DAAPcares
The DAAPcares 16th Annual Showcase Application is now open. Deadline to apply is March 23, 2026. All DAAP students, faculty, staff, and alumni are eligible to submit projects (completed or in progress) from Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025, and Spring 2026. Contact Lucinda Vandekieft with any questions. (You will need to sign into your UC Microsoft account to access the application form).
The 2026 Showcase Event will be held on Thursday, April 9, 2026
in the DAAP café from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
DAAPcares honors and supports the work of DAAP students, faculty, staff, and alumni to improve the quality of life around the world. From local to global, individual to multidisciplinary, and academic to professional - we connect scholarship to solutions. These accomplishments are celebrated annually in a showcase of innovative projects and research that represent our mission to achieve sustainable outcomes with environmental, economic, and cultural impact.
Faculty Committee:
School of Design - John Dixon (Committee Chair)
School of Architecture and Interior Design - Anca Matyiku
School of Art - Mrin Aggarwal
School of Planning - Brian Grubb
2025 Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2025 DAAPcares award winners!
DAAPcares was held on Thursday, April 10, 2025 and displayed 18 projects from students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
School of Design
Academic Achievement - “Relational Techniques" by Justin Pokorski, MDes
Community Award - “Bearcat's Pantry” by Cara Dougherty and Maggie Weaver, CODE
Inclusive Excellence - “Queering Design” by Colin Putman, INDL
Sustainability - “Informing Microplastics” by Loc Nguyen and Kiva LeFors, CODE
Best in School - “YouSee” by Campisano & Townsend, CODE
School of Architecture & Interior Design
Compassion Award - “The Sensory Hub” by Anna Choi, INTD
Innovation Award - “Collecting Joy” by Sadie Beck, INTD
Best in School - “Oyster Reefs by Fatemah Alabdulrazaq, INTD
School of Art
Best in School - “Innovative Courses & Publications About African American Art and the Black Body in European Art” by Theresa Leininger-Miller and Students: Sameera Bansal, Lilly Barman, John Borger, De’Auna Brooks, Sara Hutchens, Tiara Jones, Olivia Riggs, Emma Rose, Eva Sliesoraitis, Farhat Afzal, Alexandr Fernholz, Neva’ Fuller, Anna Hughes, Dena Khodeir, Kelly King, Ella Lipnik, Courtney Ware. ARTH
School of Planning
Best in School - “Fig Alley Steps” by Rachel Carr, MLA
DAAPcares Student Organization
Student Organization Meetings for 2025-26 will be on Wednesdays at 5:45 pm in DAAP 5407.
Register on GetInvolvedUC.
Connect with Us
Email: Lucinda Vandekieft, Graduate Student Advisor and Zoe Limbach, President
Instagram: @daap_cares
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