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🌿 New research led by landscape architecture professors William Sullivan and Bin Jiang reveals a powerful connection between green spaces and public safety. Their study—the first of its kind—shows that communities with more greenery experience significantly fewer fatal police shootings, especially in areas facing social and economic challenges. Read how thoughtful landscape design can shape safer, healthier neighborhoods.
@illinoislandarch
Learn more at the🔗 link in bio!
#LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanGreening #PublicSafety #CommunityDesign
🌿 New research led by landscape architecture professors William Sullivan and Bin Jiang reveals a powerful connection between green spaces and public safety. Their study—the first of its kind—shows that communities with more greenery experience significantly fewer fatal police shootings, especially in areas facing social and economic challenges. Read how thoughtful landscape design can shape safer, healthier neighborhoods.
@illinoislandarch
Learn more at the🔗 link in bio!
#LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanGreening #PublicSafety #CommunityDesign
Dance at Illinois alumna Leslie Cuyjet (BFA ’03) has been selected as a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow as part of the Foundation`s 100th year anniversary. This competitive honor was only presented to 198 exceptional individuals across 53 disciplines—selected from nearly 3,500 applicants.
Cuyjet, who is based out of Brooklyn, NY, has been choreographing and dancing in New York since 2004, collaborating and performing with other creators “on rooftops, good and bad floors, and alleyways; on stage, in film, art, on tour, and on the fly.” She is also the recipient of two Bessie Awards for her work, a top honor in the world of dance.
The Fellowship provides support for recipients to pursue independent work under what the Foundation calls “the freest possible conditions.” It empowers choreographers to explore bold ideas, push creative boundaries, and make meaningful contributions to the field of dance—something Cuyjet has been doing already for over a decade —without commercial or institutional constraints.
A huge congratulations to Leslie! We can`t wait to see what comes of this remarkable opportunity!
Read more in the link in bio! @danceatillinois @guggfellows
Dance at Illinois alumna Leslie Cuyjet (BFA ’03) has been selected as a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow as part of the Foundation`s 100th year anniversary. This competitive honor was only presented to 198 exceptional individuals across 53 disciplines—selected from nearly 3,500 applicants.
Cuyjet, who is based out of Brooklyn, NY, has been choreographing and dancing in New York since 2004, collaborating and performing with other creators “on rooftops, good and bad floors, and alleyways; on stage, in film, art, on tour, and on the fly.” She is also the recipient of two Bessie Awards for her work, a top honor in the world of dance.
The Fellowship provides support for recipients to pursue independent work under what the Foundation calls “the freest possible conditions.” It empowers choreographers to explore bold ideas, push creative boundaries, and make meaningful contributions to the field of dance—something Cuyjet has been doing already for over a decade —without commercial or institutional constraints.
A huge congratulations to Leslie! We can`t wait to see what comes of this remarkable opportunity!
Read more in the link in bio! @danceatillinois @guggfellows
Are you the recipient of a financial need-based scholarship? Over a third of Illinois students are here because they were provided with some form of need-based aid. Your gift can help make the difference between a student attending FAA at Illinois or having to decline enrollment due to financial constraints. Every gift counts. Will you make a gift today? go.illinois.edu/heart-the-arts
Are you the recipient of a financial need-based scholarship? Over a third of Illinois students are here because they were provided with some form of need-based aid. Your gift can help make the difference between a student attending FAA at Illinois or having to decline enrollment due to financial constraints. Every gift counts. Will you make a gift today? go.illinois.edu/heart-the-arts
🧡 Become a part of the #ILLINOIS FAAmILLy 💙
@illinois1867
“Tesseract,” the culminating thesis concert of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance class of 2025, brings fresh perspectives from the creative mind/bodies of “soon to be” @danceatillinois alumni.
Presented for the first time in the Studio Theatre, the concert explodes with diverse aesthetics, passionate dancing, and creative ambition as this group of seniors storm headfirst toward upending the old guard.
Works by: Ashley Bruno, Khiari Everett, Yuno Kimura, Anna Lillig, Brooklyn Lutz, Bellamy Negron, Claire Rineberg, Sarah Vickerman and Damiyah Williams.
🔶 Saturday, April 26 at 7pm and 9pm
🔷 Sunday, April 27 at 2pm and 4pm
📍 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Link in bio!
