As we enter the Spring term, schools begin to roll out their events and lecture series. For most schools, much of their Fall and Winter lecture programming was spent adjusting and addressing current events happening across the nation. This year schools have taken what they've learned from last year's challenging months and present a new set of public talks from impactful voices.  

Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series features each school's lectured series and their graphic design prowess with eye-catching lecture posters. 

With many schools holding virtual events, distance is no longer an issue when it comes to hearing from design professionals and academics within the industry. Check back regularly to keep track of upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

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From January through March Columbia GSAPP welcomes presenters and design advocates looking to create impactful discourse this Spring. Kicking off the January month school starts with four GSAPP's Event Series: Beverly Loraine Greene and Norma Merrick Sklarek: New Research in Black Women's History in Architecture, All We Can Save, Prefabrication in the Public Realm, and Addressing Systemic Racism in Real Estate. Participants during the series include Kate Marvel (Associate Research Scientist, Columbia’s Earth Institute) Ronnie Markussen (Human Habitat), architect Carlo Ratti among others. January 22 welcomes Edward Mazria and a lecture from Cecilia Puga and Paula Velasco will take place on January 25.

February 1 begins with a lecture from Francis Kéré and is followed by an event organized by Malo Hutson (Associate Professor at GSAPP, and the Urban Community Healthy Equity Lab) on February 5 discussing "Building Collaboration: On the Question of Repair." Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman will present on February 8 followed by Ana María León presenting The Detlef Mertins Lecture on the Histories of Modernity on February 15. 

March welcome talks from Nader Tehrani (NADAA and Chanin School of Architecture Director), Gabrielle Bullock (Perkins & Will), Ekene Ijeoma, and Mabel O.Wilson and a new set of series events. Concluding their Spring lecture series is a conversation between Danielle M. Purifoy and Louise Seamster on April 1 titled The Right to Infrastructure followed by Rethinking Concrete: Redefining Materials and Energy in the Anthropocene on April 2.

To learn more about GSAPP's events and lectures click here.