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Chances are you’ve never seen New York City like this.

Denis Gadbois, a senior instructor with the Faculty of Environmental Design, placed sixth in Creative Asia’s design competition for his panoramic image of the Big Apple.

More than 1,700 images were submitted by 438 photographers from 47 countries. Gadbois earned his ranking in the Street and Travel category for his 360-degree panoramic image of Times Square.

The City of Calgary Public Art Program and the Recreation business unit have commissioned Calgary-based artist Craig LeBlanc to create a permanent, integrated public artwork for the future New Brighton Regional Athletic Park. LeBlanc is currently working with the capital design team to create public art that lands a visually engaging feature to the project, relates to the use of the site - i.e. organized sport in Calgary, and celebrates the communities that will use the park.

Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) graduate student Yiming Su design might be considered simple, but her ‘S House’ project stood out among more than a hundred entries.

Su recently was named the west region winner in a 2012 student design competition sponsored by Habitat for Humanity and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) for her low-cost, low-energy, and long-lasting dwelling.

More than 2,000 visitors walked through the fully functional, teepee-inspired home on display at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. The home was designed and built by students at the University of Calgary and had the honour of being the most-visited home at the event.

Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin is a shining example of how graduate students’ initiatives can help the university’s Eyes High vision of becoming fully integrated with the community of Calgary become reality.

When people think of drones, they typically think of military robot aircrafts. Increasingly, however, drone technology is becoming more affordable and mainstream, making it ideal for a broad range of research and applied applications.

EVDS PhD students Maha AbuHafeetha and Maha Al-Zu'bi were recently awarded the Choquette Family Foundation Global Experience Graduate Scholarship.

Established at the University of Calgary in 2007 by Pierre and Brenda Choquette, The Choquette Family Foundation awards five $10,000 scholarships per year to students interested in pursuing research international experience.

A special Indigenous groundbreaking ceremony that included a ceremonial address and special blessing from a spiritual leader of the Piikuni First Nation, Reg Crowshoe, marked the beginning of a new chapter for the University of Calgary’s Cenovus TRTL/Spo’pi solar house.

Environmental Design (EVDS) thesis student Anna Batebe’s project, Architecture and Fashion: Constructing Identity, was recently featured on the popular architecture blog, suckerPUNCH.

Batebe’s project analyses the parallels between the disciplines of architecture and fashion as material products of our culture, and their capacity to generate multiple identities. While the definition of identity suggests a defined construct, its very nature is complex, multidimensional, and far removed from being singular.

The Canadian government has pulled back on plans to record audio at border crossings and airports after privacy commissioners raised concerns.

The monitoring has been put on hold until a study of privacy implications is complete. Some question how effective eavesdropping at airports will be in catching potential threats.

Is audio surveillance at airports necessary? Does digital eavesdropping invade our privacy? What impact will it have on Alberta airports?