Upcoming Events

September 2022

Sep

LAEP Speaker Series: Patty Stevens

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"Towards Regenerative Place Making" The “Story of Place” is an inquiry framework used by regenerative development practitioners to identify the inherent potential of a place. By engaging a community in collaboratively unearthing the unique story of a place, we can build community cohesion around a common purpose. Patty will share how her land planning and design practice has evolved towards regenerative placemaking through a series of pivotal park and open space projects in northeast Ohio. She will illustrate how developing an authentic story of a place and integrating interpretation with physical improvements, reveals the story and builds place attachment. Grounded in the belief that place attachment can motivate positive environmental and societal change, her work suggests a need for a larger discussion about the value of place in our times and an expanded role for landscape architects as agents of regeneration.

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

Sep

LAEP Speaker Series, WiLA Lecture: Catherine Seavitt Nordenson

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"Roberto Burle Marx and Forest Politics" Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, FASLA, AIA is a professor and director of the graduate landscape architecture program at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York. A registered architect and landscape architect, she is a graduate of the Cooper Union and Princeton University, a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for research in Brazil. Her work explores adaptation to climate change in urban environments and the novel transformation of landscape restoration practices. She also examines the intersection of political power, environmental activism, and public health, particularly as seen through the design of equitable public space and policy.

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

Sep

Friends of the Merrill-Cazier Library Lecture Series: Anticipatory Intelligence and the 21st Century Threats

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Dr. Johnson will introduce the concept of Anticipatory Intelligence, the groundbreaking Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI) at USU that offers courses and research within this field, and the 21st century "threatscape" that requires an anticipatory intelligence skill set. Johnson is the Director of the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI) on USU’s campus. She worked within the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Intelligence as a member of the Balkan Task Force from 1998-1999 and served with the US State Department in Embassies Paris and Zagreb. The Cultural Topography analytic method she pioneered with co-author Matt Berrett was featured in CIA’s June 2011 edition of Studies in Intelligence. Dr. Johnson’s primary research interest examines the impact of national and organizational cultures on the formation of security policy. library.usu.edu/news-and-events

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

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