Recent CABE News
![Grace Ong Yan](/about/news-and-events/2020/11/meet-our-faculty-grace-ong-yan/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1605036968832/grace-buildingbrands-book380-275.jpeg)
Meet Our Faculty: Grace Ong Yan, Assistant Professor, Interior Design, Jefferson College of Architecture and the Built Environment
![Troy Hannigan](/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/architecture-and-the-built-environment/features-news/grid-philly-jefferson-offers-a-real-estate-program-with-a-conscience/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1597351823113/troyhannigan600.jpeg)
If you think of real estate development as something that often tends to be mercenary, this program presents a different view. The triple bottom line—the socially conscious philosophy of businesses meeting the needs of people, planet and profit—is given a fourth dimension with this program: placemaking.
![Historic Preservation](/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/architecture-and-the-built-environment/features-news/grid-philly-historic-preservation-breathes-new-life-into-great-buildings/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1563374135083/historic-preservation-tile.jpeg)
While it is a new program, its (literal and figurative) architect, Dr. Suzanne Singletary, says the program is a natural extension of work that has been going on at Jefferson over the past decade. Historic Preservation started 10 years ago as a single course, but interest was strong and it gained momentum.
![Smart Cities](/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/architecture-and-the-built-environment/features-news/grid-philly-architect-envisions-smart-cities-that-will-be-efficient-agile-and-resilient/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1599598269746/smart-cities-hero.jpeg)
Smart cities are made possible by technology, but the core philosophy behind them is ultimately humanistic. “The person has a different role in a smart city, and it is at the center,” says Dr. Edgar Stach, a professor of architecture at Thomas Jefferson University.