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ENDS Matriarch

Not content with doing volunteer work, Shirley Ankenmann is getting her architecture degree at Texas A&M University — and at 72, she’s the oldest student on campus and proud of it. The senior Aggie also is a proud grandmother — all the more so because her grandson, Michael Wilson, is a fellow architecture student.

SPRING 2007
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COLLEGE RIDES BIM VANGUARD

College of Architecture defining vanguard of emerging technology Building Information Modeling moving to forefront of architectural education Prof's research expected to prove merits of using BIM in construction Student incorporates BIM technology into fun, instructional game ^ Back to top
INTERDISCIPLINARY INITIATIVES

College of Architecture focuses on Interdiciplinary Initiatives Interdisciplinary graduate studio tackles ACSA preservation design competition ^ Back to top
SUSTAINABILITY

April 1-3 sustainable urbanism conference to investigate new paradigms in urban change Internationally acclaimed 'green' architect, Ken Yeang, visits, gives lecture Conference explores murders of young women in Ciudad Juárez Houston, Austin seminars teach energy managers how to cut costs Historic Preservation Symposium eyes Texas' World War II heritage Professor assists Texas religious heritage conservation initiative Students assist Beaumont with urban renewal project Architecture students ready for 2007 Solar Decathlon ^ Back to top
RESEARCH NEWS

Professors' inventiveness recognized with patent and innovation award Attractiveness study shows something in the way we move Symposium showcases College of Architecture faculty research Idea for showcasing faculty research spreads to other universities Professor getting couch potatoes up and walking Lang, Avatar create plastic tube home for temporary housing Student's research links health disparities to community design ^ Back to top
HEALTHCARE DESIGN

HKS chairman, Skaggs, discusses specialized healthcare facilities George Mann: pioneer in health care facilities design Feb. 26 event celebrates 40-year focus on healthcare architecture, planning Noted British architect, Paul Hyett, to lecture at Texas A&M College of Architecture Professor Mann speaks in London on Texas A&M's Architecture For Health program Texas A&M Architecture students to unveil designs for Boca Raton, Fla. medical center Students launch hospital design collaboration with trip to Boca Raton Architecture students unveil designs for new Health Science Center campus ^ Back to top
IN THE STUDIO

Grandmother heads back to college to become oldest student at Texas A&M Texas A&M architecture students design facility, master plan for Museum of the American G.I. ^ Back to top
VISUALIZATION AND THE ARTS
College hosts four visiting artists as part of Spring 2007 Artists in Residence program Hill's Qatar sculpture honors Arab contributions to arts and sciences Professor exploring robust, low-cost, spatially immersive display systems Viz-a-GoGo 14 heads back to drawing board Aggie filmmaker's club presents SWAMPFEST April 27 at Langford He installation to provide architectural interpretation of John Hejduck poem DreamWorks and play coming soon to College of Architecture DreamWorks chief Katzenberg reviews architecture visualization student work ^ Back to top
FACULTY FOCUS
Bame, Randle honored for contributions to local United Way, 2-1-1 referral service Hill earns yet another honors program honor: 2007 Wells Fargo Honors Faculty Mentor Award Hill honored as educator, receieves a Segway Jon Rodiek advancing research and education in landscape architecture ^ Back to top
STUDENT ACHIEVMENTS
Design Process students dominate annual ideas competition - again!" ENDS 101 student team wins National Entrepreneurship Week USA Challenge Texas A&M senior Faye Hays selected as Marshall Scholar URS Ph.D. student earns $25K Robert Wood Johnson grant ^ Back to top
FORMER STUDENT NEWS
Designer to offer exclusive preview of the new Dallas Cowboy Statium Class of '57 reunites, endows college's first class-sponsored sholarship Geren named 2007 Distinguished Alumni of Texas A&M University College of Architecture honors 8 outstanding former students College's oldest alum, Wilfred A. Fischer, dies at 101 ^ Back to top
SPECIAL EVENTS
Distinguished architecture firm focuses on design's ability to empower and transform College of Architecture hosts Spring Lecture Series speakers ^ Back to top
GLOBAL COLLEGE
Mexican academicians, students tour college, visit Houston firms New study abroad fund benefits construction science students ^ Back to top