From "Against the Grain," Master of Landscape Architecture 2nd Prize in 2020 U.S. EPA Campus RainWorks Competition.
Our landscape architecture, real estate development, sustainable built environments and urban planning students regularly win a variety of awards.
Awards include those offered through the school as well as esteemed regional, national and international awards. Learn more about our award-winning students and their projects.
End-of-Year Student Awards
Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Awards
SBE Capstone Award
- Kiera Eason
- Jesús Ponce de León Galarza
- Korina Simons
- Pierina Virhuez
NITC Student Scholar Award
- Lauren Heat
Faculty Commendation
- Carla A. Campos
- Joaquin Chocano
- Eric Dahlstrom
- Briana DiNicola
- Kiera Eason
- Bárbara Félix
- Lauren Heath
- Alejandra Huerta
- Keegan Kowal
- Will Leipold
- André Luperdi
- Oscar Sebastian Motta Celiz
- Brad David Nelson
- Jesús Ponce de León Galarza
- Oscar Rodriguez Ponce
- Heather Schulz
- Korina Simons
- Shamara Smith
- Rodrigo Torreblanca
- Sebastian Valesco
- Irvanna Velazco Gomez
- Adriana Velis
- Pierina Virhuez
Master of Landscape Architecture Student Awards
Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Scholar
- Kendra Potter
CELA Fountain Scholar Award
- Irene Pineda
AzASLA Honor Award
- Kendra Potter
- Alizabeth Potucek
AzASLA Merit Award
- Hunter Lohse
- Heather Schmidt
AzASLA 2022 Student Collaborative Design Honor Award
- Hunter Lohse
- Ethan Wissler
AzASLA 2021 Student Individual Honor Award
- Austin Young
AzASLA Student Community Service Honor Award
- Mattea Wallace
Leadership Award
- Mattea Wallace
Outstanding Community Service Award
- Alizabeth Potucek
NITC Student Scholar Award
- Jacqueline Howell
- Ethan Wissler
MRED Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Kendra Potter
Planning Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Jacob Siegel
Outstanding GPA Award
- Hunter Lohse
- Alizabeth Potucek
- Mattea Wallace
- Ethan Wissler
- Austin Young
Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society
- Jordan Lawson
- Hunter Lohse
- Emily Lorenz
- Kendra Potter
- Heather Schmidt
- Mattea Wallace
- Austin Young
Master of Real Estate Development Student Awards
Outstanding GPA Award
- Jessica Bassi
- Brianna Lostaglio
- Nicholas Moran
- Joshua Olsen
- Jose Pardo Urrea
- Ryan Querubin
- Lori Summers
- Candace Sutherland-Mott
Master of Science in Urban Planning Student Awards
2022 AICP Outstanding Student Award
- Christina Scarpitti
NITC Student Scholar Award
- Melanie Olson
- Christina Scarpitti
- Ethan Wissler
Best Colleague Award
- Christina Scarpitti
Excellence in Planning Research Award
- Benjamin Carpenter
- Nathalia Untiveros
Faculty Distinction Award
- Melanie Olson
Leadership Award
- Garrett Aldrete
Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant
- Ethan Wissler
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Christina Scarpitti
Outstanding GPA Award
- Garrett Aldrete
- Benjamin Carpenter
- Melanie Olson
- Christina Scarpitti
- Ethan Wissler
Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Awards
Capstone Award
- Tiburcio Bazúa Jr | Food Deserts and Sustainable Multifamily Greenhouse Design
Outstanding GPA Award
- Shannon Buchele
- Suzanne Ries
Master of Landscape Architecture Student Awards
Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Award
- Paige Anthony
ASLA Honor Award
- Ramzy Bejjani
ASLA Merit Award
- Paige Anthony
AzASLA Student Collaborative Award of Excellence
- Paige Anthony
- Ramzy Bejjani
Leadership Award
- Ramzy Bejjani
Outstanding Community Service Award
- Rebecca Shaw
Elizabeth “Liba” Wheat Memorial Prize
- Paige Anthony
- Ramzy Bejjani
Outstanding GPA
- Ramzy Bejjani
Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society
- Paige Anthony
- Ramzy Bejjani
- Chelsea Hendryk
- Rebecca Shaw
- Gabrielle Spickard
Master of Science in Urban Planning Student Awards
2021 APA Outstanding Student Award
- Wyatt Berger
Friends of Planning Excellence Award
- Chrissy Scarpitti ’22 (1st Place)
- Wyatt Berger ’21 (2nd Place)
- Elliot Welch ’21 (3rd Place)
Excellence in Planning Research Award
- Lincoln Edwards Jr
Leadership Award
- Elliot Welch
NITC Student Scholar Award
- Wyatt Berger
- Eric Carlson
- Jackson Cassidy
- Lincoln Edwards Jr
- Paul Daniel La Farga
- Georgia Pennington
- Elliot Welch
- Blake Zetter
Best Colleague Award
- Jackson Cassidy
Outstanding GPA
- Wyatt Berger
- Eric Carlson
- Elliot Welch
- Blake Zetter
Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Awards
Capstone Award
- Lauran Morrissey | The Connection between People and Place: A Case Study on Social Interactions in University of Arizona Outdoor Spaces
- Owen Shorey | Sustainable Event Transportation: Reducing Traffic Impacts of University of Arizona Events
Master of Landscape Architecture Student Awards
Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Award
- Penelope Cottrell-Crawford
ASLA Honor Award
- Tess Wagner
ASLA Merit Award
- Penelope Cottrell-Crawford
AzASLA Student Collaborative Award of Excellence
- Penelope Cottrell-Crawford, Dionna Marie Hatch and Rebecca Johnstone | Modern Krutch
- inqiao (Joy) Deng, Mario Nuño-Whelan, Isaac Palomo and Tess Wagner | Against the Grain
Leadership Award
- Mario Nuño-Whelan
Best Colleague Award
- Rebecca Johnstone
Outstanding Community Service Award
- Isaac Palomo
Outstanding Master's Report, Research Emphasis