“Tesseract,” the culminating thesis concert of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance class of 2025, brings fresh perspectives from the creative mind/bodies of “soon to be” @danceatillinois alumni.
Presented for the first time in the Studio Theatre, the concert explodes with diverse aesthetics, passionate dancing, and creative ambition as this group of seniors storm headfirst toward upending the old guard.
Works by: Ashley Bruno, Khiari Everett, Yuno Kimura, Anna Lillig, Brooklyn Lutz, Bellamy Negron, Claire Rineberg, Sarah Vickerman and Damiyah Williams.
🔶 Saturday, April 26 at 7pm and 9pm
🔷 Sunday, April 27 at 2pm and 4pm
📍 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Link in bio!
When you donate to I ❤️ the Arts this month, you are contributing to a cycle of giving that helps to sustain fulfilling experiences for future generations of students. Come by the corner of Goodwin & Oregon Street, outside of KCPA, from 11-1pm to learn more about opportunities for go.illinois.edu/heart-the-arts.
When you donate to I ❤️ the Arts this month, you are contributing to a cycle of giving that helps to sustain fulfilling experiences for future generations of students. Come by the corner of Goodwin & Oregon Street, outside of KCPA, from 11-1pm to learn more about opportunities for go.illinois.edu/heart-the-arts.
✨ Creative project of the week: Candy Dispensers! 🍬
Students in professor Rachel Heaton`s sophomore #industrialdesign studio were asked to design candy dispensers with one primary goal: to elicit delight when they are used.
Here are a selection of models, created by Lucas Dotson, Annie Chu, Brooke Zhang, Timothy Tam, Lorenzo Ranallo, Ivan Daiber, Leo Tang, Neha Thotakura, Jaclyn Manning, Jensen Weedman, Aggie Driscoll, Isabella Raffo Pedraza, Sophia Chanthalangsy, Kymira Parker, Emily Hsiao, Tyler Braun, and Abigail Reyes.
If you are on campus you can stop by the Industrial Design at Illinois program show in the Link Gallery in the School of Art and Design at Illinois to see these projects in person through April 25! @illinois_artanddesign
#ArtsAtIllinois #ProductDesign #JoyfulDesign
✨ Creative project of the week: Candy Dispensers! 🍬
Students in professor Rachel Heaton`s sophomore #industrialdesign studio were asked to design candy dispensers with one primary goal: to elicit delight when they are used.
Here are a selection of models, created by Lucas Dotson, Annie Chu, Brooke Zhang, Timothy Tam, Lorenzo Ranallo, Ivan Daiber, Leo Tang, Neha Thotakura, Jaclyn Manning, Jensen Weedman, Aggie Driscoll, Isabella Raffo Pedraza, Sophia Chanthalangsy, Kymira Parker, Emily Hsiao, Tyler Braun, and Abigail Reyes.
If you are on campus you can stop by the Industrial Design at Illinois program show in the Link Gallery in the School of Art and Design at Illinois to see these projects in person through April 25! @illinois_artanddesign
#ArtsAtIllinois #ProductDesign #JoyfulDesign
Join us for a stunning performance of Orfeo, the first opera masterpiece telling the tale of Orpheus and his journey to the Underworld. Explore love, loss, and the power of music through this beautiful story by Claudio Monteverdi. @lyrictheatreillinois
📆 April 24-26, 2025
📍 Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
🎫 Tickets from $10
MUSIC DIRECTOR Andrea Solya
STAGE DIRECTOR Dawn Harris
CHOREOGRAPHER Rachel Rizzuto
SCENIC DESIGNER Brian Sidney Bembridge
COSTUME DESIGNER Khetag Tsabolov
LIGHTING DESIGNER Sarah Goldstein
SOUND DESIGNER Lizi Shaul
MEDIA DESIGNER Lili Federico
STAGE MANAGER Jessica Reddig
DRAMATURG Julie Jordan Gunn
PHOTOGRAPHY Darrell Hoemann
Don`t miss this unforgettable experience—get your tickets today!
