May 2026

MassArt alum and 2025 MassArt Common Good Award recipient Tracy Silva Barbosa, BFA ’99, Glass, created the public installation Equinox at the New Bedford Pedestrian Bridge—now a Platinum Winner at the 2026 International Architecture and Design Awards. “According to Barbosa, the project demonstrates how infrastructure can serve multiple purposes at once: solving a mobility challenge, improving access to transit, […]

Danyson Tavares has spent his career asserting that architecture is a civic act. Now, the Boston Business Journal is recognizing that commitment, naming the Wentworth Institute of Technology graduate and Executive Director of the Boston Society for Architecture to its 2026 40 Under 40 list.  In his current role at the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA), Tavares focuses on strengthening the organization’s role as a

Boston Magazine has published its 2026 list of 150 Most Influential Bostonians. President Lynn Perry Wooten was among the recognized individuals (#116). According to the magazine, “Each year, we set out to highlight the people shaping how Boston lives, works, thinks, and feels. This year, more than most, that meant finding the people who held the line —