University of Florida 
 
In This Issue
Urban Facelift Project
Solar Decathlon
New titles
About the Editor
UF Community Campaign
Events
 

UF College of Design, Construction and Planning 

 
 
The Gallery
 
Bali 2009
  
 
We have added many new images to our gallery during the summer months. 
To submit photos for the college gallery, email Allie Layos or Julie Frey.
 
 
Urban Facelift Project
century tower
Read about a new project by DCP alum, Jason Fisher, as he visualizes a more attractive Jacksonville. Read the whole story on the college's blog. 
  
  
 
 
Reminders
Oct. 5
Deadline to submit application for DCP Research and Travel Grants.

Oct. 9
Deadline to submit an abstract to the 2nd UF Water Institute Symposium.
 
Oct. 30
Deadline for nominations for the 2010 Superior Accomplishment Awards.
 
Published & Presented
 
Did you present at a conference or have your work published this summer? Let us know for the Oct. 9 issue of DCP News.
 
 
UF Spotlight
Check out ARC professor Gary W. Siebein's spotlight featured on the UF homepage for the month of July. 
 
 
 
Thank you!
DCP thanks all the faculty and students who have sent us their photos and news.
 
The next issue of DCP News will be distributed on Oct. 9. Submissions are due by Oct. 2.
  
  
DCP News             Sept. 25, 2009
 
Not your typical summer
 
McCredie House
 
The UF Solar Decathlon Team had a busy summer:
flying a model to Madrid and deconstructing the McCredie house (above) to salvage building materials for its house.   
  
Solar DecathlonFollow the team's progress on its website and Facebook page as it works toward the competition finale in Madrid next spring.
 
New titles
 
Congratulations to the following faculty for their recent promotions and achievements:
 
Mark McGlothlin has been granted tenure and promoted to ARC associate professor, and Margaret Portillo, IND chair, has been promoted to professor.
 
Candy Carmel-Gilfilen, IND assistant professor, and Maruja Torres, IND associate professor, received their LEED AP.
 
Marty Hylton, IND assistant professor, is the new director of the Preservation Institute: Nantucket (view this summer's PI:N photos).
 
About the Editor 
 

Alexandra Layos will be taking over as editor of DCP News.
 
Allie is a master's student in the College of Journalism and Communications and the new graduate assistant for DCP Information & Publication Services.
 
Originally from Pennsylvania, she spent four years in Missouri where she received bachelor's degrees in both communications and equestrian science from William Woods University.
 
She has worked at a variety of magazines and newspapers, and spent her undergraduate years working for the college's university relations office, writing press releases and working on the alumni magazine. A lover of fiction, Allie also has three books published and hopes to find time to write many more.
 
Allie can be reached at news@dcp.ufl.edu.
 
 
Campaign time again
 
 
 century tower


It's that time of year.
Starting Oct. 5, you can give online with the
 
More information coming soon.
Contact Julie Frey if you have any questions.
 
 
Events
 
Architecture Lecture Series
Oct. 12: Juhani Pallasmaa, an architect and professor from Helsinki, Finland, will present "Touching the World-Architecture and the Senses," from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Norman Hall.

Building Construction Career Fair
Oct. 13:
Each year over 100 companies and over 400 students attend the career fair. This semester's fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
 
BCN Homecoming BBQ
Oct. 17: The Gators are scheduled to play Arkansas. Plan to stop at Rinker Hall at 9:30 a.m. for a tour of Rinker Hall, the Charles R. Perry Construction Yard and to visit with fellow alumni. BBQ runs from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
 
Architecture Lecture Series
Oct. 22: Heinz Tesar
, an architect and a professor from Vienna, Austria, will present "Recent Works-Architecture of Layers," from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Norman Hall.

Submit your upcoming events to the DCP News calendar.
News Tips
Please send news tips for the next issue to
Julie Frey or Allie Layos by Oct. 2.
DCP News is published by the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning. News and announcements contained in DCP News were submitted by DCP faculty and staff.
To make a submission, please contact Allie Layos or  Julie Frey.