The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) awards BASE Landscape Architecture with a 2024 Merit Award for "OUSD The Center – Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design", ASLA Northern California [July 2024]

The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) awards BASE Landscape Architecture with a Great Places Award Honorable Mention for Place Planning for "OUSD The Center Farm -Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design", EDRA [July 2024]

Summer is blossoming in OUSD, OUSD News [June 7, 2024]

Meet Michelle Oppen: An Oakland Class Act, The Oakland Public Education Fund [February 29, 2024]

The Center at OUSD Connects Environment, Food, and Garden Education for Students, Staff – and the Community, The Oakland Public Education Fund [February 28, 2024]

Congratulations 2023 OUSD LEAP Award Winners [Memo], OUSD The Center [February 2, 2024]

2024 New Years Resolutions Memo, Environment Food and Garden at OUSD Schools [Memo], OUSD The Center [January 2024]

OUSD in the News: Sharing the Great Work of our Students and Staff - End of Fall Edition, OUSD News [December 11, 2023]

Garden to table at Westlake Middle School, OUSD News [December 7, 2023]

OUSD Celebrates Milestone Achievement with 7 Million Plastic Water Bottles Saved from the Environment and 7 Million Fewer Sugary Drinks Consumed by Students with FloWater Refill Stations, OUSD News [November 17, 2023]

Bay Tree Design site new feature on The Center, Bay Tree Design [November 2023]

Stephen and Ayesha Curry Visit Lockwood STEAM Academy and Bring Good News for Oakland Schools, OUSD News [September 6, 2023]

Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s foundation to raise $50 million for Oakland schools, Oaklandside [September 6, 2023]

Steph and Ayesha Curry at Lockwood STEAM Academy on September 6, OUSD News [September 6, 2023]

Water Bottles for OUSD Middle, High, and PreK School Students! [Memo], OUSD Health & Wellness [August 1, 2023]

California Schools to Get More Shade and Nature to Protect Kids From Extreme Heat, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom [July 13, 2023]

Screenprinting at Oakland Unified School District's "The Center", Attitudinal Healing Collective [July 4, 2023]

How Greening California Schoolyards Protects Kids and the Climate, KQED [June 29, 2023]

OUSD Field Trips & HOTM Highlighted by the California Farm to School Network [Spring 2023]

Impact Report from Green Schoolyards America includes highlights of work in OUSD, Green Schoolyards America [March 2023]

An Urban Oasis - Oakland Unified's "The Center", Nichi Bei Foundation News [March 17, 2023]

Sparking Joy: Lydia Yamaguchi cultivates cultural connections in school gardens, Nichi Bei Foundation News [March 16, 2023]

Community of Practice for Schoolyard Forests #4: Oakland Unified School District, Green Schoolyards America [March 29, 2023]

Water Bottles for Elementary Students! [Memo], OUSD The Center [January 30, 2023]

OAK and Global Elementary Students Find Joy on their new Playgrounds, OUSD News [January 17, 2023]

Water Bottles & Stickers for Middle + High School Students [Memo], OUSD Health & Wellness [August 3, 2021]