A shortlist of 15 sustainability innovations announced for Wege Prize ’23 offer real-world solutions to pressing challenges such as plastics pollution, hunger and agricultural waste, as they also open bright horizons for the future circular economy.

Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University selects 50 student teams from 39 countries for international design competition, their biggest field ever. The multidisciplinary student teams compete to present innovative, circular solutions to address global problems in ways that transform the economy.

Educating the next generation of designers is a key objective of the NCMA Foundation. Penn State has had an architecture student design competition supported by the Pennsylvania Concrete Masonry Association and the NCMA Foundation for more than 20 years. The competition includes choosing a building program that is conducive to the use of concrete masonry as both a structural system as well as an aesthetic device.