2025 ARCC International Conference Tours
EMERGING CHALLENGES: Technological, Environmental, Social
April 2-5, 2025 I College Park, MD & Washington DC I Co-hosted by the University of Maryland & Howard University
Conference Co-Chairs: Madlen Simon and Ed Dunson
Glenstone https://www.glenstone.org/
Date & time: Canceled
National Museum of African American History and Culture
https://www.si.edu/museums/african-american-museum
Date & time: Saturday, April 5, 1:15 pm – 5 pm
Cost: ARCC members $25, non-members $35, students $15
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by an Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African Americans. To date, the Museum has collected more than 40,000 artifacts and nearly 300,000 individuals have become members. The Museum opened to the public on September 24, 2016, as the 19th museum of the Smithsonian Institution. https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/about-museum
Octagon Tour & Exhibition
https://architectsfoundation.org/events/#:~:text=Current%20Events,solutions%20for%20a%20better%20world.
Date & time: Thursday, April 3rd, 9:00am – 12:45pm
Cost: ARCC members $25, non-members $35, students $15
The “Creative Resilience: Carbon + Complexity” exhibit at The Octagon Museum in Washington, DC, explores how architecture students are using new technology and design to address sustainability and resilience, merging design, human connection, and shading devices. The exhibit explores the intersection of design, sustainability, and human connection, highlighting how architectural shading devices can be used to address climate challenges and improve the built environment. The exhibit also highlights innovative materials and nature-based solutions (NBS) that can reduce the embodied carbon of construction materials while maintaining structural integrity. The exhibit underscores the synergy between resilience and sustainable design, emphasizing the importance of creating structures that are both durable and environmentally responsible.
New Architecture at University of Maryland
Date & time: Canceled
Howard University Self-Guided Tour
Date & time: on your own
Cost: no cost
Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private research university comprised of 14 schools and colleges. Students pursue 143 programs of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States.
Howard is a leader in STEM fields. The National Science Foundation has ranked Howard as the top producer of African-American undergraduates who later earn science and engineering doctoral degrees. The University also boasts nationally ranked programs in social work, business and communications. To date, we have produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients.
The College of Medicine is internationally regarded for its illustrious legacy of training students to become competent and compassionate physicians who provide health care in medically underserved communities at home and abroad. The College is a national leader in studying health disparities among people of color and is one of America’s top institutions for training women surgeons. The Howard University Health Sciences division includes the Howard University Hospital and the Colleges of Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Nursing and Allied Health Sciences.
For more than 150 years, the Howard University School of Law has served as an advocate for social justice and as an architect of social change. It has produced more than 4,000 social engineers including the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, noted legislators, civil rights attorneys, mayors and public officials across the United States. It is the No. 1 law school for African Americans ranked by preLaw magazine.
The University’s motto Veritas et Utilitas, Truth and Service, represents a key part of our identity. The more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students dedicate hundreds of hours each year to service in nearby LeDroit Park, around the nation and throughout the world. Over the U.S. Peace Corps’ 50-year history, more than 200 Howard graduates have served as volunteers around the globe, the highest number among historically-Black colleges.
The University remains committed to further enhancing its strategic positioning as one of the top research universities in the nation. As we celebrate 154 years, we are uniquely positioned to have the next 150 years as glorious as the past. https://howard.edu/about
Howard’s main campus is home to 256 acres of land across the District of Columbia and Maryland. With our Main Campus located in northwest DC, the School of Law, School of Divinity, and Howard’s research facility each have dedicated campuses nearby. https://howard.edu/
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