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• Posted Introduction to General Discussion and Housing Information
  This is an experiment as the UMN blogging platform is a slightly creaky and ancient thing. If there are any problems (like the blog being visible to the world) please email me at debri001@umn.edu. There are two forums, one for...
• Posted Housing to General Discussion and Housing Information
  Please use the comments area as a housing forum--post requests for roommates or apartments, ask about rent/leases or neighborhoods. We'll be checking in regularly. This is a workaround to our creaky blogging software....
• Posted General Discussion to General Discussion and Housing Information
  Please use the comments area as a general discussion forum. If you have specific questions about classes or the MLA please email scgrothe@umn.edu. This is a workaround to our creaky blogging software....
• Posted Dumbarton Oaks Summer Internship to Internships
  The Garden and Landscape Studies program at Dumbarton Oaks announces three internship opportunities, to be jointly administered by the Director of the Dumbarton Oaks gardens and the Director of Garden and Landscape Studies (Gail Griffin and John Beardsley respectively—both awesome...
• Posted MLA Applications to LA Events
  Sara Grothe and Joe Favour will be available during the break to answer all questions about the MLA program or the application process. Best way to contact them (for fastest reply) is via email....
• Posted Fall Semester Final Reviews to LA Events
  The graduate studios are holding reviews of final projects on the 7th, 10th and 13th and 14th of December. If you are interested in seeing some finished work from our current students please stop by. GD1 reviews are Friday December 7th from 2pm to 6pm on the 2nd floor of...
• Posted Everywhere Nowhere: Duwamish to LA Events
  During the fall semester 2012, students of the LA8201 graduate studio are studying paradigm change and future scenarios for dwelling and settlement in the Lower Duwamish Waterway in Seattle, WA. The lower Duwamish is an urban landscape that has experienced tremendous change. No less than 150 years ago, the river...
• Posted MLA Open House November 14 at 4:30pm. to LA Events
  Join us at the MLA Open House on November 14. If you are interested in applying to the MLA program for next fall or in the near future, please attend. For more information please contact Joe Favour, Interim Director of Graduate Studies. A flyer and MLA information package can be...
• Posted Mapping Spectral Traces Symposium to LA Events
  Friday October 19: Panel presentations for Mapping Spectral Traces VI: shadows traces undercurrents from 1pm to 5pm in Rapson 100. The full schedule is here....
• Posted Cities on Water Exhibit to LA Events
  An exhibit of student work from last year's Cities on Water study program will run from September 25th to October 5th. The exhibit will be in the center courtyard and will feature projects from the Netherlands and Venice....
• Posted Tracy Metz Lecture to LA Events
  Tracy Metz, co-author of Sweet and Salt: Water and the Dutch will be lecturing at 6pm on October 1st in 100 Rapson Hall.. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. Tracy was a Harvard Loeb Fellow in 2007 and a member of the 2008 Delta Commission, advising the...
• Posted Patrick Keiller at the Tate to LA Events
  In the second, Robinson and a long-suffering narrator-companion set out to solve ‘the problem of England’: the advent of a new exurban landscape of logistics sheds and information hubs, bristling at the edges of cities that have failed to flourish as post-industrial enclaves for leisure and service. From the London...
• Posted Landscape Architecture Final Reviews to LA Events
  GD1 John Koepke, Matthew Tucker, and Andrea Wedul St Paul to Hastings River Corridor Date, Location, Time GD2 Kristine Miller, Matthew Tucker Juxtaposition Arts Date, Location, Time GD3 Capstone Studio May 7-May 10, 9am-4pm Rapson Courtyard Capstone Poster...
• Posted David Pitt Inducted into AICP College of Fellows to LA Events
  Professor David Pitt was inducted into College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners last night at the annual convention of the American Planning Institute....
• Posted Students for Design Activism Win Award to LA Events
  Students for Design Activism were awarded a 2012 Tony Diggs Excellence Award for outstanding professional or student group....
