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The Department of Urban and Regional Planning welcomes Elizabeth “Liz” Abernethy as Planner in Residence faculty…

Dr. Renee Tapp contributes to a Tampa Bay Times article about how large real estate investors ‘squeeze’ individual buyers in the Tampa Bay housing market.

After discovering her passion for transit planning during her time at the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, UF alumnus Jessica Alvarez (MURP ’10) has now been recognized in the 2023 40 Under 40 list of Mass Transit magazine.

UF Planning Program Ranks Top 25 in United States Planetizen ranks the Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program at the University of Florida as a Top 25 planning program in the country – and Top 6 in the South. November 28th, 2023 The University of Florida’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning proudly

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Professor Thomas Hawkins and MURP student Haley Busch engage with Florida Legislators through 1000 Friends of Florida work.

Dr. Zhu, a graduate of UF’s Urban and Regional Planning doctoral program, now serves as the City of Gainesville’s first Chief Climate Officer.

Dr. Ruth Steiner, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director for the Center for Health and the Built Environment, recently weighed in on what happens after TBARTA’s dissolution.