2024-05-01T14:08:10-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149976877/harvard-gsd-launches-new-fellowship-in-partnership-with-perkins-will-to-support-students-of-color Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-11-04T15:32:00-04:00 >2016-11-09T00:09:46-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/if/ifzggsunmjraiaoz.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architecture is often criticized for its lack of diversity, and many feel that education is a key way to address the issue for the future. In that vein, Harvard's GSD announced yesterday the establishment of the Philip Freelon Fellowship Fund, designed to "provide expanded academic opportunities to African American and other under-represented architecture and design students at the GSD."</p><p>At the announcement, Philip Freelon of <a href="http://archinect.com/perkinswill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Perkins+Will</a> noted the significance of such fellowships in encouraging (and attracting) diversity at the GSD: &ldquo;As the design profession continues to attract a more diverse talent base, this gift will provide students of color with financial assistance that could make pursuing an advanced degree at the GSD possible. It&rsquo;s an important step in broadening the GSD&rsquo;s reach.&rdquo;</p><p>GSD Dean Mohsen Mostafavi thanked Perkins+Will and Phil Freelon, referring to how&nbsp;&ldquo;the creativity, dynamism, and success of our GSD community are enriched by and even contingent on an increasingly&nbsp;...</p>