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• “Men of Steel”-NYU Alumni Magazine, Fall 2005 - A profile of Salvadori Center Board members Charles Thornton and Richard Tomasetti.
• “Mario Salvadori: Champion of Structure Design in Architecture”- Structure Magazine, November 2005 - A laudatory profile about Mario Salvadori by Richard Weingardt. Also read Dr. Lorraine Whitman’s Letter to the Editor (in PDF format) responding to a misleading statement about Mario Salvadori’s work.
• Election Day Professional Development Workshop- November 8, 2005 - Thirty teachers, consultants, and Salvadori staff spent an afternoon in the Skyscraper Museum creating scavenger hunts for different subject areas.
• Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum ’05- November 4, 2005 - Executive Director Lorraine Whitman and Math Consultant Jonathan Katz showed two dozen teachers how to apply architecture and engineering principles to their subject areas by building chairs.
• EBAFF Trip to the Skyscraper Museum- October 27, 2005 - Sixth-grade math students from the East Bronx Academy for the Future spent a pleasant educational day at the Skyscraper Museum.
• The Andrew Freedman House Design Charrette- September 23, 2005 - See what 90 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders did to the Andrew Freedman Home in the Bronx.
• The 2005 Summer Institute- August 2005 - Thirty-six teachers work with Salvadori architect educators to learn the Salvadori curriculum.
• Pat Shuford- April 2005 - Find out what Pat does as an architect-educator with the Center.
• M. Al Isaac. - April 2005 - In December 2004, Salvadori Center lost its senior architect-educator due to sudden illness. Read about “Big Al’s” extraordinary life.
• Winter Workshops- January 2005 - Architect-educator Francis Osei enlivens winter-weary kids with bridge-building. (PDF, 648 KB)
• Special Spring Projects- Spring 2005 - See dragons and log cabins at The Renaissance Charter School and Ella Baker School.

• Never Too Early- July 27, 2004 - Describes how Salvadori Center is a leader in promoting high schools focused on architecture. (PDF, 1.23 MB)
• 2004 Salvadori Charrette- June 21, 2004 - An account of the Salvadori Center design challenge for middle-school students. (PDF, 169KB)

• Building a Bridge - to a Knowledge of EngineeringDecember 13, 2003 - Salvadori Center-affiliated engineer Robert Liss helps 30 middle-schoolers build a cardboard bridge that supports eight of them. (PDF, 671KB)
• Adolfo Carrión, Jr. - June 2003 - Bronx Borough President is the only elected official in New York State with an urban planning degree.
• Benefit 2003 Photo Gallery - June 2003 - Our 2003 Benefit was a smashing success.
• 2003 Charrette Photo Gallery - May 2003 - This year we put students to the task of easing the daily tangle of cars at the Hudson River crossings.
• School Spotlight: Ella Baker School- April 2003 - From Here to There
• School Spotlight: The Mario Salvadori School for Engineering and Architecture - March 26, 2003 - Renewed Commitment
• JFK Students Build a Bridge to Learning-February 24, 2003 - Architect-educator Francis Osei works with students at the JFK Magnet School in Port Chester to re-design their school. (PDF, 402KB)
• Students’ Plans for WTC Site on Display Downtown- February 6, 2003 - Salvadori Students at Corlears JHS 56 on the Lower East Side and The Renaissance Charter School (TRCS) in Jackson Heights are being recognized for their visions for a redesigned WTC site.
• We Have Liftoff!- February 2003 - Renaissance Charter School Students Launch Model Rockets, Learn Trigonometry
Teacher Feature - Jim Napolitano- February 2003 - The Renaissance Charter School, Jackson Heights, Queens.
• Ar-Kid-Tects: Pint-Sized Visions of Ground Zero- February 2003 - Fifty middle-schoolers reveal their plans for rebuilding ground zero. (PDF, 760KB)
• The Henry Michel Global Classroom Fund- February 2003 - The Michel Fund is established to support Salvadori Center’s curriculum development. (PDF, 554KB)

• School Spotlight: John F. Kennedy Magnet School- December 2002 - Practicing What He Preaches
• Teacher Feature - Francis Osei- December 2002 - John F. Kennedy Magnet School, Port Chester, NY
• Summer Institute 2002 -October 2002 - Every August, our Summer Institute brings teachers together for two intensive weeks of learning and dialogue.
• Imagine NY - September 2002 - Students Complete Year-Long Re-Design of WTC Site.
• Their New York Vision - June 2002 - Students rise to serious challenge of redesigning WTC site.
• Photo Essay: Building Chairs at The Renaissance Charter School - June 2002 - Tenth-graders learn math through chair design and construction.
• Teacher Feature - Gwen Clinkscales- May 2002 - A master teacher collaborates with students to make math a process of individual discovery.
• Celebrating a City at Its Center- May 2002 - 2002 Benefit brings Salvadori family together.
• Teacher Feature - Helen Kraljic - May 2002 - Helen Kraljic of I.S. 201 talks candidly about the unexpected challenges and successes of “doing Salvadori.”
• Small Architects at Ground Zero- May 11, 2002 - The Renaissance Charter Schools builds tributes to the WTC site. (In Spanish) (PDF, 660KB)
• Urban Planners in the School Gym- May 2002 - At school architecture fair, Brooklyn students render New York's present and imagine its future.
• Mathematical InspirationApril 5, 2002 - Architect-educator Francis Osei builds a math curriculum at the JFK Magnet School in Port Chester. (PDF, 3.9MB)
• Real Estate Organization Adopts Mario’s Kids- April 2002 - The Young Men's and Women's Real Estate Association's (YM/WREA) collaboration with the Salvadori Center grows.
• Building Sustainable Cultures- Spring 2002 -- Teaching science through the built environment at MS 222. (PDF, 2.1MB)
• Getting Into the Swing of Things- March 2002 - District 5 Students Explore Harlem's Past through its music, dance, art and architecture.

• World Trade Center: A Teacher Responds- September 2001 - Maureen Franz of I.S.27 in Staten Island writes a moving letter about the effects of 9/11 on her school, neighborhood and community.
• World Trade Center: At the WTC Site- September 2001 - Structural engineers affiliated with the Salvadori Center were some of the people involved in assessing the damage and safety at Ground Zero. Read about their experiences.
• World Trade Center: Letters From Liberty- September 2001 - Letters and drawings sent by the students of Liberty Lake Elementary School in Liberty Lake, WA, to the students of the Anthony Corlears Junior High School on the Lower East Side.

• Tomorrow's Talent- October 30, 2000 - A profile of Salvadori Center about educating the work force of the future. (PDF, 916KB)
• Spanning the Gulf Between Minds- Monday, May 15, 2000 - Salvadori Center teaches a 10-week class in bridge-building at International High School. (PDF, 646KB)

• “A Life in Education,” by Mario Salvadori- Summer 1997, The Bridge - Mario Salvadori’s own account of how he came to teach and what education means to him. (PDF, 762 KB)
• Non-Traditional Mathematics at JHS 275- February 1997 - Teacher Susan Noonan, with a grant from Salvadori Center, implements the Salvadori method. (PDF, 6.7MB)

• Gravity’s Rainbow - October 8, 1996 - The skate park at Riverside Park, designed by 20 teenagers and Salvadori Center, opens to great applause. (PDF, 890KB)

• “Super Mario” by Abby Bussel in Progressive Architecture, - March 1995 - An article celebrating Mario Salvadori’s 88th birthday. (PDF, 572 KB)