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TOPSHOT - National Park Service Rangers Gia Ponce (L) and Christina Caparelli are photographed by Ranger Nicole Bernard next to a digital display of an unofficial heat reading at Furnace Creek Visitor Center during a heat wave in Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, California, on July 16, 2023. Tens of millions of Americans braced for more sweltering temperatures Sunday as brutal conditions threatened to break records due to a relentless heat dome that has baked parts of the country all week. By the afternoon of July 15, 2023, California's famous Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth, had reached a sizzling 124F (51C), with Sunday's peak predicted to soar as high as 129F (54C). Even overnight lows there could exceed 100F (38C). (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)

Turning Up the Heat: How are Firms Responding to Climate Change?

A summer of extreme weather underscored the urgency of climate change. How are firms responding to climate change?
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Carol Ross Barney, FAIA

Noble Work: In Conversation with Carol Ross Barney, FAIA

In April, Jen Masengarb, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director, sat down for a conversation with Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, winner of the 2023 AIA Gold Medal.
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Woman with a grey shirt and black hat on sitting in a wheelchair.

Member Voices 03: Rachel Wiesbrock, Assoc. AIA

AIA Chicago member, Rachel Wiesbrock, Assoc. AIA, is an Accessibility Specialist at LCM Architects. As an individual born with a physical disability, she has taken her personal experiences and turned those into learned moments to design better spaces for all people.
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