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For our friends out West, don’t miss CUP at University of California, Berkeley on September 19th! ED Christine Gaspar will present on CUP’s methods for working with people from historically underrepresented communities to break down and represent complex ... more
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CUP is coming to MIT! On April 19th, Christine will present on CUP’s methods for working with people from historically underrepresented communities to break down and represent complex urban issues; lessons learned along the way; and how CUP is working to shape the ... more
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Recently CUP had the opportunity to participate in the Bauhaus Dessau’s Centenary Program through the Festival School Fundamental. As part of the Festival, a group of 15 organizations and institutions from around the world came together as the Parliament of Schools to ... more
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For our friends out West, don’t miss CUP in Arizona! On April 10th, Executive Director Christine Gaspar, will present with social designer Liz Ogbu at Arizona State University. As a part of the Design School Lectures on Experimentation, Christine and Liz will ... more
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CUP at CUSP!
Friday, October 26, 2018 12PM
This week, Executive Director Christine Gaspar, presented at the CUSP Conference, a design conference held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
Click here for more details on the event and fantastic panel of presenters!
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Saturday, June 23, 2018 1:45PM
Executive Director of CUP Christine Gaspar will be on a panel on Social Entrepreneurship as a Practice Model at the AIA Annual Conference. She will be joined by Garrett Jacobs, Executive Director of Open Architecture Collaborative, Vanna Whitney, Senior Associate of AIA, ... moretalk
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 9AM
CUP’s Community Education Program Director Ingrid Haftel and Community Education Program Manager Oscar Nuñez will be participating in the Center for Family Life symposium, Sanctuary Families: Preparing and Protecting Our Immigrant Neighbors. The discussion ... moretalk
Friday, September 15, 2017 9:15AM
CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, will be speaking at the 2017 Design Matters Conference in Chicago, IL! The Design Matters Conference is an annual meeting that seeks to bring top designers, journalists, and civic leaders into exploratory dialogue with ... more- Chicago, IL
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Friday, September 8, 2017 3:20PM
On Friday, September 8th, Christine Gaspar, CUP’s Executive Director will present a talk on Design and Civic Engagement as part of the Hopscotch Design Festival in Raleigh, NC. The Hopscotch Design Festival is a two-day event exploring the future of creativity, design, ... more- Raleigh, NC
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017 1PM
Hey Advocates! CUP’s Community Education staff members, Oscar Nuñez and Mark Torrey explained everything you need to know to create a top-notch advocate or community group application for CUP’s Making Policy Public and Public Access ... moretalk, event
Thursday, March 16, 2017 6PM
Zoning law regulates land use across the city, and shapes buildings, blocks, and whole neighborhoods. It can be a tool for preservation or for rapid physical and economic development. But how does it work? And how can every day folks get involved in the decision-making ... moretalk
Friday, December 2, 2016 5:30PM
Citizen! Designer! Now! As the fight for equity and justice becomes more urgent than ever, how we might use our craft as citizen designers to inform, inspire, empower and take action? What challenges need to be addressed? Which of them can designers realistically affect? How ... more- Parsons
Starr Foundation Hall, Room UL102
63 5th Avenue
