learn about creating video games, so they enrolled in the camp's visualization track.
Langford buildings refitted
The new lights are part of Maroon is Green, a collegewide initiative aimed at adopting green practices throughout the college’s three Langford Architecture Center buildings. More than 1400 new, 34-watt lamps were installed. “There were 720 fixtures, and each can have between two to four lamps,” said Brian Veteto, mechanical systems specialist with Texas A&M’s physical plant.
Lean Construction summit The Texas A&M College of Architecture’s Center for Housing and Urban Development hosted the first Texas Lean Construction Summit June 30 - July 2 at the College Station Hilton Hotel & Conference Center. Lean construction, hailed as a new way to design and build capital facilities, emphasizes maximum value and minimum waste applied to specific techniques and applies them in a new project delivery process. The conference was aimed at those responsible for and interested in the management and improvement of work in design and construction, managers or project team members, suppliers, and organizations in the construction-related industries that support design and construction activities.
Two Super Bowls slated in For two consecutive years, beginning in 2011, the Super Bowl will be played in stadiums designed by Texas A&M University College of Architecture alumnus Bryan Trubey ‘83 of the HKS Sports and Entertainment Group. Cowboys Stadium, the home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys beginning in the 2009 season, will host Super Bowl XLV Feb. 6, 2011. On May 24, 2008, the National Football League awarded Super Bowl XLVI to Indianapolis. The game will be played Feb 5, 2012 in Lucas Oil Stadium, which opens this fall as the home stadium of the league's Indianapolis Colts.
Student designs for La Porte facility Texas Architect editor Stephen Sharpe took note of efforts by students in a spring 2008 studio led by Mardelle Shepley, professor of architecture at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture. Sharpe, writing in the May/June 2008 of Texas Architect, said the students had just two weeks to create designs to the Parsons Group, owner of a senior citizens residential facility in La Porte.
Preservation students document It was picture time for St. Andrew's, the venerable Episcopal church building on 217 West 26th street in Bryan. When graduate students from the Texas A&M College of Architecture come to document historical buildings, however, they do much more than take snapshots. Graduate students enrolled in ARCH 649, Recording Historic Buildings, spent their Summer I session recording the historic building, whose cornerstone was laid in 1912; the structure was finished in 1914.
Design process students excel
The class, known in the catalog as ENDS 101, is offered through the university’s College of Architecture. Taught by Rodney Hill and Jorge Vanegas, professors of architecture, enrolled or previously enrolled students nabbed many of the top awards in two campus contests in the spring 2008 semester. Vanegas is now the college’s interim dean. In the Aggie Innovention contest, Design Process students nabbed four of the top six awards. “The purpose of this contest,” said the competition’s website, “is to find an Aggie Innoventor who, through the use of creativity and innovation, crafts an idea that—when developed—will solve a problem related to campus life and/or university attendance. “
Evidence-based design draws ire Kirk Hamilton, associate professor of architecture at Texas A&M, recently weighed in on a debate that erupted in Springfield, Oregon about the design of the new Sacred Heart Medical Center. According to an Aug. 10 article published in the Eugene Register Guard, the hospital complex has a lodge-like lobby with art and a three-story river rock fireplace, sweeping views of the McKenzie River and Coburg Hills from patient rooms, and a stand of towering fir trees on the grounds. A retired teacher told the newspaper the facility is an “opulent monument to medicine that could only have been built on huge profits and the promise of more … it’s like building a palace in the middle of suffering and poverty.”
Visiting Japanese scholar researching
Okamoto is an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo's Department of Architecture and has been involved in the design of a number of hospital facilities. He began teaching at the University of Tokyo after working for Okada and Associates in Tokyo.
In case you missed it: Aggie septuagenarian earns BED When Shirley Ankenmann does her homework, she likes to listen to classical music on the radio. A few weeks before she was to graduate with a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M's College of Architecture, the 73-year old student heard "Pomp and Circumstance," the traditional graduation song, come on the radio.
Graham, OU's new architecture Charles Graham, former executive associate dean at Texas A&M's College of Architecture, was profiled in The Daily Oklahoman in a story July 6. Graham is now dean at the University of Oklahoma's College of Architecture.
Solar D home included in The Texas A&M College of Architecture's 2007 Solar Decathlon groHome appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of Texas Architect, along with a short article by Pliny Fisk, professor of architecture and landscape architecture.
BED student selected as Aggie Samantha Kropp, a junior in the Bachelor of Environmental Design program at Texas A&M's Department of Architecture, will help lead the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band on the football field this fall as the first female drum major in the band's history.
