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David Brandon, BCN 1981, founder of Brandon Construction Company in Palm Harbor, has been selected by the State University System’s Board of Governors as UF’s newest trustee. Brandon has expressed continued commitment to the university as a fundraiser and charter member of the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management Advisory Council. Brandon is a […]

Founding father of Sarasota School of Architecture,Gene Leedy, was selected by the University of Florida School of Architecture as the recipient of the school’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Leedy pioneered innovative work with pre-stressed concrete and the development of long-span “double-tee” beams, the sliding glass door in both wood and aluminum, and introduced the traditional walled-in

Bradley Walters, SOA Assistant Professor, has been recognized with a UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. Walters was selected as one of ten recipients by members of the Award Selection Committee which are appointed annually from UF’s Distinguished Professors and Eminent Scholars. This award is focused on junior faculty and recognizes excellence in research. Each

Laura Snider, BLA 2014, was one of 18 students selected across the U.S. who were part of the 180 Landscape Architects participating in the annual ASLA Advocacy Day. She and I, along with other Florida Chapter ASLA members went to the offices of Senators Nelson and Rubio. Each advocate also went to their individual congressional

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Christopher Silver, dean of the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, has been awarded a Ganesa Award by the Bandung Institute of Technology, or ITB, in Indonesia. To commemorate the 92nd anniversary of Indonesian Engineering Higher Education, ITB chose 18 recipients – Silver being the only non-Indonesian — to receive this