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April 2022

Apr

LAEP Speaker Series: Sean Michael

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Private practice in landscape architecture is highly competitive, with firms of many sizes and disciplines vying for the same contracts. For firms to survive in crowded, talent-rich markets, they must provide valuable design and planning services while maintaining the profitability of their office(s). Without exception, both of these demands must be met if a sustainable practice is sought. This talk explains the significance of business practices in the minds of practitioners, sharing results from a 2021 study of one of the oldest and most successful firms in North America.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Fine Arts Visual | More Info

Apr

GUEST SPEAKER: Executive editor of the Salt Lake Tribune

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Lauren Gustus, executive editor of The Salt Lake Tribune, will speak to Del Jones’ media ethics class Wednesday at 5:15 pm about the move to nonprofit news, open meeting rules, and the Utah House of Representatives attempt to fence off the press to questions after hearings. The Tribune is the only major metro to transition to a nonprofit and wants to be a successful model for sustainable local news.  Gustus previously worked for McClatchy as West Region Editor, overseeing 10 news organizations in Idaho, Washington and California, including the company’s flagship, The Sacramento Bee.

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm | More Info

Apr

LAEP Speaker Series: Marc Ryan

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Lecture Title: Re-Grounding: The Practice of PUBLIC WORK About the Lecture: Marc will discuss the recent work of PUBLIC WORK, the studio he co-founded based in Toronto, Canada. Toronto has served as both a laboratory and inspiration for exploring the complex processes of building a city in which the public realm is central to its quality of life. The ambiguous identity of Toronto’s cityscape at the beginning of the 21st century leaves space for the re-articulation and design of the public realm, a chance to make source landscapes more vivid in the city and re-engage the civic imagination through landscape. In this talk, Marc will explore some of the themes which drive the work of the practice and share recent projects.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Fine Arts Visual | More Info

Apr

Increasing Our Critical Consciousness of Anti-Black Racism

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Increasing Our Critical Consciousness of Anti-Black Racism is a presentation that will (a) introduce the Critical Consciousness of Anti-Black Racism Model (Mosley et al., 2020), (b) explain racial trauma as it manifests for Black people in the US today, (c) provide an overview of practical approaches to antiracism and resistance that can help reduce the negative racial trauma impacts on Black people, and (d) provide resources that will facilitate reflection and highlight personalized pathways toward critical antiracist actions specific to the Black community.

All Day | Utah State University | More Info

Apr

D. Wynne Thorne Lecture

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Part of Research Week, the D. Wynne Thorne Lecture is a presentation by Dr. Ron Sims, who is the recipient of last year's D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

Apr

LAEP Vern Budge Lecture: Billy Fleming

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Lecture Title: Green Dreams, or Whatever About the Lecture: This lecture will explore the multi-year, "Designing a Green New Deal" initiative within the McHarg Center, including projects like "An Atlas for the Green New Deal," "Field Notes Toward an Internationalist Green New Deal," the "Green New Deal Superstudio," and the action research think tank known as the Climate + Community Project. At the core of each is a shared question: how might we make our institutions and the academy more useful to the climate justice movement?

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Fine Arts Visual | More Info

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