College Ph.D. student quoted in Time Xuemei Zhu, a new member of the Texas A&M College of Architecture faculty, was quoted in the June 12 issue of Time magazine in an article about childhood obesity.
Mann, Briscoe attend healthcare Two representatives from Texas A&M University's College of Architecture presented the latest in healthcare design at the 2008 International Union of Architects' Public Health Group conference in the ancient Italian city of Florence.
Students net top honor from A jury of professional designers awarded $1000 to a team of architecture and landscape architecture students from Texas A&M University's College of Architecture for their hospital/resort project design for a development in Dubai.
Architecture student's work Designs by Texas A&M University architecture student Jason Haynes were be on display beside work by architecture students and faculty from Rice, the University of Houston and Prairie View A&M at Academic Update 2008, sponsored by AIA Houston.
Two new scholarships endowed by Texas A&M College of Architecture students will have an opportunity to benefit from two recently endowed scholarships, one established by former student Arnoldo Robelo and one created by SpawMaxwell, a Houston-based corporation with a special interest in Texas A&M's Department of Construction Science.
Class Acts Former students elevated as fellows Five Texas A&M College of Architecture former students received the American Institute of Architects’ highest honors May 16 at the AIA’s annual convention in Boston. They were among 116 new members of the AIA's College of Fellows honored at investiture ceremonies in Boston's Old South Church.
Architecture grad Hawes wins Velpeau Hawes, Jr., '58, FAIA, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M's College of Architecture, has been named the recipient of the Texas Society of Architects' 2008 Medal for Lifetime Achievement in honor of Llewellyn Pitts, FAIA.
Master of Urban Planning graduate Nicole Adair, who earned a Master of Urban Planning degree from Texas A&M University's College of Architecture in August 2008, looks at neighborhoods across Texas and sees a storm brewing.
Former student's Chipotle restaurant Scott Shippey has found that after 10 years of designing Chipotle restaurants, it's still "awesome." "They're cool," is how Shippey described the restaurants to Amanda Kolson Hurley in her story in the June issue of Architect magazine. He received a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1993 from Texas A&M University's College of Architecture. "I hate to sound like a juvenile about it, but they're cool."
San Antonio chamber lauds former Madeline Anz Slay, who received a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M University's College of Architecture in 1991, has received the ATHENA Young Professional Award from the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.
MSLD graduate to head his Ben Cornish, who received a Master of Science in Land Development in 1993 from Texas A&M University's College of Architecture, will lead AMB Property Corporation's growing presence in China as the company's senior vice president and chief operating officer for China.
Rambo named principal Jay H. Rambo, who earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M University's College of Architecture in 1996, has been named a principal in F&S Partners, a Dallas-based architecture, interior design and planning firm.
M.Arch grad Eddington promoted to Thane Eddington, who received a Master of Architecture from Texas A&M's College of Architecture in 2001, has been promoted to associate at Giffin Bolte Jurgens Architects, a firm in Portland, Oregon.
Architecture alums, student's work There was a substantial Texas A&M College of Architecture connection to an art and sculpture show held last summer at Gallery 2910 in Dallas. The featured artists included:
Gallery 2910, which opened in January 2008, offers an eclectic collection of fine art at its location in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas.
Botello earns LEED accreditation
Special Events Davison painting on exhibit
Davison's work, "Chronicles II," is a 5-foot by 6-foot painting he created in the late 80's. "It's kind of an architectural fantasy-type image. It's as much a drawing as a painting with a lot of variety of texture," he said. The painting is part of "Superficial: An Exhibition About the Surface of a Painting," a display of 20 selections from the museum's permanent collection.
Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series Every Wednesday at noon during the fall 2008 semester, Texas A&M College of Architecture students will have an opportunity to hear leading professionals from the allied healthcare professions discuss relevant issues related to health care and healthcare facilities design as part of the semester-long Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series.
Lang participating in two
Faculty research symposium Friday, Sept. 19 is the deadline for submitting materials for the College of Architecture's Oct. 27 faculty research symposium, "Research on the Built and Virtual Environments: Global Symposia Presentations 2008." Three items are requested from each participating faculty member. Presentation abstracts, print-quality graphics illustrating the topic, and a list of each faculty member's invited presentations and published papers since June 1, 2007 should be submitted to Trisha Gottschalk at trishg@tamu.edu. Large graphic and photographs may be burned on a CD and delivered to Gottschalk in Langford A219D. A list of presentations and published papers should be submitted by all faculty members, even those who are not presenting at the Oct. 27 event. Also, faculty new to the college are encouraged to participate. Presentations and referred papers will be categorized by: presentations, publications, books/monographs, published proceedings, journal articles, book chapters, reports, workshops, sundry works and exhibitions. The abstracts, artwork and list of current research are used to create a publication that serves as the symposium program and, more importantly, is utilized throughout the year to showcase faculty research initiatives at the college.
