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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln names three candidates for its next dean

2022-09-28T14:35:00-04:00

This week, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced its three finalist candidates for its open College of Architecture dean position.

The University of Oregon’s director for the School of Architecture and Environment, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg; Michigan State University’s School of Planning, Design, and Construction director Ming-Han Li; and the Lawrence Technological Institute’s College of Architecture and Design Dean Karl Daubmann are all in the running to replace Katherine Ankerson, who is stepping into her new role as the University's executive vice chancellor.

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg is the founder of the influential Institute for Health in the Built Environment and currently directs the University of Oregon’s Biology and the Built Environment center as well as the school’s Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory. Prior to joining the faculty in Eugene, he worked as a professor at the University of Idaho Boise, where he also founded the Integrated Design Lab. A press rele...

RIBA announces three candidates in the running to be the institute's next President

2018-06-13T15:20:00-04:00

The final candidates in the race to become the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects have been officially announced. Current President Ben Derbyshire is due to step down from his role in September 2019, at which point his position will be taken over by one of the following three candidates: Philip David Allsopp, Alan Jones, or Elsie Owusu.

Elsie Owusu, who has the support of Sir David Adjaye and Sir Stuart Lipton among others, is known for pushing the institute towards greater inclusivity. In 2015, she prompted RIBA to launch an internal investigation into institutionalized racism and sexism, and at the previous council elections in 2017, helped coordinate an initiative to increase diversity on the council.

In her manifesto, Owusu discusses how architects have become devalued and marginalized. "Whether in innovation of design of much-needed affordable homes; responding to the Grenfell fire disaster; safeguarding EU colleagues or seizing opportunities in the Com...