- Jan 16, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Alumni
Sehar Mapara '24, luxury retail designer
Sehar Mapara is a recent graduate who majored in design and environmental analysis (DEA). She is now an architectural designer with MAOarch Architecture, a woman- and minority-owned boutique firm specializing in luxury retail, workplace and commercial projects. In addition to her day-to-day work at MAOarch, she has participated in New York and Paris design weeks.
Mapara shared insights into how her undergraduate experience informs her work:
Q. What do you do as an architectural
Andrew R. Milewski
- Feb 16, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Technology + Human Thriving, Alumni
Lauren Forstenhausler ’21 designs for performance
Fashion design major Lauren Forstenhausler ‘21 uses a tactical, human-centered approach to improving performance and supporting consumer needs in her role as an associate apparel designer at Capelli Sport. The performance apparel brand designs and manufactures high-quality athletic apparel, soccer uniforms, and equipment for youth academies, professional clubs and national teams around the world.
Lauren graduated in May 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although she was unable to showcase her senior collection, “Gaslight/Singularity,” at the
Lorraine Maxwell
I joined the Design and Environmental Analysis faculty in 1993 as my first full time academic appointment. My first graduate degree was a masters in city and regional planning. I worked as city planner for a large city in New Jersey and as a facility planner and programmer for an architectural firm in New York City. My PhD is in psychology, specifically environmental psychology. My research interests have always been, and continue to be, related
- Sep 11, 2023
- Alumni
Julia Dunetz ’19
When people asked 14-year-old Julia Dunetz ’19 what she wanted to be when she grew up, she had an unusual answer: “commercial theater producer.” She pursued her passion with single-minded focus: interning with a theater company in high school, directing and producing plays while studying at Cornell, and producing shows on Broadway and beyond after graduation. Last June, Dunetz’s dream reached a new capstone when “Parade,” the hit musical she co-produced, won a Tony Award
Keith Evan Green
Keith Evan Green is the Jean and Douglas McLean Professor of Human Centered Design and professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Green is also Graduate Field member in the PhD Programs of Information Science and Robotics.
Green founded the field of architectural robotics—the practice of designing physical environments that act, think, and grow with their inhabitants. These environments support and augment us as we work, play, learn, roam, discover, create, connect