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CUES – The Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability
CUES – The Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability (CUES), headed by our Dr. Wolfram Hoefer, is a unique academic center because it is a collaboration between the departments of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sciences. This collaboration provides an opportunity to combine the best science, engineering, and design capabilities in order to better address urban environmental issues and questions. Current projects are: Drumthwacket Inventory and Action Plan Hackensack River Regional Planning:…
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Design Studio Projects
MLA1 students take five design studios, each with a set of specific learning outcomes to help develop one as a designer. These studios are a central part of the MLA experience. There is also a very strong community aspect to these studio courses as much of the work and learning is completed as teams. For one semester studio is a mix of different class years, ‘Praxis Studio’, allowing for greater…
Ramapough and the Ringwood Mines Superfund Site – History, Culture, Education, and Environmental Justice
“The Ramapough and the Ringwood Mines Superfund Site – History, Culture, Education, and Environmental Justice,” is a New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) funded project that our faculty member Anita Bakshi directs. It focuses on illustrating the connections between scientific data, environmental remediation reports, and personal narratives of the cultural and spiritual traditions of the Ramapough community living in what is now the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund Site. Our Land,…