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Architecture Students Present Work in 2017 Menschel Fellowship Exhibition

POSTED ON: January 25, 2017

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By Lea Bertucci

Work from Cooper Union Architecture students will be presented at the annual Menschel Fellowship Exhibition, which opens January 31^st in the 5^th and 6^th floor lobbies of the Foundation Building. Five students from the School of Architecture will be exhibiting work: Jenny Hsiao and Hui Rong Liu, will present their project, A Bowl of Ocean Soup. Students Yu Kiu Chan, Kelsey Lee, and Piao Liu will present their project, Tracing the Forgotten: Tibetan Vernacular Architecture. The Menschel Fellowship is a program designed to provide 4^th year students the opportunity to travel and research specific areas of personal interest.

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