The Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) Foundation awarded $45,000 in grants to five Houston architecture related projects during its Spring 2011 grant cycle.  ArCH Foundation grants are awarded twice each year. 

 2 grants awarded in this cycle went to the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture:

·         $7,500 to the University of Houston Summer Discovery Program, a six week program that educates high school students about architecture.

·         $2,500 to the University of Houston Materials Research Collaborative at the Gerald Hines School of Architecture, a resource for material discovery and research for students and the architecture community.

The Architecture Center Houston Foundation is a non-profit education organization designated by the IRS as a 501 (c)3 corporation that promotes awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the ways in which architecture and urban design influence the built environment and enhance the quality of life in the community.

Susan Rogers and Rafael Longoria have received a $25,000 NEA grant for their Collaborative Community Design Initiative 2. 

Patrick Peters and Cheryl Beckett (Graphic Communications Department) have received a Merit Award from the Society of Graphic Designers for their collaborative project: Dis(solve): The Japhet Creek Project. The student team is: Arantza Alvarado, Ramon Arciniega, Joanna Bonner, Lindsey Bowsher, Danny Carter, Hei Man, Alison Cheuk, Megan Conkin, Jose Alfredo Dehuma, Hai Phi Dinh , Miguel Farias Nunez, Amy Heidbreder, Marcia Hoang, Aike Jamaluddin, Zach Kimmel, Kyra Lancon, Jennie Macedo, Leah Macey, Jenny Ng, Jane Nghiem, Diana Ngo, ViVi Vu Nguyen, Rachel Outlaw, Ada Pedraza, Christopher Steven Pine, Anna Reyes, Jessica Rios, Josh Robbins, Haley Ross, R-Jay Ruiz, Hector Solis, Brad Sypniewski, Tam Truong, Erin Woltz.

Associate Professor Michelangelo Sabatino was named as a Fellow in Residency at The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, established in 1908, and providing crucial time and space to artists such as Leonard Bernstein, James Baldwin, Thornton Wilder, and Alice Walker. Michelangelo plans to begin his residency in December, 2011.