Photos by Darrell Hoemann
@illinoismusic
Join us for a stunning performance of Orfeo, the first opera masterpiece telling the tale of Orpheus and his journey to the Underworld. Explore love, loss, and the power of music through this beautiful story by Claudio Monteverdi. @lyrictheatreillinois
📆 April 24-26, 2025
📍 Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
🎫 Tickets from $10
MUSIC DIRECTOR Andrea Solya
STAGE DIRECTOR Dawn Harris
CHOREOGRAPHER Rachel Rizzuto
SCENIC DESIGNER Brian Sidney Bembridge
COSTUME DESIGNER Khetag Tsabolov
LIGHTING DESIGNER Sarah Goldstein
SOUND DESIGNER Lizi Shaul
MEDIA DESIGNER Lili Federico
STAGE MANAGER Jessica Reddig
DRAMATURG Julie Jordan Gunn
PHOTOGRAPHY Darrell Hoemann
Don`t miss this unforgettable experience—get your tickets today!
Photos by Darrell Hoemann
@illinoismusic
BSSD
Last week, students in Sustainable Design and Industrial Design showcased their wonderful projects using mycelium in ARTD 326: Sustainability & Manufacturing taught by @savio_mukachirayil at the Siebel Center for Design. Students displayed immense creativity and dedication to sustainability in their designs! ✨
A very special thank you to Professor Joseph Dahmen, who visited from the University of British Colombia, Vancouver, for sharing your work and speaking with students!
Last week, students in Sustainable Design and Industrial Design showcased their wonderful projects using mycelium in ARTD 326: Sustainability & Manufacturing taught by @savio_mukachirayil at the Siebel Center for Design. Students displayed immense creativity and dedication to sustainability in their designs! ✨
A very special thank you to Professor Joseph Dahmen, who visited from the University of British Colombia, Vancouver, for sharing your work and speaking with students!
Over spring break, two of our students from Sustainable Design went on a trip to Adjuntas, Puerto Rico for a short-term study abroad course, UP 494: Community-Based Sustainable Design In Puerto Rico.
Students worked alongside and supported the work of @casapuebloorg and local community members in collaboration to apply sustainable design principles they’ve learned. They explored the unique socio-political history and community resilience of Puerto Rico, and got their hands dirty working on a solar panel installation project!
Over spring break, two of our students from Sustainable Design went on a trip to Adjuntas, Puerto Rico for a short-term study abroad course, UP 494: Community-Based Sustainable Design In Puerto Rico.
Students worked alongside and supported the work of @casapuebloorg and local community members in collaboration to apply sustainable design principles they’ve learned. They explored the unique socio-political history and community resilience of Puerto Rico, and got their hands dirty working on a solar panel installation project!
As finals season approaches, we urge you to take a break from studying to enjoy campus and spend time with others before the school year ends. Read on for some fun events happening this week!
4/22: Earth Day Trash Pickup
TODAY from 4:00 - 5:00 PM, join iSEE and Illinois Student Council outside of SCD to clean up our campus in celebration of Earth Day! Register using the link in the BSSD newsletter.
4/22: Earth Day Celebration 2025 Better Film Series
Keep the Earth Day festivities going! Visit Room 2079 in the Natural History Building for a screening of two films: “Erin Brockovich” at 5:00 PM and “Chasing Ice” at 7:30 PM. This event is presented by the Earth Science and Environmental Sustainability (ESES) program in the School of Earth, Society & Environment.
4/24: Open Registration Begins for Summer and Fall 2025
Beginning Thursday, classes for the upcoming Summer and Fall terms are open for registration to all except non-degree students. Schedule an advising appointment if you have questions about your schedule!
4/25: Arbor Day Celebration
Gather outside of the ACES Library on Friday from 12-1:00 PM for an Arbor Day celebration! This event will feature a tree planting, “tree-via” questions, and tabling!
4/25: Illinois Race Weekend Begins
This Friday and Saturday, races will be taking place throughout Urbana and Champaign. Visit https://illinoismarathon.com/course-info/ for information on race routes and road closures. Also consider supporting the athletes, or even registering for yourself!
As finals season approaches, we urge you to take a break from studying to enjoy campus and spend time with others before the school year ends. Read on for some fun events happening this week!
4/22: Earth Day Trash Pickup
TODAY from 4:00 - 5:00 PM, join iSEE and Illinois Student Council outside of SCD to clean up our campus in celebration of Earth Day! Register using the link in the BSSD newsletter.