Sept. 2 Sept. 3 AGC meeting — An Associated General Contractors' student meeting is scheduled 7:15 - 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 in the Preston Geren Auditorium (Langford B102). For more information, contact Dakota Durden at kotaggie08@neo.tamu.edu. AIGA meeting — The American Institute of Graphic Arts gathers for dinner 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 at a location to be announced. The group’s meeting begins at 7:30. The agenda includes an introduction to AIGA and an overview of what the Texas A&M chapter is undertaking, including long-term projects for competitions. Studio tours in Austin or Dallas are also being considered. For the meeting place or more information, contact Donna Hajash at 979.845.5373 or d-hajash@tamu.edu or e-mail callie.tamplin@gmail.com. Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 12
Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 24 Sept 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 1-4 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 ASLA national meeting — The American Society of Landscape Architects' Annual Meeting and EXPO is scheduled at the Pennsylvania Convention Center Oct. 3-7 in Philadelphia. For more information, contact Thena Morris at 979.458.4306 or t-morris@tamu.edu. Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 27 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Research centers open house — The College of Architecture's research centers will host an open house in the Langford A atrium from 11 a.m. — 1:30 p.m. Students will have a chance to learn about activities and certificate programs in each of the college's research centers. For more information, contact Trisha Gottschalk at 979.845.2030 or trishag@tamu.edu. Nov. 6 Nov. 12 Nov. 19
Roomful of Blues
The College of Architecture's Bureau of Delight hosted a jam session by some of the area's top bluesmen in the Azimuth Café May 2. Another blues performance took place in the Azimuth June 6. |
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Architecture professor Jorge Vanegas, director of Texas A&M University’s Center for Housing and Urban Development, was appointed interim dean of the College of Architecture Wednesday, July 9 by university president Elsa A. Murano.
Glen Mills, a South African architect and former dean with an extensive academic and professional background, took the reins July 1 as head of the Department of Architecture at Texas A&M University.
In his new book “Ecosystem Planning in Florida: Solving Regional Problems through Local Decision-making,” Sam Brody, associate professor of urban planning at Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture, says local jurisdictions can begin sustainable levels of environmental planning if they can capture and implement the principles of managing natural systems.
Jerry Jackson, associate professor of construction science at Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture, released a landmark study July 15 that measures energy efficiency in state office buildings across the nation.
Workers gently brought down a 43-foot tall memorial tower in the atrium of Texas A&M University’s Langford Architecture Center building A July 18, 2008, on the advice of a structural engineer.
Briana Morrison, a landscape architecture student in Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, believes landscape architects can make major contributions to the preservation of the nation’s historic sites as well as its energy conservation efforts through national legislation.
The Coastal Communities Planning Atlas, developed by the Hazards Reduction and Recovery Center of Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture, is a new Internet tool designed to provide images of possible futures of coastal areas in Texas.
Walter Gillis Peacock, director of the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s Hazards Reduction and Recovery Center, envisions a future in which, with the help of research, the planet’s population is less affected by natural disasters than it is now.
Michael Lindell, a professor of urban planning at Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture, will use his expertise in environmental hazards, emergency management, and research methods as a new member of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction.
The Center for Housing and Urban Development at Texas A&M, part of the university’s College of Architecture, is continuing its involvement in a number of outreach programs targeting the Hispanic population along the Mexican border.
Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture was first in line to participate in a university effort to have new, energy-efficient lighting installed in campus buildings.
If creative thinking is required, students who have taken the Design Process class at Texas A&M University can be counted on to come up with great ideas.
Kazuhiko Okamoto, a visiting scholar from Japan, will be researching medical facilities design at Texas A&M University's College of Architecture during an 18-month fellowship from the Japanese government and the Kajima Corporation.
Miguel Botello, a project manager with C.T. Hsu + Associates in Orlando, Fla., and a former student in Texas A&M's College of Architecture, has earned accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.
Dick Davison, professor of architecture at Texas A&M, shows how he and other artists use various media to create art from a blank canvas at an exhibition now on display at the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi.
Peter Lang, an assistant professor of architecture who teaches for the Texas A&M College of Architecture at the Santa Chiara Study Center in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy, will be participating in two projects in the 11th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale - a major contemporary art exhibition held every two years in Venice, Italy.
