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  • Shawhin and Jota outside of CEDaR
    With its bright yellow walls and large black lettering, the Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR) in the Environmental Design building is hard to miss. But with a single door and no indoor windows to reveal the room’s inner workings, the mystery surrounding what goes on behind those walls is palpable.
  • Crown Institute, CEDaR host nature-based social prescribing programing
    A day-long event was organized through a collaboration between the Renée Crown Wellness Institute and the Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR). The occasion featured four innovative professionals who have engaged in research and programs centered around connecting communities to nature to address key health issues. 
  • ENVD 4361 Dissent by Design mini-exhibit "Situating Dissent"
    The ENVD 4361 Dissent by Design mini-exhibit "Situating Dissent" will be housed in the environmental design gallery, located in the front entrance of the building, from September 12 to September 19.
  • Emerald Ash Borer
    In partnership with the City of Boulder, CEDaR, along with principal investigators Michael Szuberla and Sara Tabatabaie, are analyzing residents’ baseline knowledge of the Emerald Ash Borer and proposing ways to address the infestation through environmental education efforts, as well as public-private partnerships.
  • Boulder Teahouse restoration fall 2018
    This fall, Shawhin Roudbari, assistant professor at the Program in Environmental Design, led the history and historiography course that took on restoring the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse. His students are now working in small groups to write six
  • Mara Mintzer TEDx Mile high
    TED has selected Growing Up Boulder Director, Mara Mintzer's, TEDx Talk to be featured on their main platform launching on November 7th at 4:00 pm EST.  Her talk, "We let kids design our city -- here's what happened," will
  • Comuna 8, Medellín, Colombia. Photo by Kate Mytty.
    Originally posted on Medium.com We are excited to announce the launch of the Urban Informality Interest Group. This was inspired by our dialogue at the MIT World Real Estate Forum earlier this year and is a collective effort of MIT Professor Dennis
  • Assistant Professor, Alicia Gonzales and Kristina Lu view a map of Santiago
    In January, Assistant Professor Shawhin Roudbari traveled to Santiago, Chile with ENVD undergraduate research assistants Alicia Gonzales and Kristina Lu. The trio conducted fieldwork on social justice and activism in design through visual experience
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