4/22: Earth Day Celebration 2025 Better Film Series
Keep the Earth Day festivities going! Visit Room 2079 in the Natural History Building for a screening of two films: “Erin Brockovich” at 5:00 PM and “Chasing Ice” at 7:30 PM. This event is presented by the Earth Science and Environmental Sustainability (ESES) program in the School of Earth, Society & Environment.
4/24: Open Registration Begins for Summer and Fall 2025
Beginning Thursday, classes for the upcoming Summer and Fall terms are open for registration to all except non-degree students. Schedule an advising appointment if you have questions about your schedule!
4/25: Arbor Day Celebration
Gather outside of the ACES Library on Friday from 12-1:00 PM for an Arbor Day celebration! This event will feature a tree planting, “tree-via” questions, and tabling!
4/25: Illinois Race Weekend Begins
This Friday and Saturday, races will be taking place throughout Urbana and Champaign. Visit https://illinoismarathon.com/course-info/ for information on race routes and road closures. Also consider supporting the athletes, or even registering for yourself!
We are ecstatic to share a little bit more about and highlight Clinical Assistant Professor, Lou Turner, from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Read on to learn more about his work in community sustainability planning.
What class(es) do you teach in the Sustainable Design curriculum?
FAA 330: Making Sustainable Design – the Urban Planning Module
Can you tell us a bit about this class?
“My module is an offshoot from my Urban and Regional Planning class on Community Engagement in Planning (UP 479). It focuses on the CTA Redline Extension. At 130th Street, which is where the red line extension ends, there is the Ford Calumet Environmental Center. I decided to develop a website and a project around why it was not built at Hegewisch Marsh at Altgeld Gardens.”
To learn more about this project, check out his website at: https://publish.illinois.edu/ford-calumet-environment-centre-at-hegewisch-marsh/.
How is sustainability integrated into your practice/research?
“The area at Altgeld Gardens at 130th street and the Ford Calumet Environmental Center is the home of the environmental justice movement in the country. So, I`ve been engaged as an environmentalist when I was living in Detroit and California. I`ve always been involved in environmental issues and environmental justice. Much of the environmental movement deals with the natural environment, but there’s also the human environment, which is where I am at. So, the residents of Altgeld Gardens, who are living in one of the most toxic environments in the country, bring up the question of the ‘human environment’. That’s the thing that the environmental justice movement challenged in the environmental movement. I am looking at human sustainability in relationship to environmental sustainability insofar as that has historically met the natural environment, but not always the human environment."
We are ecstatic to share a little bit more about and highlight Clinical Assistant Professor, Lou Turner, from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Read on to learn more about his work in community sustainability planning.
What class(es) do you teach in the Sustainable Design curriculum?
FAA 330: Making Sustainable Design – the Urban Planning Module
Can you tell us a bit about this class?
“My module is an offshoot from my Urban and Regional Planning class on Community Engagement in Planning (UP 479). It focuses on the CTA Redline Extension. At 130th Street, which is where the red line extension ends, there is the Ford Calumet Environmental Center. I decided to develop a website and a project around why it was not built at Hegewisch Marsh at Altgeld Gardens.”
To learn more about this project, check out his website at: https://publish.illinois.edu/ford-calumet-environment-centre-at-hegewisch-marsh/.
How is sustainability integrated into your practice/research?
“The area at Altgeld Gardens at 130th street and the Ford Calumet Environmental Center is the home of the environmental justice movement in the country. So, I`ve been engaged as an environmentalist when I was living in Detroit and California. I`ve always been involved in environmental issues and environmental justice. Much of the environmental movement deals with the natural environment, but there’s also the human environment, which is where I am at. So, the residents of Altgeld Gardens, who are living in one of the most toxic environments in the country, bring up the question of the ‘human environment’. That’s the thing that the environmental justice movement challenged in the environmental movement. I am looking at human sustainability in relationship to environmental sustainability insofar as that has historically met the natural environment, but not always the human environment."
Congratulations to BSSD senior Abbi Narayanan, who will be pursuing a master`s degree in architecture at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York this fall! While taking courses as a Sustainable Design student, Abbi realized that architecture was her passion. She hopes to focus on mental health and sustainability in her work going forward. These sentiments are echoed in Abbi’s senior capstone project, a temporary relaxation pod that can be installed around college campuses during exam seasons.