• Posted Plans for Frogtown Farm Move Forward to LA Events
  The Wilder Foundation has agreed to sell a 12-acre property in St Paul to the Trust for Public Land, bringing the shared vision of the non-profit Frogtown Gardens and Sarah Weeks (MLA 11) closer to fruition. The mission of Frogtown Gardens is to make their neighborhood healthier and greener. The...
• Posted GIS Pioneer Jack Dangermond Visits Campus to LA Events
  Jack Dangermond (M.Arch 68), founder of the mapping software company ESRI, was on campus this week to give a lecture at the Humphrey Institute and tour the College of Design as the first Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Institute on the Environment. During his lecture, Dangermond described how maps tell...
• Posted TEST to Cities on Water Venice
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• Posted Kristine Miller Presents at Walker Arts Center "Pecha Kucha" to LA Events
  Landscape architecture professor Kristine Miller will her work on politics and public space, at the Walker Art Center on Friday, April 13. Her presentation is part of an event featuring rapid-fire project talks by other artists and academics, including photographer Wing Young Huie. The event will be webcast live from...
• Posted Nature 3.X to LA Events
  Lecture by Cleveland Fellow Matthew Tucker Monday April 9 100 Rapson Hall at 6:00pm NATURE 3.x is an exploration of emerging patterns and processes. It considers the broad and evolving definition of "nature" and how emerging paradigms of what nature is effect both the policies and built form of urban...
• Posted MESA to Internships
  MESA is accepting applications for 2012 internships. landscape architecture students for summer internships in their Dallas office. MESA encourages 2nd and 3rd graduates to apply. Applications must be received by March 31st. Please send a resume and portfolio to MESA....
• Posted Cities on Water Students to participate in Marker Wadden project to LA Events
  Roel Posthoorn, a Dutch professional who has been working with the Cities on Water course, has recently organized a project to improve the ecological quality of the Markermeer, a 270 square mile lake near Amsterdam. Roel works for the Natuurmonumenten (Nature Monuments), a private group that works closely with the...
• Posted Peter Walker + Partners internship to Internships
  PWP will be selecting a small group of landscape architecture students for summer apprenticeships, which will be held from July 3rd through August 9th. PWP requires that applicants have at least one semester of school left prior to graduation. Applications...
• Posted Olin Studio Internship to Internships
  The Olin Studio will offer summer internship opportunities between June 3rd and August 9th in their Philadelphia Studio. The program is designed to expose students to most project phases. This year’s program is available for undergraduate and graduate students in...
• Posted SWA Group Internship to Internships
  The SWA Group is offering a 4-week summer design studio and internship program, followed by a five week internship. In the Los Angeles summer design studio, students will work with one principal and one associate from the various SWA offices....
• Posted Hart Howerton Fellowship to Internships
  The Hart Howerton Fellowship provides students with a defined summer internship within the design practice and three weeks of self-directed travel. Download an application form: 2013 Fellowship application [pdf]. Applications are due January 25th....
• Posted Hargreaves Associates Internship (not yet updated for 2013) to Internships
  Hargreaves Associates is now taking applications for their 2012 Internship Program. Applicants must submit a hardcopy portfolio including cover letter, resume, and three references. Digital submissions will not be accepted. Up to three applicants will be selected for full-time internship...
• Posted Verzone + Woods Internship to Internships
  Since 2000 Verzone + Woods has invited between 2-5 students and young professionals to join the studio as interns and become active members of the team during the summer. Applications must be received before February 28....
• Posted Design Workshop Internship to Internships
  Design Workshop is offering summer internship opportunities between June and August 2013. The program is designed to expose students to an interactive, professional office environment and a team of experienced design professionals. This year's program is available for undergraduate and...
• Posted Sasaki Associates Internship to Internships
  Sasaki Associates is seeking students to participate in a paid summer internship program in the Boston office. The Internship program runs 10 weeks, from June 3 through August 9. Applications are due March 3 and interviews will take place during...