Fall 2026 Graduate Visit Day
Wednesday, October 28, 2:15–5:30 pm
(optional: faculty talk from 1–2 pm and film screening from 6-8pm)
Visit us in person to meet faculty and students, tour our facilities and fabrication labs, see student work, and learn more about the student experience in the graduate program.
Schedule:
- 1–2 pm — We@UIC with Robert Becker. Join us for a public talk with architect and graduate faculty member Robert Becker of Studio Becker Xu.
- 2:15–3 pm — Graduate Program Overview. Meet School of Architecture Director Marc Manack and learn more about our degree programs and admission requirements with Director of Graduate Studies Kelly Bair.
- 3–3:30 pm — Building Tour + Intro to the Project Lab and Fabrication Lab. Get a look inside our spaces and visit our labs with lab specialists Alexander Jones and Christian Oiticica.
- 3:45–4 pm — Open Archive Overview. Step inside the School's special collections, meet Open Archives Director Jayne Kelley, and hear from MAD-Crit Faculty Zehra Ahmed.
- 4–5:30 pm — Studio Walk-through. See the graduate studio space and hear from some of the faculty teaching this year's semester studios. Fall 2026 graduate studio faculty include Sarah Blankenbaker and Andrew Jennings (first-year MArch), Grant Gibson and Sarah Dunn (second-year MArch), and Catty Dan Zhang and Andrew Zago (third-year MArch). Faculty and students will show and discuss this semester's in-progress work.
- 6-8 pm - Super Coming Attractions Film Club Screening (optional). Attend a film screening and engage in discussion with the School of Architecture's film club.