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Knowlton's Rooftop Garden is in full leaf! If you're stopping by Knowlton Hall this summer, head up to the 4th floor and check it out!

“As an architecture major, being able to see Greek art, architecture, history and culture firsthand was so eye-opening to me,” reflected Sabrina Li on the Engineering of Ancient Greece program 🇬🇷 #BuckeyesAbroad @OSUengineering @KnowltonOSU bit.ly/4meOkqF

Welcome, Verina Gerges! 🎉 We’re excited to welcome Verina Gerges who is a junior at @KnowltonOSU to Fanning Howey as our Architectural Intern for Summer 2025! Verina brings a fresh perspective and a strong passion for design that we’re already seeing in action.

Associate Professor Motoyama published: —“The (Uneven) Spatial Distribution of Entrepreneurial Support Organizations in the Regional Ecosystem” —“Spatial Heterogeneities in Healthcare Visits and their Socioeconomic Determinants: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Traffic Flow Data”

👏👏👏 Congratulations to DAVIDSON RAFAILIDIS—Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis—who have been invited to the 2025 @chicagobiennial. @chicagobiennial opens September 19 and will be on view through February. More bit.ly/4lEywO4

🫡 🫡 🫡 To replenish and diversify the plants on Knowlton’s Rooftop Garden, the Knowlton Conservation Corps planted native seeds and seedlings in April on the balcony. Now in mid-summer, the plants are flourishing. Can't wait to see them at home on the rooftop next semester.

👏 👏 👏 Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Architecture Mohamad Nahleh who has been awarded a Graham Foundation grant to complete his forthcoming, Nightrise, with Columbia Books on Architecture and the City. Read more bit.ly/4lxq0As

The Knowlton School is pleased to announce that Lynne Nischwitz (BSLA ’94) and Carmine Russo Jr. (BSLA ’05) have been elevated to the ASLA College of Fellows. Election to the Council of Fellows is among the highest honors bestowed on members. Read more bit.ly/4krZuXG

NOW THROUGH FRIDAY—items from the Knowlton Food Pantry's Amazon wishlist are discounted during Amazon Prime Days. Give now and help members of the community in need. Wishlist amzn.to/3AMF6xf

Summer Seminar! LARCH 4410/7410 / Landscape Construction: Culture, Material & Place ARCH 5590 / Topics in Building Technology Ins: Ethan McGory This course introduces students to methods of landscape construction while examining the overlap between materials, culture and place.

On view in the Banvard Gallery through July 31 Landscape Architecture’s Michelle Arevalos Franco talks about creating Jardineros, her work exposing the erasure of laborers in landscape practice, and the importance of film as a medium for her work. bit.ly/44eqR2U

The Knowlton School is pleased to announce that Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Jake Boswell was awarded a 2025–26 Scotland Distinguished Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Read more: bit.ly/4l6LQKX

A record $190,000 has been awarded to 58 students pursuing construction-related degrees for the 2025/26 school year! @hoot_klet5- Jace Kletrovetz @cscc_edu @ohionorthern @maggiedaiber @ohiostatefabe @osucfaes @peyton.hash @knowltonosu @knowltonarchitecture @BXofCentralOhio

Summer studios at Knowlton! LARCH 4970/7950 Design Studio V: Design in Detail Students visit a solar array on campus as they investigate "the new social, technological, and environmental pressures that shape the American home and garden." Instructor: Jake Boswell

Congratulations to the 350+ Knowlton students named to the @OSUengineering Spring 2025 Dean's List. The list recognizes academic excellence of architecture, landscape, and planning students who achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher! See the full list of names: bit.ly/4ne3BcF

Thank you to our generous supporter firms for our Knowlton School Office Associateship Program. For over two decades, their support has allowed many talented students access to a Knowlton education and laid the groundwork for those students to find meaningful careers in design.

Great to see the Center for Architecture and Design camps in Knowlton this summer. Camp Architecture and Design is a program that introduces elementary kids to the world of design. High School Design Studio is for HS students interested in the many design fields of study.

👏👏👏 Congratulations to Donghwan Ki, awardee of a 2025 Horowitz Foundation Fellowship for his project, “Toward Inclusive Planning: An In-Depth Investigation of Walkability in Minority Neighborhoods Using Generative AI and Street View Images.” Read more bit.ly/4jRcyFH

👏👏👏 Congratulations to Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Jake Boswell, who was awarded the 2025 Charles E. MacQuigg Award for Outstanding Teaching as part of the Spring 2025 College of Engineering Faculty Awards Ceremony.

House of the Near Future Lorenzo Waugh Architecture UG3 Studio / Autumn 2023 Instructor: Stephen Turk Read more bit.ly/4kHJmBR