{"id":25,"date":"2021-02-15T06:48:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T11:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:30:32","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide\">\n<div id=\"localist-widget-72691965\" class=\"localist-widget\"><\/div>\n<p><script defer type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"https:\/\/calendar.ncsu.edu\/widget\/view?schools=ncsu&#038;groups=department_of_landscape_architecture&#038;days=365&#038;num=4&#038;container=localist-widget-72691965&#038;template=widget-template-7\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/calendar.ncsu.edu\/group\/department_of_landscape_architecture\/calendar\/day\/2024\/10\/20?card_size=big&amp;days=366&amp;experience=\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n         target=\"_blank\"          rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"       >\n                  <span class=\"text\">More events<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/calendar.ncsu.edu\/group\/department_of_landscape_architecture\/calendar\/upcoming?card_size=big&amp;experience=\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">See all lectures<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-posts-feed ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">featured news<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        <a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2026\/03\/17\/podcast-designing-an-extraordinary-future-with-chuck-flink\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28790\"\n            alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/03\/philanthropy-podcast-template-4.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">March 17, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Podcast: Designing an Extraordinary Future, With Chuck Flink<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">On this episode of the NC State Philanthropy Podcast, we\u2019re joined by Chuck Flink, director of the university\u2019s Peter A. Pappas Real Estate Development Program, to talk about his decades-long relationship with NC State as a student, faculty member, volunteer and donor.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2026\/02\/06\/college-of-design-dean-mark-hoversten-to-step-down\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28732\"\n            alt=\"Brooks Hall on NC State&#039;s campus on a snowy day.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/cod-header.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">February 06, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">College of Design Dean Mark Hoversten to Step Down<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">College of Design Dean Mark Hoversten will step down effective July 1, 2026, after dedicating a decade of service to NC State.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/10\/30\/the-early-years-of-nc-state-in-prague\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28592\"\n            alt=\"Tourists and locals cross the Charles Bridge in Prague amidst intricate old architecture.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/early-days-of-prague.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">October 30, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">The Early Years of NC&#160;State in Prague<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">As we mark 20 years of impact for the NC State European Center in Prague, let\u2019s take a look at the early years when the College of Design established year-round study abroad programs in this vibrant city.\u00a0 In 2005, the College of Design took a bold step that would forever expand NC State\u2019s global footprint.&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/10\/08\/empty-pedestals-earns-national-honors-for-reframing-confederate-monuments\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28586\"\n            alt=\"Cover of Empty Pedestals Book with Elen Deming and Kofi Boone superimposed on top\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/10\/kofi-elen-feature-v3.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">October 08, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Empty Pedestals Earns National Honors for Reframing Confederate Monuments<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design (LSU Press, 2024) has recently earned recognition at the national level for its ability to bring design and planning strategies to confront and transform spaces marked by endemic prejudice. \nThe book received a 2025 Professional Award of Honor in Communications from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and was a finalist for the 2025 J.B. Jackson Book Prize from the University of Virginia (UVA) Center for Cultural Landscapes.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/09\/25\/global-courtyard-earns-sir-walter-raleigh-award\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28560\"\n            alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/05global1-1.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">September 25, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Global Courtyard Earns Sir Walter Raleigh Award<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">For years, NC&#160;State alumnus Heath Satow\u2019s large-scale Dream of Flight sculpture was one of the first things travelers saw when they ventured through the general aviation terminal at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Now the work of art is the centerpiece of NC&#160;State\u2019s Global Courtyard, serving as a symbol of the university\u2019s international community and partnerships&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/09\/23\/rethinking-disaster-resilience-a-call-for-strategic-relocation\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28557\"\n            alt=\"Gavin Smith at AFAC conference 2025.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/gavin-smith-australia-2025-5-web.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">September 23, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Rethinking Disaster Resilience: A Call for Strategic Relocation<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">At the AFAC Conference in Perth, Australia, Dr. Gavin Smith highlighted the profound impact of climate change on community design and the necessity of strategic relocation from high-risk, flood-prone areas. \nGavin Smith, PhD, FAICP, a professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning at the NC State College of Design, advocated for a mix of diverse resilience strategies, including new building codes and elevating homes, while also acknowledging the complex financial, political and social hurdles of implementing these measures.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/09\/23\/a-more-breathable-raleigh-muggy-but-not-miserable\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28584\"\n            alt=\"Raleigh skyline with trees\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/10\/pexels-curtis-adams-1694007-12119358-scaled-1.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">September 23, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">A More Breathable Raleigh: Muggy, but Not Miserable<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">When I wrapped the soaked bandana around my dog\u2019s neck, it was still crunchy from the freezer. But now we\u2019ve walked past two houses, and it&#8217;s gone limp in the&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/06\/10\/spring-2025-designlife-magazine\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28331\"\n            alt=\"Designlife magazine cover 2025\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/dlm-feature-2-web.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">June 10, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Spring 2025 Designlife Magazine<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">The spring issue of Designlife magazine is here! Explore this issue for stories on the magazine&#8217;s new look and feel, the incredible work done by faculty, students and alumni and&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/06\/10\/global-perspectives-in-design-how-nc-states-duda-program-shapes-design-students\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28329\"\n            alt=\"Students visited Espacio Escult\u00f3rico, which means &quot;sculptural space,&quot; a UNESCO World Heritage site made from volcanic rock at UNAM.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/dvdp-25-5-web.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">June 10, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Global Perspectives in Design: How NC&#160;State\u2019s Duda Program Shapes Design Students<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Partnering with renowned Mexican architect Gabriela Carrillo, architecture and landscape architecture students explored the urban and environmental complexities of a metropolis rich in Indigenous history and modern challenges as part of this year\u2019s Duda Visiting Designer Program.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/06\/03\/meet-the-newest-members-of-the-college-of-design-leaders-council-for-2025\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28323\"\n            alt=\"Leaders Council New Members 2025\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/leaders-council-new-members-2025.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">June 03, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Meet the newest members of the College of Design Leaders Council for 2025<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">The College of Design is excited to welcome six new members to its Leaders Council. Established in 2010, the Leaders Council of the NC\u00a0State College of Design is a select group of alumni and friends in design-related professions across the country.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/05\/06\/wood-hall-courtyard-provides-new-outdoor-wellness-space-for-students\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28302\"\n            alt=\"Students, professors and University Housing employees cut the ribbon on the new Wood Hall courtyard.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/dsc05324.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">May 06, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Wood Hall Courtyard Provides New Outdoor Wellness Space for Students<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">For years to come, current and future NC State students who call Wood Residence Hall home will have a versatile outdoor space in which to relax, study or gather with friends.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2025\/02\/19\/landscape-architects-form-task-force-to-scale-up-solutions-to-the-climate-and-biodiversity-crises\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-28079\"\n            alt=\"ASLA The Dirt Climate Biodiversity Task Force\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/asla-thedirttaskforce-web-meg.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">February 19, 2025<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Landscape Architects Form Task Force to Scale Up Solutions to the Climate and Biodiversity Crises<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Led by leaders in the field of landscape architecture, ASLA is developing an updated, profession-wide Climate and Biodiversity Action Plan. The new plan will be an update to the ASLA Climate Action Plan, which was released in 2022, and offer new goals and actions for 2026-2030. 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