2026 Olmsted Scholars Induction Ceremony
Join us for a virtual celebration to honor the 56 graduate and 41 undergraduate students named as 2026 LAF Olmsted Scholars.
With its $25,000 graduate and $15,000 undergraduate prize, the LAF Olmsted Scholars Program is the premier leadership recognition program for landscape architecture students. Help us celebrate these rising leaders and welcome them to the community of 1,351 LAF Olmsted Scholars named since the program’s inception in 2008.
The ceremony will feature presentations from a past scholar and the two 2026 national winners:
- Jared Edgar McKnight, Senior Associate, WRT (2021 LAF National Olmsted Scholar Finalist)
- Miriam Hernandez Media, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2026 LAF National Olmsted Scholar (Graduate)
- Henry Ley, Cornell University, 2026 LAF National Olmsted Scholar (Undergraduate)
WHEN
Thursday, August 27, 2026
4:00 - 5:30 PM EDT
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Registration is required for this free online event. All are welcome to attend — academic departments can cheer on their school's scholar(s), landscape architecture students can learn more about this prestigious program, firms can scope out potential hires, and all can get a glimpse of the issues, ideas, and energy of the next generation of designers.
Meet the 2026 LAF Olmsted Scholars
The LAF Olmsted Scholars Program honors students with exceptional leadership potential who are using ideas, influence, communication, service, and leadership to advance sustainable design and foster human and societal benefits.
Now in its 19th year, the program recognizes one outstanding student from each accredited landscape architecture program in the US and Canada, along with the jury-selected graduate and undergraduate national award winners and finalists. (The 2026 winners and finalists are shown here.)
The LAF Olmsted Scholars are recognized for past achievements and for their future potential to influence the landscape architecture discipline.
