Gun violence and other crimes, human health issues — how does an architect discern therapeutic solutions for societal distress? (Photo Credit: Dave Burbank)

An Architect’s Lens on Societal Wellbeing

by Jackie Swift

Every day in the United States, it seems, there’s another gun-related crime in the news. While politicians and activists argue about the issue, Mardelle McCusky Shepley, Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University, is tackling it through the lens of architectural design.