2024-11-23T19:00:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149939903/maya-alam-named-syracuse-university-s-inaugural-boghosian-fellow Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-04-12T12:58:00-04:00 >2016-04-12T18:14:34-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xi/xivkw3v6laxm36p5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The fellowship ... makes it possible for junior faculty to spend a year developing a body of design research based on an area of interest while teaching [...] Maya Alam will explore new possibilities of identity and iconicity in architecture by reconsidering alternative connections between object, observer, and context. &ldquo;I hope to explore with my students new categories of form and new architectural possibilities in engagement that fall outside the disciplinary conversation&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>Archinector Donna Sink <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/release/955/maya-alam-named-inaugural-boghosian-fellow/149938418" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">commented</a> on this news:</p><p>"I just want to point out that Professor Boghosian (which is what we called him at UA) was also a Cranbrook grad; the fact that he went there piqued my curiosity about the place, because he was clearly different form my other professors. Professor Boghosian was a dreamer but a fantastic teacher and a very thoughtful critic; even when giving hard criticism, he always did so kindly and for the love of our discipline.&nbsp;Congratulations to Professor Alam!"</p><p>More news from Syracuse:</p><ul><li><a title="Get Lectured: Syracuse University, Spring '16" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/147962818/get-lectured-syracuse-university-spring-16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get Lectured: Syracuse University, Spring '16</a></li><li><a title="Adjaye, SHoP and Sn&oslash;hetta emerge as finalists in Syracuse University's National Veterans Resource Complex competition" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/146200749/adjaye-shop-and-sn-hetta-emerge-as-finalists-in-syracuse-university-s-national-veterans-resource-complex-competition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adjaye, SHoP and Sn&oslash;hetta emerge as finalists in Syracuse University's National Veterans Resource Complex competition</a></li><li><a title="Five Teams Shortlisted in Syracuse&rsquo;s &ldquo;Movement on Main&rdquo; Competition" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/65156803/five-teams-shortlisted-in-syracuse-s-movement-on-main-competition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Five Teams Shortlisted in Syracuse&rsquo;s &ldquo;Movement on Main&rdquo; Competition</a></li></ul>