Gail P. Borden, the third of four finalists for dean of the College of Architecture, will host a public presentation at 2 p.m. April 26.

The session, which will be in the Heritage Room of the Nebraska Union, is scheduled for 90 minutes. For a full schedule and expanded bios of the four finalists, click here.

Borden is associate professor, associate dean and head of architecture at the University of Southern California. As principal of Borden Partnership since 2002, his design work has won numerous recognitions including the Architectural League Prize, AIA Young Architect Award, Building Design and Construction magazine’s “40 Under 40” award and numerous AIA, ACSA and RADA honors. Borden received artist-in-residence awards from the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas; the Atlantic Center for the Arts; the Borchard Fellowship; and the MacDowell Colony. His teaching has been recognized with an ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award as one of the top emerging architecture faculty. He was named the youngest Fellow of the AIA in the history of California and has received university awards for artistic expression and mentoring.

As a designer, artist, theoretician and practitioner, Borden’s research and practice focus on the role of materiality and architecture in contemporary culture. He attended Rice University, receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees, all cum laude, in fine arts, art history and architecture. Upon graduation, he won the William Ward Watkins Traveling Fellowship, the AIA Certificate for Excellence, the Chillman Prize and the John Swift Medal in Fine Arts.

After receiving a Texas Architectural Foundation Scholarship, Borden returned to Rice to pursue his Bachelor of Architecture degree, also cum laude. He went on to Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design to complete a post-professional Master of Architecture with distinction.

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