- Penelope Cottrell-Crawford
Outstanding Master's Report, Creative Emphasis
- Mario Nuño-Whelan
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Penelope Cottrell-Crawford
- Mario Nuño-Whelan
Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant
- Tess Wagner
Master of Science in Urban Planning Student Awards
2020 AICP Outstanding Student Award
- Lindsey Romaniello
Excellence in Planning Research Award
- Warren Bristol
- Samuel Jensen
- Julian Griffeee
- Lena Porell
- Andrew Quarles
- Lindsey Romaniello
Planning Excellence Award (Design Excellence)
- Ariel Fry
- Julian Griffee
- Samuel Jensen
- Lena Porell
- Andrew Quarles
- Yicheng Xu
Leadership Award
- Lena Porell
Outstanding Community Service
- Julian Griffee
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Lena Porell
Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant
- Quinton Fitzpatrick
- Samuel Jensen
- Andrew Quarles
Best Colleague Award
- Ariel Fry
NITC Student Scholar Award
- Warren Bristol
- Quinto Fitzpatrick
- Andrew Quarles
Outstanding GPA
- Warren Bristol
- Quinton Fitzpatrick
- Ariel Fry
- Julian Griffee
- David Jellen
- Samuel Jensen
- Andrew Quarles
- Lindsey Romaniello
Other Student Awards & Stories
MSUP Student Ash Avila Awarded Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
MSUP student Ash Avila received the prestigious Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, allowing her to explore the urban planning and transportation field, with a focus on climate and urban issues. Her long-term plan involves working on city government initiatives and pursuing a Ph.D. in the field.
Together Again: CAPLA Celebrates 2021 Homecoming and Class of 2020 Convocation
CAPLA celebrated alumni, students and loved ones at 2021 Homecoming festivities with our Día de los Muertos Celebration, Alumna of the Year, Homecoming Reception, 58 Society After-Hours Event and Class of 2020 Convocation. View photo galleries.
Meet Ash Avila ’23 BS SBE, 2022 Transportation Research Board Minority Student Fellow
Ash Avila, a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments student from Nogales, Arizona, who will graduate in 2023, has been awarded an acclaimed Transportation Research Board (TRB) Minority Student Fellowship for 2022. Avila is one of 24 students selected by TRB.
MS Urban Planning Student Envisions Resilient Energy Prioritization Tool for Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico
First-year MS Urban Planning student Chrissy Scarpitti has been awarded first place in the 2021 Planning Excellence Competition sponsored by the Friends of Planning for her project Resilient Energy: Community-Scale Solar Microgrid Siting on the Island of Puerto Rico.
Rainwater Harvesting Analysis by Hunter Lohse ’22 MLA Takes Second Prize at UArizona 2021 Student Showcase
Hunter Lohse '22 MLA was awarded second prize in the UArizona 2021 Student Showcase categories of Sustainability and Environmental Impact for his project Free Water: An Analysis of Potential Impacts of Large-Scale Residential Rainwater Harvesting, which calculates the potential impacts of rainwater harvesting if implemented by single-family homes across Tucson.
Commercial Real Estate Women Network Supports CAPLA Real Estate Development Student
The Tucson chapter is sponsoring annual CREW Network membership for CAPLA graduate student Ella Jung, an MRED student who was offered the paid membership in recognition of her success early in the master's program.
Master of Landscape Architecture Students Receive Elizabeth "Liba" Wheat Prize for COVID-Responsive Park Design
For Hope Rock Park, Paige Anthony '21 MLA and Ramzy Bejjani '21 MLA chose a linear open space area five miles south of downtown Tucson along the Santa Cruz River, sandwiched between a residential neighborhood and a large shopping center.
UArizona Urban Planning Graduate Student Project Helps City of Tucson Address Displacement Risk, Wins State Planning Award
Students from the CAPLA’s MS Urban Planning program have been recognized by the American Planning Association Arizona chapter for their work with the City of Tucson on planning and policy responses to displacement and gentrification.
CAPLA Places Four Finalist Teams in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, Including a Winner and Honorable Mention
For the third year in a row, at least one College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture student team was named a finalist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Design Challenge—and this year a CAPLA team won its division.
CAPLA-Led UArizona Team Takes Second Place in EPA’s Eighth Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge
For the third year in a row, a University of Arizona student team led by CAPLA Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Bo Yang was selected as a winner in EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge.
Samuel Jensen Selected as NITC Student of the Year
This prestigious annual award goes to just one graduate student among the six National Institutes of Transportation and Communities member universities.
Student Team Receives Award for Green Infrastructure Project
Two interdisciplinary teams of students developed innovative green infrastructure designs for a portion of the University of Arizona’s main campus that prioritized stormwater harvesting and flood mitigation.