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College of Architecture and Environmental Design

Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., serves as coordinator and Elliot Professor in the Healthcare Design Program in 91ֿ's College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a 91ֿ researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.

College of Architecture and Environmental Design

91ֿ’s architecture and interior design graduates build such impressive skills during their studies in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design that in a national survey, hiring professionals rank them among the most-hired.

In honor of John and Fonda Elliot’s generous legacy of giving, the 91ֿ Board of Trustees voted on Sept. 12 to name the pictured building The John Elliot Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.

John and Fonda Elliot have become the largest donors in 91ֿ’s history, providing the largest total outright gift of $10 million as well as a $2 million planned gift, benefiting the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Three 91ֿ students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET 91ֿ, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in 91ֿ’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in 91ֿ’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in 91ֿ’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

With the help of LaunchNET 91ֿ, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.