The School of Architecture at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is now accepting applications for the “2026–27 Douglas A. Garofalo Fellowship. Named for the architect and educator Doug Garofalo (1958–2011), the nine-month visiting faculty teaching and research fellowship provides emerging designers the opportunity to teach design studio and seminar courses and conduct independent research, culminating in a public lecture at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and an exhibition or public conversation at the school.
Now in its thirteenth year, the Garofalo Fellowship has made an essential contribution to the school’s culture through the fellows’ design and pedagogical agendas. Past fellows include Molly Hunker (SPORTS), Pier Paolo Tamburelli (baukuh, San Rocco), Sarah Blankenbaker, Francesco Marullo, Fosco Lucarelli (Microcities, SOCKS), Anne Dessing (Studio Anne Dessing), Johannes Berry (SUGIBERRY), Cédric Van Parys, and Zehra Ahmed. The current fellow is Nile Greenberg (Abel Nile New York, LLC).