DCP Helps Toys for Tots Program
The DCP Staff Advisory Council hosted a college holiday drive for the Toys for Tots program. The drive was very successful and we filled four full boxes of new toys for donation. Toys for Tots was low this year in donations due to Toys R Us...
Congrats to Winners at DCP Awards Ceremony and Holiday Party
DCP Faculty and Staff came together in the Architecture Atrium to see their colleagues win awards, then were treated to amazing food and drinks at the college's holiday party in the DCP gallery. Many awards were given out to faculty and staff. Please look at the...
UF Research Computing
UF RESEARCH COMPUTING: Provides the infrastructure and proposal and consulting support to give researchers a competitive edge. http://rc.ufl.edu HIPERGATOR SUPERCOMPUTER: The University of Florida supercomputer is a 51,000-core cluster with three petabytes of high-performance storage. The cluster includes the latest generation of processors and offers up nodes...
ResearchVault (ResVault) available for UF faculty
ResearchVault (ResVault) is UF's secure computing environment for scientists and collaborators to conduct research on restricted and confidential data. The system is modeled on a bank vault where you receive: An individual deposit box with secure storage for valuables Privacy from other users and bank staff ...
DCP Faculty Receive Tenure and Promotion
Congratulations to the DCP faculty who received tenure and promotion this year: Dr. Kristin Larsen (Urban and Regional Planning) received promotion to Full Professor Dr. Hui Zou (Architecture) received promotion to Full Professor Dr. Timothy Murtha (Landscape Architecture) received tenure Dr. Ravi Srinivasan (Construction Management)...
Meet DCP’s Newest Faculty Members
Huiquing Kuang, with the Department of Landscape Architecture, is one of our newest lecturers. She pursued a B.A. and Master's in Architecture from South China University of Technology in 2005, furthering her education by receiving a Master's in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania...
McCray Wins Award for Work in Gainesville/Alachua Community
The Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women, Inc. Education Committee named our own Ileana McCray as one of the 2018 Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Ida B. Wells Award recipients. She was awarded for her work at the Latina Women's League (LWL) programs in the Gainesville/Alachua community. "Emulating...
Nawari’s Book Available on Amazon.com
Interim Assistant Dean for Graduate Education Nawari Nawari recently had a book published. The book, Building Information Modeling: Automated Code Checking and Compliance Processes, focuses on how engineers, architects and construction practitioners can benefit from automating code checking in building design. “This is the first book...
SoA’s Cohen curates exhibit on Donald Judd’s architectural projects
Donald Judd, one of the most recognized artists of the 20th Century, made architecture, and UF SoA associate professor Donna Cohen served as his assistant on several architectural projects. A set of his buildings and proposals, designed between 1984 and 1994, is the subject of...
Volk and Hoctor Co-Author Florida Climate Book
"Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts" is available and DCP professors Michael Volk and Tom Hoctor were chapter coauthors along with URP Ph.D. student Belinda Nettles. The book, published by the Florida Climate Institute, focuses on Florida's climate, changing sea levels, the impacts of these changes,...
Free Training Available from UFIT
UFIT’s spring 2018 training schedule is now available on https://training.it.ufl.edu/. All UFIT training is FREE. You may be interested in learning how to get the most out of Qualtrics, the survey tool approved by UF’s Information Security Office. You can find upcoming training dates on the...
Anumba Honored with Prestigious Civil Engineering Award
Chimay Anumba, dean of the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, has been honored with the 2018 Computing in Civil Engineering Award, presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dean Anumba will be presented with this award at an ASCE Conference...
Silver Named Adjunct Professor in Indonesia
Urban and Regional Planning professor Christopher Silver was recently named an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Architecture within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Indonesia. Silver has been associated with the University of Indonesia since his first Fulbright there in 1989-90. He has...
Nawari Featured in AECBytes Magazine
Assistant Dean for Graduate Education Nawari Nawari was recently featured in a profile for the Q4 issue of AEC Bytes Magazine. His profile begins on page 21. You can read the issue here....
Faculty and Staff Have Great Time at Holiday Party
DCP Faculty and Staff braved the cold and rainy weather to attend the college's holiday party and were not left disappointed. The food was amazing, and it even included a boat full of sushi. People got to relax and mingle then cheer on their colleagues...
