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Fall 2018 All School Assembly

To welcome new and returning faculty, staff and students and to launch the new academic year, there will be an ALL SCHOOL ASSEMBLY on Tuesday 4 September (the first day of classes) in the School of Architecture Lobby, 3rd Floor of the Foundation Building beginning at 1 PM. The Fall 2018 Design Studios and elective courses will be introduced. 

Welcome by Dean Nader Tehrani
Architectonics: presented by James Lowder
Design II: presented by Lorena del Rio
Design III: presented by Diana Agrest
Design IV: presented by Stephen Rustow and Yasmin Vobis
Thesis: presented by Cristina Goberna
Graduate Design Research Studio I: presented by Michael Young

Additionally, the faculty teaching Elective Courses this semester will
introduce their classes to the school:  Benjamin Aranda, David Gersten,
Sue Ferguson Gussow, Joan Ockman, Linda Pollak, Austin Wade Smith, Stephen
Rustow, Anthony Vidler, Tamar Zinguer.

New faculty intros:

Ceren Bingol, Design III
Gerri Davis, Representation I
Cristina Goberna, Thesis
Thorsten Helbig, Structures II
Elisa Iturbe, Architectonics and Environments
Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Thesis
Ryan Oakes, Representation I
Austin Wade Smith, Crossings and Shop Techniques
Corinne Ulmann, Representation I

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