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Jane Amidon
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Urban Landscape Program in the School of Architecture
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design for sustainable urban environments, modernism in the American landscape, public space in changing cities

Jane Amidon in the Press

Boston Magazine

Boston is a great place to learn about Jefferson’s gardens at Monticello

“Boston is a great place to study Thomas Jefferson’s gardens at Monticello,” says Jane Amidon, associate dean for graduate programs and research, professor and director of Northeastern University’s Urban Landscape Program, and instructor for MFA’s third and final “Great American Gardens ” session on Jefferson’s love before he became a politician. “At the Massachusetts Horticultural […]

Jane Amidon for Northeastern Global News

Exploring the important role of city parks

“Emerald Networks,” the newest exhibit at Northeastern’s Gallery 360, offers a look at the history of park systems in five U.S. cities and how present-day needs are affecting open space development and use.

Gallery exhibit offers glimpse of ‘Cancer Alley’

“Petrochemical America,” a new Gallery 360 exhibit, features photography and visualized data that portrays the petrochemical industry’s impact on the part of the Mississippi River corridor known as “Cancer Alley.” Today there is a micro-conference in conjunction with the exhibit.

The secrets to success in urban design

Experts from academia and the public and private sectors converged at Northeastern for a daylong symposium focused on how to design sustainable cities for the future.

3Qs: How cities prepare for the next Sandy

Architecture professor Jane Amidon says that researchers must take an interdisciplinary approach to addressing urban environmental design.