After growing up in the suburbs of Boston, Abbi is looking forward to grad school in the big city! In the future, she hopes to work at an architecture firm to gain experience in mental health architecture.
Abbi, we wish you the best of luck in your further studies!
Congratulations to BSSD senior Abbi Narayanan, who will be pursuing a master`s degree in architecture at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York this fall! While taking courses as a Sustainable Design student, Abbi realized that architecture was her passion. She hopes to focus on mental health and sustainability in her work going forward. These sentiments are echoed in Abbi’s senior capstone project, a temporary relaxation pod that can be installed around college campuses during exam seasons.
After growing up in the suburbs of Boston, Abbi is looking forward to grad school in the big city! In the future, she hopes to work at an architecture firm to gain experience in mental health architecture.
Abbi, we wish you the best of luck in your further studies!
BSSD senior, @kendall.murphyy will showcase her capstone project of a modular clothing display structure with a built-in community board in a Spring Clothing Swap event in collaboration with @resistancethreadsvintage, sponsored by @tasty.tart on Friday, April 18 from 12-5 PM 👚👖.
This thrift event will be a clothing swap that everyone can participate in if they bring clean clothes. Kendall has been working hard this year on her capstone project; come support and take a look at her project in action!
Read on to hear what Kendall has to say about her project and this event:
"Throughout my time at UIUC, I have been to numerous second-hand clothing events on campus. I think that they are some of the most significant community events that foster sustainable fashion options. I wanted an opportunity to create an event that everyone could participate in while designing a structure for a person in the community who has had a great impact on the sustainable fashion space. Collaborating with [Resistance Threads] has been extremely fun, and seeing her business grow has been incredible and inspiring. I am so excited to showcase the work that she has been doing in the community, and I hope that you guys are able to come by and find some cool new pieces!"
GO KENDALL!! ✨
BSSD senior, @kendall.murphyy will showcase her capstone project of a modular clothing display structure with a built-in community board in a Spring Clothing Swap event in collaboration with @resistancethreadsvintage, sponsored by @tasty.tart on Friday, April 18 from 12-5 PM 👚👖.
This thrift event will be a clothing swap that everyone can participate in if they bring clean clothes. Kendall has been working hard this year on her capstone project; come support and take a look at her project in action!
Read on to hear what Kendall has to say about her project and this event:
"Throughout my time at UIUC, I have been to numerous second-hand clothing events on campus. I think that they are some of the most significant community events that foster sustainable fashion options. I wanted an opportunity to create an event that everyone could participate in while designing a structure for a person in the community who has had a great impact on the sustainable fashion space. Collaborating with [Resistance Threads] has been extremely fun, and seeing her business grow has been incredible and inspiring. I am so excited to showcase the work that she has been doing in the community, and I hope that you guys are able to come by and find some cool new pieces!"
GO KENDALL!! ✨
Did you know that you can focus your Gen Ed courses to a specific discipline? Gen Ed themes are pre-grouped classes that cover general education requirements within specific areas of study. The Sustainability & Environment theme contains many courses that may be interesting for BSSD students! The website also highlights other themes that can link to Sustainable Design, such as Social Justice, Design & Create, and Law, Justice, Policy, & Ethics. Explore them at https://gened.illinois.edu/choosing/themes/ .
Did you know that you can focus your Gen Ed courses to a specific discipline? Gen Ed themes are pre-grouped classes that cover general education requirements within specific areas of study. The Sustainability & Environment theme contains many courses that may be interesting for BSSD students! The website also highlights other themes that can link to Sustainable Design, such as Social Justice, Design & Create, and Law, Justice, Policy, & Ethics. Explore them at https://gened.illinois.edu/choosing/themes/ .
Join us from April 14-20 at Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois, to witness the incredible designs of the Spring 25 ARTD 326: Sustainability & Manufacturing class taught by Savio Mukachirayil.
The students of majors, Industrial Design and Sustainable Design were tasked with designing objects with mycelium. Don’t miss out on this unique showcase of creativity and sustainability! 🌱✨
Join us from April 14-20 at Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois, to witness the incredible designs of the Spring 25 ARTD 326: Sustainability & Manufacturing class taught by Savio Mukachirayil.
The students of majors, Industrial Design and Sustainable Design were tasked with designing objects with mycelium. Don’t miss out on this unique showcase of creativity and sustainability! 🌱✨