EDRA InterActive

RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND HEALTH

By Lynne M. Dearborn, Ph.D.

For many years, I have known intuitively and through personal experience that the physical environment of housing and the health of the housing’s residents are intimately intertwined. Much of the research sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has demonstrated that the physical environment of neighborhoods: configuration, presence of sidewalks, “walkability,” among other things, influences resident physical health and wellbeing.

Students: How to Make the Most Out of Your EDRA Membership

By Kate O’Donnell, EDRA Executive Director

A recent report from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce notes that "the unemployment rate for recent graduates is highest in Architecture (13.9 percent) because of the collapse of the construction and home building industry in the recession." While this may sound dire (and seem particularly foreboding for our student members currently majoring in architecture), I think there’s a silver lining to this gray cloud.