Awards

UWM NSTA I-Core Great Lakes Region Entrepreneurship Grant
NEXT.cc Creative Director inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
AIA Illinois Nathan Clifford Ricker Education Award 2019
National Association of Collegiate Schools Creative Achievement in Education Award 2018
National Environmental Education Foundation Green STEM Innovator 2012
Union of International Architects Architecture + Children Golden Cubes 2011
Wisconsin Arts Board Creative Communities Grant 2011
USGBC Excellence in Green Building Education Award 2009
SAIC Presidential Urban Engagement Award 2009
American Architectural Foundation Merit Award 2009
National Endowment for the Arts Design Education Award 2008
American Architectural Foundation Merit Award 2006

Publications

NEXT.cc Book III Eco Literacy and Design of the World coming fall of 2025

NEXT.cc Book II What Design Is What Design Does and Why Design is Important 2009(out of print)

NEXT.cc Book 1 2002 (out of print)
STEAM by Design2016
Download the complete Design and Technology Education: An International Journal 21.1

Design THIS Place: Built Environment Education2015
Designing Design Education, DDEI India(2013)

DESIGN as NAture Disseminating DESIGN PRACTICES in K12 Education2013

Eco Literacy: Greening Public Imagination(2011)

Design Principles and Practices, an International Journal 4.4 (2010)
Download at Common Ground: Design Principles and Practices, An International Journal

The Aesthetics of Sustainability and the Ethical Imagination (2008) (PDF)

AAII ARCHITECTURE AN INTERACTIVE INTRODUCTION CD ROM & BOOK MCGRaw HILL 1998

2023 In the News

NEXT.cc Water Journeys Shared with James Madison University Students
SAIC featured in CBS America By Design Architecture
Linda Keane, FAIA, Faculty Emerita, Creative Director interview

2022 In the News

UNESCO Commends NEXT.cc E-LEARNING RESOURCE for DEI and Environmental Sustainability
22 NAEA Art Education in Action Press

2021 In the News

Creativity Director induction into Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects
The Future is Us, SAIC FALL 21 NEXT.cc Creative Director talks about the future of architecture/design education
Meet the Faculty, Linda Nelson Keane, FAIA
CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM: MNI WICONI WATER is LIFE ECO PARK
NEXT.cc provides Award Winning Resource for Education
Happy New Year 2018

2017 In the News
SAIC Graduate Viewbook
Happy New Year 2017

2016 In the News
ED.GOV STEAM by DESIGN PAPER
DESIGN CREATING COMMUNITY Pecha Kucha: DesigninG green Cities With Youth

Autodesk Designer Interview: Linda Keane, Pairing Architecture and Design Education
High School Students Explore Careers in Architecture
Sustainability Design Hack: Smart Grid and Energy Use Awarenessby Daniel Tamayo, CPL You Media
Happy New Year 2016

2015 In the News
Smart Grid Challengeby Daniel Tamayo
Happy New Year 2015

2014 In the News
Happy New Year 2014
NEXT.cc at Forefront of K-12 Design Education and Environmental Stewardship
Reimagining School: Why Creativity and Innovation Matter
Ideas for Redeveloping Milwaukee’s Lakefront
NEXT.cc Press Release: Reimagining Tomorrow Today: The Role of Collaboration in Creativity Education
STEAM by Design Edutopia STEM Group

2013 In the News
Happy New Year 2013
TEDx STEAM by Design Design as Nature, Froebel USA International Froebel USA International Interview with Linda Keane, AIA, Director Integral Design Leadership TEDx Milwaukee STEAM by Design Press
Committee on ARCHITECTURE Education HUB: Moving Design IV: Outdoor Learning Environments
2009-2013 NEXT.cc partners as Youth Programming with Traveling Herman Miller Exhibit

2012 In the News
Spring 2012 NEWS PDF 2009-2013 NEXT.cc partners as Youth Programming with Traveling Herman Miller Exhibit
Doug Haller’s STEM to STEAM Blog NEXT.cc a GREEN S.T.E.M. Innovator, National Environmental Education Foundation NEXT.cc Environmental Stewardship Network The Making of an Architect Processes of Inquiry: Art, Science and A Culture of Innovation, SAIC President Walter Massey NEXT.cc Art of Science Learning Keynote by Dr. Walter Massey

2011 In the News
Spring 2011 NEWS PDF 2009-2013 NEXT.cc partners as Youth Programming with Traveling Herman Miller Exhibit
Spring 2011 NEWS PDF
NEXT.cc serves on Milwaukee Creative Alliance Creativity Education Council
Eco Design.CA reports on Architecture and Children Work Program 1st Golden Cubes Award
NEXT.cc Eco Web recognized internationally with Honorable Mention in UIA Architecture and Children Programs
Union of International Architects Media Education Award Press
PR NEWSWIRE U.S. Nominees Selected for UIA Golden Cubes International Awards Program Celebrating K-12 Architecture Education Programs
AAO Association of Architecture Organizations NEXT.cc national selection for the UIA Golden Cubes International Awards Program Celebrating K-12 Architecture Education
NEXT.cc + Chicago Schools

2010 In the News
Spring 2010 NEWS PDF 2009-2013 NEXT.cc partners as Youth Programming with Traveling Herman Miller Exhibit
United States Green Building Council Excellence in Green Building Education PDF
Chicago’s Burnham 100 Educators Resource Guide

2009 In the News
Spring 2009 NEWS PDF
Spring 2009 NEWS PDF [2009-2013 NEXT.cc partners as Youth Programming with Traveling Herman Miller Exhibit] NEXT.cc receives NEA Design Innovation Award
ACSA News K12 Programs on the Rise in Schools (PDF)

2008 In the News
Chicago-based Efforts at the Forefront of K-12 Design Education and Environmental Stewardship PDF
PLACEMAKING CHICAGO TEAM
fzine Interview of NEXT.cc Director, Linda Keane PDF
City of Chicago Green Roof Website

2006 In the News
American Architecture Foundation Aesthetics of Sustainability