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AIA CES Credits

AV Office

321M Fayerweather Hall

Christopher Day, Kane H. Chiang, Ben Goldie

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Abstract Publication

415 Avery Hall

Academic Affairs

400 Avery Hall

Danielle Smoller

/academic-affair…

Academic Calendar, Columbia University

http://registrar…

Academic Calendar, GSAPP

/academic-calend…

Admissions Office

407 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10027

Steffen Boddeker, Sara Konekeo, Monisola Fakiyesi

Advanced Standing Waiver Form

Must be printed and returned to 400 Avery Hall

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Alumni Board

Alumni Office

405 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10027

Leah Cohen, Esther Turay, Elizah Laurenceau

/alumni/contact

Architecture Studio Lottery

/architecture-st…

Assistantships

/assistantships

Avery Library

300 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027

http://library.c…

Avery Review

Joanna Joseph, Isabelle Kirkham-Lewitt

http://averyrevi…

Avery Shorts

Isabelle Kirkham-Lewitt, Joanna Joseph

http://www.avery…

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Black Student Alliance at Columbia GSAPP

Building Science & Technology Waivers

/building-tech-w…

Bulletin Archive

/bulletin-archiv…

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Career Services

300M Avery Hall

Karen Cover, Rebecca Andersen Polimeda, Douglas Woodward, Sarahgrace Godwin

/career-services…

Columbia Books on Architecture and the City

Isabelle Kirkham-Lewitt, Joanna Joseph, Meriam Soltan, Isabelle Tan

Commencement

Communications Office

415 Avery Hall

Steffen Boddeker, Lucy Krebsbach, Ilana Curtis

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Conversations podcast

Counseling and Psychological Services

http://health.co…

Courses

Credentials Verification

/credentials-ver…

Credit Transfer

/credit-transfer…

Cross Registration

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Dean’s Letter

Dean’s Office

402 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027

Janet Reyes, Sonya Marshall, Nicholas Roberts, Caio Major, Matthew Colunga

Development Office

404 Avery Hall

Leah Cohen, Esther Turay, Elizah Laurenceau

/development-off…

Directory of Classes (All Columbia University)

http://www.colum…

Disability Services

http://health.co…

Dodge Fitness Center

3030 Broadway Dodge

https://perec.co…

Dual Degree Program Requirements

/dual-degree-req…

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End of Year Show

Events Office

415 Avery Hall

Steffen Boddeker, Lucy Krebsbach

External Funding Sources

/admissions/tuit…

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Faculty Directory

Feedback

Finance Office

406 Avery Hall

Janet Reyes, Kristina Camaj, Amanda Seitz

/finance-adminis…

Fitch Colloquium

Sarahgrace Godwin, Jorge Otero-Pailos

Future Anterior Journal

Jorge Otero-Pailos, Sarahgrace Godwin

/future-anterior…

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GSAPP Community Fellowship Program

/anti-racism-act…

GSAPP Emergency Fund

/gsapp-emergency…

GSAPPX+

Grades

Graduation

Graphics Project

/graphics-projec…

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Honor System

Human Resources

Elizabeth Alicea, Amanda Seitz

/finance-human-r…

Hybrid Pedagogy Resources

/hybrid-pedagogy…

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IT Helpdesk Ticket, GSAPP

https://bit.ly/2…

IT Office, GSAPP

Ben Goldie, Alvaro Gamboa, Christopher Hou, Roberto Marsach Jr., Nicholas Martucci, Diego Patino Toro, Hannette Un

IT, Columbia University (CUIT)

http://cuit.colu…

Identity

Incubator Prize

/research/gsapp-…

International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO)

http://www.colum…

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Job Opportunities at Columbia

http://www.colum…

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Kenneth Frampton Endowed Lecture Series

/frampton-lectur…

Kinne Prize

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LatinGSAPP

Leave of Absence Policy

/leave-of-absenc…

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Making Studio

Schermerhorn Extension Floor 1

Joshua Jordan, Yonah Elorza

https://www.arch…

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News and Press Releases

Newsletter Sign Up

https://columbia…

Non-Discrimination Statement and Policy

/non-discriminat…

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Onera Prize for Historic Preservation

Online Admissions Application

GSAPP Admissions 407 Avery Hall

https://apply.gs…

Output Shop

116 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027

Carlito Bayne, Sherly Orilas

Ownership of Student Work Policy

/ownership-of-wo…

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Paris Prize, Buell Center

/buell-paris-pri…

Paul S. Byard Memorial Lecture Series

/byard-lectures

Percival & Naomi Goodman Fellowship

/goodman-fellows…

Plagiarism Policy

/plagiarism-poli…

Policies & Resources

/policies-resour…

Press Releases

Publications Office

415 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10027

Isabelle Kirkham-Lewitt, Joanna Joseph, Meriam Soltan

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QSAPP

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Registration

Registration: Add / Drop Form

https://docs.goo…

Room Reservations

/room-reservatio…

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STEM Designation

Satisfactory Academic Progress

/satisfactory-ac…

Scholarships

/admissions/tuit…

Skill Trails

https://skilltra…

Student Affairs

400 Avery Hall

Danielle Smoller, Emily Dennis

/student-affairs…

Student Awards

/student-awards

Student Conduct

/student-conduct…

Student Council (All Programs)

/student-council…

Student Financial Services

http://sfs.colum…

Student Health Services at Columbia

http://health.co…

Student Organization Handbook

/books/catalog/5…

Student Organizations

/student-organiz…

Student Services Center

205 Kent Hall

https://ssc.colu…

Student Services Online (SSOL)

https://ssol.col…

Student Work Online

Studio Culture Policy

/architecture-st…

Studio Procedures

/studio-procedur…

Summer Workshops

/summer-workshop…

Support GSAPP

https://arch.giv…

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Travel Guide

/finance-adminis…

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URBAN Magazine

University Apartment Housing (UAH)

http://facilitie…

University Resources

/university-reso…

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Website

Steffen Boddeker, Ilana Curtis

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Deqah Hussein-Wetzel

Deqah Hussein-Wetzel is a Doctoral Student in Historic Preservation at Columbia GSAPP. Her work centers around the use of digital media and its role in the preservation of cultural memory in urban environments. The mission of this work is twofold: to amplify Black American stories in danger of being lost to posterity and to raise awareness around preservation-based development in the U.S. by using history as a weapon against the forces of displacement and as inspiration for new forms of inclusive development. As a first-generation American from Somali-Kenyan background also pursuing a Certificate in Comparative Literature and Society, her research further interrogates the socio-political role of urbanism and development on East African v. African American cultural landscapes, focusing on topics that explore the meaning and symbolism of place-associated storytelling within the African Diaspora.

Deqah received a Bachelor of Urban Planning from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning and a Master of Historic Preservation with a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Oregon. She is also the founder of Urbanist Media, a nonprofit dedicated to elevating and preserving underrepresented voices and places, and the co-host/producer of its flagship podcast, Urban Roots, which aims to preserve these places (the tangible) through story (the intangible).

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Urban Roots podcast, a collaboration between MSHP PhD student Deqah Hussein-Wetzel and CU alum, releases new episode, “Making Noise With No Money: The Decay Devils”

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The Urban Roots podcast, a collaboration between GSAPP PhD student in Historic Preservation Deqah Hussein-Wetzel and Columbia Journalism School alum Vanessa Maria Quirk awarded Silver in the category of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Anthem Awards by Webby