MSNBC: Barbie's an architect now, thanks to UB profs' efforts

The successful effort by UB professors of architecture and planning Despina Stratigakos and Kelly Hayes McAlonie to get Mattel to create an architect Barbie to explore issues of gender and race within the profession, is described in a story on MSNBC.com; the toy company will officially introduce the new Barbie at the American Institute of Architects convention in New Orleans May 12.