DCP Holiday Party & Awards Ceremony
The DCP Faculty and Staff Holiday Party & Awards Ceremony will be held Dec. 8 from 3-6 p.m. in the DCP Atrium. RSVP by Dec. 5 at bit.ly/FSHParty. We hope to see you there!...
International Education Week Awards
November 13-17 was International Education Week and two DCP employees won awards. Congratulations to Michael Kung, Global Education Director, for being named the 2017 International Educator of the Year (Staff). The staff award recognizes the important contributions of University of Florida staff to the internalization priorities...
DCP Family Picnic
DCP held its annual Family Picnic on Sunday, November 5 at Depot Park in Gainesville. Faculty, staff and their families were treated to delicious food from The Pearl Country Store & Barbecue in Micanopy. Attendees brought side dishes, desserts and drinks and everyone had a...
Srinivasan Book About Smart Cities Available Now
Rinker School Assistant Professor Ravi Srinivasan recently had a book he co-wrote published. "Smart Cities: Foundations, Principles and Applications" is now available for purchase. Smart cities are emerging as a priority for research and development across the world. They open up significant opportunities in several areas,...
Peng’s article published in The Lancet
Urban and Regional Planning professor Zhong-Ren Peng had an article he collaborated on published in the prestigious journal, The Lancet. This is a world-class comprehensive journal in the field of public health and medicine that publishes significant pieces of research work. Publication in this journal...
Nawari Takes Part in Florida Simulation Summit
The Third Annual Florida Simulation Summit was held at the Orange County Convention Center on September 7 and DCP Assistant Dean Nawari Nawari was part of a panel discussion at the event. This meeting, hosted by Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and the National Center for...
Silver Publishes Two Books
Christopher Silver, FAICP, Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, recently published two books. Urban Planning Education: Beginnings, Global Movement and Future Prospects, co-edited with Andrea I Frank (Springer 2017) examines the history, current practices and future directions of planning education throughout the...
Nawre part of Landscape Architecture Magazine Lecture Series
Assistant professor of landscape architecture Alpa Nawre will speak in the Landscape Architecture Magazine Lecture Series on September 7 at the ASLA Center for Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. at 7 p.m. Her talk is titled "The Ecologies of Resource Management: Water as a Development Tool...
Congratulations to Shojaei and Flood
Dr. Alireza Shojaei (recent graduate from the Rinker School) and Prof. Ian Flood received the Best Paper Award for their paper: "Extending the Portfolio and Strategic Planning Horizon by Stochastic Forecasting of Unknown Future Projects", 7th International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation, June 25...
DCP Faculty Receive Tenure and Promotion
Congratulations to the DCP faculty who received tenure and promotion this year: Vandana Baweja received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in Architecture Stephen Belton received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in Architecture Kathryn Frank received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in Urban & Regional Planning ...
DCP joins Gator Gulp Water Challenge
The Gator Gulp Water Challenge is going on now and DCP has two great teams participating: Liquid Assets and Liquid Assets 2. The challenge started July 5 and runs through August 1. Our teams are competing against other UF and UF Health employees to increase their...
Preview What DCP Is All About
Every Summer, the University of Florida welcomes its incoming freshmen to Preview, an orientation program designed to help students transition to college and welcome them and their families to the university. “The college’s role during Preview is to introduce our programs and opportunities through two 40-minute...
DCP Staff Advisory Council Introductory Meeting
The DCP Staff Advisory Council held their introductory meeting on June 14 in Rinker Hall. The Council, comprised of chairwoman Sallie Schattner, Keila Silva, Michelle Matckie, Sheryl Mcintosh and Shelby Cruger, shared the purpose for the group and what they hoped to accomplish. Staff was served...
Architecture Professor Emeritus Haase To Host Book Signing in Melrose
Professor emeritus of architecture Ron Haase will have an opening reception and book signing for "The last house" this Friday at Melrose Bay Gallery in Melrose. He will be making more appearances at the same facility throughout June. Details below. ...
DCP Staff Steps Up for UF Walking Challenge
The Step It Up: 2017 Spring Walking Challenge recently concluded and our DCP team did a great job. Named the Sole Survivors, the team totaled 202,032 steps over the four-week challenge. The team consisted of Marsha Phillips, Kutonya Sowell, Kjerstin Terry, Keenya Solomon, Lyndsey Diehlman,...
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