It’s Not Just About Hospitals — a lecture featuring Jean Mah, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, principal of national healthcare practice leader Perkins + Will Architects of Los Angeles, California, will be held noon Wednesday, Sept. 3 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
Bureau of Delight Film Series — A screening of “Artemisia” kicks off this fall’s Bureau of Delight film series 6:45 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. The film (for mature audiences) is a true story of the first female painter to break into the 17th-century Italian art world with her exotic images. Seventeen-year-old Artemisia inherits her passion for painting from her father, Orazio, a well-known painter in the Florentine tradition. Considered forbidden, a female painter has neither the right to attend classes at the Academy, nor to paint nude models. Artemisia wants to do both, and is persistent in her ambition. This anatomical quest mingles an in an impalpable way with the unleashing of her repressed sexual inhibitions. For more information on this film series, contact Tom Regan at 
A Nurse’s Perspective on Hospital Design — a lecture featuring Teri Oelrich, MBA, BSN, RN, principal with NBBJ in Seattle, Washington, will be held noon Wednesday, Sept. 10 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
HRRC Brown Bag Lecture Series — W. Douglass Shaw, research fellow at the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, will present "Perceived Risks of Arsenic in Drinking Water" as part of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center’s Brown Bag Lecture Series 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 in Langford B209. Shaw is a professor at Texas A&M's Department of Agricultural Economics and Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism Sciences. For more information, contact Clarissa Garcia, 845.7813.
Research and Design for Health — a lecture featuring Derek Parker, FAIA, RIBA, FACHA, director of Anshen+Allen Architects in San Francisco, Calif. at noon Wednesday, Sept. 17 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture for Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
Maximum Flexibility Through Standardization — a lecture featuring James R. Diaz, FAIA, FACHA, principal and Lari Diaz, AIA, both with Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz architects in San Francisco, Calif., is scheduled noon Wednesday, Sept. 24 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
A Tale of Two Graduates: A Week in the Life of Ashley and Alejandro After Graduating from Texas A&M — a lecture featuring Ashley N. Dias of HKS Inc. Dallas and Alejandro Iriarte, associate medical planner with WHR Architects, Inc. of Houston, Texas, at noon Wednesday, Oct. 1 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
Master Planning and Design of the Jersey Shore University and Medical Center, Neptune, NJ — a lecture featuring LaTonya Whitfield-Horhn, AIA, LEED AP, project manager with PBK Architects in Houston and Tushar Gupta, AIA, NCARB and Marie Hoke, AIA, both principals with WHR Architects, Inc. in Houston, will be held noon Wednesday, Oct. 8 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
Innovative Healthcare Design — a lecture featuring James Brinkley, FAIA, FACHA, president of James Brinkley Co. in Seattle, Washington, at noon Wednesday, Oct. 15 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture for Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
The Value and Role of STERIS Corporation, a Healthcare Capital Equipment Provider, Brings to the World of Healthcare Education and Architecture — a lecture featuring Robert J. Spampani, AIA, project manager with Mukilteo, Washington-based STERIS and the company’s corporate liaison to the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, at noon Wednesday, Oct. 22 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
10th annual faculty research symposium — “Research on the Built and Virtual Environments: Global Symposia Presentations 2008,” the College of Architecture’s annual daylong faculty research symposium, takes place at various locations around the college. For more information, contact Trisha Gottschalk, 845.2030 or 
Research Informing Design: Can Evidence-Based Design Strategies Influence Non-Hospital Spaces? — a lecture by Tama Duffy Day, FASID, IIDA, LEED, AP, a principal with Perkins + Will Architects in Washington, D.C., at noon Wednesday, Oct. 29 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
Building Information Modeling — a lecture featuring Ron Meyer, AIA, NCARB, vice president of HKS, Inc. and Christopher Peck, J.D., AICP, vice president of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Texas Division, both from Dallas, will be held noon Wednesday, Nov. 5 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
Healthy Cities and the Design Institutes in China — a lecture featuring Chang-Shan Huang, PhD., AICP, ASLA, RLA, the Harold L. Adams’ 61 Endowed Interdisciplinary Professor in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, at noon Wednesday, Nov. 12 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 
Critical Issues in the ‘How’ of Healthcare Facilities Design and Construction: Our Experience with ‘Lean’ and Integrated Project Delivery — a lecture featuring Phillip Sun, AIA, NCARB, ACHA, institutional consulting practice leader with Jacobs Carter Burgess of Dallas, Texas, will be held noon Wednesday, Nov. 19 in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building. The lecture is part of the Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture. For additional information, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or 