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Architecture student Maya Matabwa named University of Illinois Chicago's Hartshorne and Plunkard Fellow

2023-02-22T14:42:00-05:00

Maya Matabwa, a first-year M.Arch student from the University of Illinois Chicago's College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts, is the recipient of the second Hartshorn and Plunkard Fellowship.

The program officially launched in 2022 by awarding its first fellow, M.Arch student Martina Smith, and is named and funded in honor of UIC alumni Ray Hartshorne and Jim Plunkard of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture (HPA). To increase the opportunities for architecture students from traditionally underrepresented communities, the fellowship provides students with financial support for up to three years, academic and professional mentoring, and a paid internship at HPA.

Matabwa, who was born in Malawi, shared with UIC Today that receiving the award is "still sinking in."

Across academic institutions and firms, initiatives to create stronger pipelines, mentorship, and funding for students of marginalized communities have increased. "Being here as a young, Black, Malawian woman is an honor, ...

Recognizing the grit and determination of architecture students and academic fellows in 2022

2022-12-20T08:00:00-05:00

2022 proved to be a year filled with reevaluating what it means to offer an architecture education as well as to receive one. Schools, students, and faculty across the globe continued to adjust to remote learning while students were also welcomed back to campus. This, however, didn't stop the innovative and inquisitive minds of students, academic researchers, and fellows from producing new and exciting work.

Each year comes with its own sets of challenges and questions. Nonetheless, the perseverance of students provides the industry with a glimpse into the future of architecture as a whole. To recognize and celebrate student work, research, and fellowship in architectural academia published on Archinect in 2022, we've curated a collection of stories worth revisiting.

Exploring Architecture Studio

Exploring and highlighting academic work has been one of Archinect's editorial pillars for years. Beyond exclusive interviews with students and graduates this year, our team launched a new...

Explore architecture fellowship opportunities featured on Archinect Jobs

2022-10-26T10:39:00-04:00

As we approach the end of 2022, new fellowship opportunities are available and accepting applications! Archinect's academic-related editorial coverage continues with a round-up of the latest opportunities currently featured on our job board. Explore and apply to eight fellowships below.

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FEATURED FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Tulane Architecture Fellow - Visiting Assistant Professor
Institution: Tulane University

Details: "The Tulane University School of Architecture is seeking qualified candidates for the Tulane Fellowship beginning Fall 2023. This visiting assistant professor position is a two-year teaching and research fellowship that endeavors to mentor emerging academics who will contribute to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the built environment [...] The successful candidate m...

Celebrating the work and perseverance of architecture students and academic fellows in 2021

2021-12-29T18:34:00-05:00

Pursuing an architecture education is no easy feat, and with the events that took place in 2020 and 2021, there were plenty of obstacles that could dampen the goals of students around the world. Nevertheless, architecture schools learned as much as they could in 2020 to help students and faculty adapt and persevere.

While 2021 proved to be another year filled with challenges for the architecture industry, architectural academia also experienced its fair share of events. From the announcement of architecture deans leaving to new academic leaders emerging, we must not forget the students and architecture fellows who continued to work hard and keep going.

This year, remote learning, virtual studio crits, and graduations were also met with some in-person learning through hybrid teaching approaches. However, despite the continued obstacles, undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students across the globe continued to learn, explore, and propel the future of architecture and design forward....

Syracuse University names Leen Katrib the 2021-22 Harry der Boghosian Fellow

2021-05-07T12:20:00-04:00

Established in 2015, the Harry der Boghosian Fellowship is a one-of-a-kind program initiated by Syracuse University. The program provides emerging faculty members and designers early in their careers the opportunity to spend a year "developing a body of design research based on an area of interest while teaching at the School of Architecture."

Created in memory of Harry der Boghosian '54 by his sister Paula der Boghosian '64, this year's Fellow is architectural designer Leen Katrib. Born in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Katrib received her Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors from the University of Southern California and earned her M.Arch from Princeton University. She has worked for architectural practices such as Marvel, LTL Architects (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis), McEwen Studio, Peter Marino Architect, and OMA. In addition to the Harry der Boghosian Fellowship, she is also the recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, the George H. Mayr Travel Fellow,...

Syracuse University names Liang Wang as Boghosian Fellow for 2020

2020-05-04T18:57:00-04:00

Architect and urban designer Liang Wang has been selected by Syracuse University as the 2020-21 Harry der Boghosian Fellow.

The fellowship will take Liang from Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is a current Doctor of Design candidate at Harvard University, to the Syracuse University School of Architecture, where he will teach one studio and two professional electives. Wang's research focus is situated around the history and theory of urban form, space, and politics within the realm of superblock development and the "architecture and idea of the city in East Asia," according to a press release.

Previously on Archinect: "Fellow Fellows: Destabilizing Context with James Leng." Image courtesy of James Leng.

Regarding Wang's selection, Michael Speaks, dean of the School of Architecture, writes, “Wang, whose research parallels that currently being developed by several of our faculty, is truly groundbreaking and will certainly augment and complement the work completed by past fellows. We...