The UF-City of Gainesville Research Awards Showcase was held at Emerson Alumni Hall on Oct. 9 to celebrate the seven winning research projects selected last year. The teams presented their completed work and results at this event. As part of the University of Florida’s Strategic Development Plan, UF Senior Vice President and COO Charlie Lane […]
DCP Faculty Awarded by UF and City of Gainesville Read More »
Alumni Profile – Tyeshia Redden, Urban and Regional PlanningUrban and Regional Planning alum Tyeshia Redden graduated from our doctoral program with a focus on planning two summers ago. She recently worked on the Porters Community project with our URP program. You can read more about the project here. Can you tell us about your career?I
Redden Appreciates Larsen’s Mentorship Read More »
Porters neighborhood residents and stakeholders have created a new narrative, which is an innovative tool to communicate what makes the neighborhood special and should be protected in the face of development pressures. The “Porters Community,” as it is often called, is a historically African American neighborhood located in Gainesville between downtown and the University of
A New Porters Community Narrative Engages and Empowers the Neighborhood Read More »
DCP’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) recently helped with the restoration of the Cotton Club in Gainesville. This venue once hosted the likes of James Brown, Ray Charles and B.B. King. The Cotton Club started out as a venue to watch films in the late 1940s. It then later became the music hall known as the
The Cotton Club Comes Back to Life Read More »
Chimay Anumba, dean of the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, has been honored with the 2018 Computing in Civil Engineering Award, presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The ASCE recognizes Anumba as one of the world’s leading experts in developing artificial intelligence solutions to construction and civil engineering
Anumba Honored with Prestigious Civil Engineering Award Read More »
Have you ever wanted to design your ideal neighborhood? Put a park here, place a retail store there. Well, the children in Gainesville’s Porters neighborhood got that chance thanks to Urban and Regional Planning Adjunct Lecturer Laura Dedenbach’s URP 4000 class. Held at the Porters Community Center, the children in the afterschool program, with the
Making Your Ideal Neighborhood Read More »