YOU ARE INVITED TO FRIDAY NIGHT’S OPEN HOUSE AT AIA’S MCAD BUILDING
SOA students and faculty are invited to go by MetroRail to a private open house and art exhibit in AIA’s new Miami Center for Architecture & Design (MCAD) in Downtown Miami.  Once a three-story U.S. Post Office in the year 1914, it has now been completely restored and remodeled by  Shulman + Associates (SOA Professor Allan Shulman). It is the home of AIA Miami as well as the Visitors’ Center, in partnership with the Miami Downtown Development Authority.  It houses flexible exhibit space and will accommodate lectures, seminars and meetings.  During your visit, you will enjoy light refreshments as you tour the rooms and see the Drawn from Miami art exhibit which explores our city through the hands of architects, urban designers, and landscape architects.  The exhibit pieces are from a variety of sources, including museum archives, private collectors, the personal collections of individual architects, and academic institutions such as ours. 
Friday, January 24, (100 N.E. 1st Avenue), 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

ARCHITECT PETER CAVALUZZI ON TRANSIT DESIGN FOR URBAN LIVING
Our first Spring lecture, Open Transit: Transit Design for Urban Living, will be presented by Architect Peter Cavaluzzi  FAIA, Principal, Perkins Eastman, New York, and specialist in large-scale work, in which buildings and public spaces are conceived together as a complete design. His knowledge of transit design and public spaces will coincide with the launch of the MetroRail Greenline initiative to redesign the 10 miles of paths under the MetroRail, from the Brickell Station at the Miami River to the Dadeland South station.  
Wednesday, January 22, Glasgow Hall, 6:00 p.m.

REVIT WORKSHOPS COMING UP
Instructor Mark D. Rothman will teach three REVIT Workshops on campus. Reservations not required.
Saturdays, February 1, 8 and 15, Glasgow Hall, 9:00 to 4:00 p.m.  

SPRING SCHEDULE ONLY A CLICK AWAY
Six evening lectures lead our SOA Spring Schedule.  Click on our website and see the line up.

IN OTHER NEWS   

THREE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE SPRING
SOA’s three student organizations, the AIAS, the USGBC E-Board, and the Student Council, are now planning their volunteer events, their membership drives, and social activities for the Spring.  Board members include: 
AIAS - President Marisa Hartfield (marisahartfield@gmail.com); Vice President Christian Lemon; Secretary Kamilah Acevedo; Treasurer Benjamin Oberstein; Events Coordinator Lauren O’Halloran; and Publicist Nicki Gitlin. 
USGBC E-Board - Co-Presidents Isaac Stein (isaacwstein@gmail.com) and Lora Shea (loraannshea@gmail.com); Treasurer, Jonas Doggart; Secretary Laura Greenberg. 
Student Council - AIAS President Marisa Hartfield, USGBC E-Board President Isaac Stein, Student Council President Jonas Doggart (j.doggart@umiami.edu); Vice Presidents Andrea Rebull and Lauren O’Halloran; Representatives for First Year - Erin Hickey and Sarah Potter; Second Year - Taylor Brophy and Lok Chan; Third Year - Nikita Chabra and Stefani Fachini; Fourth Year - Daniella Cioffi and Ana Guaracao; Fifth Year - Lora Shea and Isaac Stein; Grad Students - Eric Kom, Ehsan Sheikholharam, Elizabeth Stanton.

PROFESSOR LEJEUNE WINS RESEARCH AWARD
Congratulations to Professor Jean-François Lejeune!  On January 15, he received notification from the University’s Research Council that he's been selected to receive a Provost’s Award for the fiscal year 2014 (ending on May 31, 2015).