Architecture News Archive
Shepard straddles two fields
New faculty member helped to develop dual-degree program
Mark Shepard, assistant professor of architecture and media study, came to UB for the unique opportunity to help launch a dual-degree program, and to explore and combine his interests in two very different, yet very complementary fields of study.
Shepard says no other architecture school in the U.S. has such a program, allowing students to combine master's degrees in architecture and fine arts -- building expertise in both architecture and digital media.
"Digital media and information systems are rapidly permeating the built environment," he explains. "Moving beyond immersive, screen-based interactive environments, digital media today incorporates hybrid spaces that integrate both the virtual and actual dimensions of everyday life." Read More
RERC on Universal Design Receives $5 Million Grant
The Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center) in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to fund a second five-year cycle of its Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Design and the Built Environment (RERC-UD).
