Principal Ashley Rao and Associate Principal Katia Lucic are presenting at SCUP 2025 North Atlantic Regional Conference in Buffalo, NY, April 6-8, 2025.

Ashley Rao will be presenting on “The Living Building Challenge: Creating Inclusive, Sustainable Community Spaces”, featuring the recently completed Davis Center at Williams College on Tuesday at 10:00am. This session goes through the planning process behind the Davis Center, explaining how the Living Building Challenges holistic sustainability framework was used to promote community engagement and wellbeing, foster and equitable built environment, and celebrated marginalized regional histories.

Katia Lucic will be presenting “Cornell Bowers CIS: Reimagining the Campus Edge as a Gateway to the Community” featuring the under construction Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University, Tuesday at 11:20am. This session discusses how the new CIS building created a new destination for its fast-growing program, benefiting the campus community by reimagining the campus edge as a vibrant gateway and welcoming precinct.

The event will take place in at the Buffalo Convention Center, Buffalo, NY April 6-8, 2025. Learn more