A Force to be Reckoned With: Francisco Zazueta ‘26 B.Arch
Francisco Zazueta, a fifth-year Bachelor of Architecture student at CAPLA, was awarded the 2025 Presidential Citation by the AIA Southern Arizona Chapter for his leadership as president of the AIA Student Chapter. Recognized for his optimism and dedication to strengthening connections between students and professionals, his work focuses on mentorship, community engagement, and expanding opportunities for architecture students. Through initiatives with NOMAS and AIAS, Zazueta uses leadership and design to support a more connected, just, and resilient architectural community.
Professor Beth Weinstein Promotes Book in Europe
Professor Beth Weinstein has been promoting her 2024 book on collaborations between architects and choreographers across Europe while researching the Centre d’Identification de Vincennes (CIV), a former internment site in Paris. Her work combines archival methods and community engagement through lectures, walks, and publications, aiming to raise awareness and achieve official recognition of the CIV as a memorial site.
Structures Load Testing
Professor Valerie Lane leads her Structures 1 class to develop a fundamental understanding of structural behavior and responsive design.
PARK(ing) Day 2018
Master of Landscape Architecture students in the ASLA Student Chapter participated in the annual PARK(ing) Day event, with their popup park installation "Secret CARden" on 4th Avenue.
CAPLA students receive national awards in the 2017 EPA Campus Rainworks Challenge
Two of the six winning teams in the 2017 EPA Campus Rainworks Challenge were from Bo Yang's third year master of landscape architecture design studio.
CAPLA Students Develop Award-winning Complete Streets Framework
A team of eight CAPLA students worked with Living Streets Alliance and the City of Tucson to provide a framework for development of a Complete Streets Policy that will support safe, equitable, and healthy streets that encourage economic growth within districts throughout the city.
MS Planning Students Make Professional Connections through Internships
Students in CAPLA's MS Planning program share stories of their recent internship experiences at a variety of places, from government agencies to private firms, in Tucson and halfway across the country.
Philip Stoker Published in Science of the Total Environment
Philip Stoker, assistant professor of landscape architecture and planning, published an article in Science of the Total Environment: "Determinants of single family residential water use across scales in four western US cities."
Elizabeth “Liba” Wheat Memorial Prize Endowment
This Fund will recognize a student or group of students whose work demonstrates the values inherent in Elizabeth (“Liba”) Wheat’s professional work in projects completed during their second or third year in the Master of Landscape Architecture program.