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Ervin Zube Lecture Series

Thursdays at 4:00 pm


The Zube lecture series is named for Ervin Zube, former head of LARP from 1974 to 1980. Professor Zube is internationally known for his leadership in developing a culture of academic research in the profession of landscape architecture. His research made numerous seminal contributions to landscape planning theory and practice. Ervin left UMass for the University of Arizona, where he continued his renowned research and teaching until he passed away in 2001.

Ervin and his wife Margaret endowed at UMass in 2004 to “bring scholars to the department to stimulate and enrich our academic community in landscape architecture and planning." The Zube endowment has been supported generously by alumni, students and faculty.

We honor their leadership and generosity through the lecture series which continues to enrich our community with the thoughts and works of local, national and international academic and professional leaders. The department is pleased to accept donations of any amount to continue to build and enlarge the endowment.

This semester SPRING 2013 we are hosting: 

January 31 
Clare Brown Assistant Chair & Academic Advisor, Corcoran College of Art + Design
Many Roads: Pursuing a Career in the Multi-Disciplinary Field of Exhibition Design

February 7
Jane Roy Brown Author & Journalist, Landscape History
A Grand Teacher: Women & Gardening in the Progressive Era

February 14
Eleni Christofa Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMass Amherst
Sustainable Management of Multimodal Traffic

February 21
Stephen M. Ervin Assistant Dean for Information Technology, Lecturer in the Department of Landscape Architecture Harvard University Graduate School of Design
GeoDesign: A Systems View

March 28
Darrel Morrison Landscape Architect, Columbia University
Merging Art and Nature in Designed Landscapes

April 11
Wei-Ning Xiang Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Sustainability Research: Shanghai Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (SHYRDUA), China

April 18
LA Alumni Panel
Landscape Architecture Alumni to speak on current projects and job opportunities

April 25
Julian Agyeman Professor and Chair, Urban and Policy and Planning, Tufts University
Just Sustainabilities: Re-imagining e/quality, living within limits


All lectures are held in the Procopio Room, 105 Hills North. Light refreshments will be served.