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5:00–7:00 p.m.
Tim Hursley is an architectural photographer based in Little Rock, Arkansas. In the 1970s, he apprenticed in his native Detroit with Hungarian architect and photographer Balthazar Korab. His career has centered around photographing contemporary architecture, including the works of Moshe Safdie, Frank Gehry, and Marlon Blackwell. Museum commissions have included MoMA, the Guggenheim, and the Israel Museum. Hursley's photographs of Auburn University's Rural Studio span thirty years and are chronicled in three books by Princeton Architectural Press. In 2004 PAP published Brothels of Nevada: Candid Views of America's Legal Sex Industry. Other notable series include Andy Warhol's last factory in New York, polygamist communities in the West, and funeral homes in the rural South. Hursley spends his free time primarily in Arkansas's delta region, documenting aging main streets, industrial agrarian structures, aerial agricultural landscapes, and duck blinds in the Mississippi Flyway.
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Enjoy stress-free time together with disabled and neurodivergent graduate students from across campus. Share experiences, exchange resources, or consult with a GE from the Accessible Education Center.
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Connect with International students across campus to share experiences, exchange knowledge, and develop a network of support. Drop-ins are welcome and lunch will be served.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Amanda Loper, AIA, LEED AP, is a Principal at David Baker Architects, a collaborative architecture and urban design firm based in California and Alabama. With nearly two decades of engaged architectural experience, Amanda focuses on the big-picture potential of sites as well as overseeing the details that create unique built environments. Amanda established DBA_BHM—the firm’s Southeastern studio in Birmingham, Ala.—in 2016, drawing on more than 10 years experience designing urban infill housing, large-scale framework plans, and housing policy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Amanda holds degrees in both Architecture and Interior Architecture from Auburn University and is an alum of Rural Studio. She recently co-authored 9 Ways to Make Housing for People, DBA’s framework for community-forward design, and she writes and lectures frequently to bring social awareness to issues of housing and density within the urban setting.
This event is in-person on the UO Portland campus and is free and open to the public. A Zoom option is also available. Please register at this link. Meeting ID: 993 1419 2956
5:00–6:30 p.m.
The annual Fuller Lecture Series is excited to invite Forbes LIpschitz to discuss Vernacular Agriculture. The topic is part of the Fuller exhibit held in the Lawrence Hall atrium in fall 2024.
Lipschitz is an Associate Professor and the Graduate Chair of Landscape Architecture at the Knowlton School. As a faculty affiliate for the Initiative in Food and AgriCultural Transformation, her current research investigates the potential of design to reframe and reshape conventional working landscapes. Through public installations and participatory workshops, she explores ways for design to help communities better understand and engage with agricultural systems. Her research has been published nationally and internationally and her creative work has been featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, and Smithsonian Magazine. She has been awarded funding from the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research, the Graham Foundation for Fine Arts and the Van Alen Institute.
4:00–7:00 p.m.
The Division of Graduate Studies invites you to a celebration of the research, scholarship, and creative expressions of UO graduate students. The forum regularly showcases the work of more than 100 students representing more than 35 disciplines. Join us for the popular poster and networking session !
To participate, all graduate-level students are invited to submit a proposal by April 16, 2025. All accepted posters will be judged. Posters are categorized by field; first place in each category will win $300.
For more information, go to https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/forum
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Enjoy stress-free time together online with disabled and neurodivergent graduate students from across campus. Share experiences, exchange resources, or consult with a GE from the Accessible Education Center.