Message from the Chair: Fall 2021
As Fall 2021 closes, Dr. Kathryn Frank summarizes the URP Department news.
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Recognition
FL APA Affordable Housing Newsletter
Erin Fowler and Ian Siljestrom have stories featured in the Florida APA Affordable Housing Newsletter.
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Dr. Christopher Silver Publishes Book, Urban Flood Risk Management: Looking at Jakarta
Urban and Regional Planning Department faculty member Dr. Christopher Silver recently had a book published by Routledge in its Research in Sustainable Planning and Development in Asia series.
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Bartley Lecture 2021
Former Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan spoke to students, faculty, and alumni of the URP Department at the 13th Annual Earnest R. Bartley Memorial Lecture
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Shape The PLANet: Lian Plass
“There is not a single place that you can go in the state of Florida where you will not run into a planner with a UF degree. Those connections are incredibly helpful not just from a professional development standpoint, but also from a personal standpoint.”
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Shape The PLANet: Jen Krouchick
“The future is open and as planners, we have the power to bring people together.”
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Shape The PLANet: Jerry Bell
“As planners, it’s fulfilling to be able to identify an issue, analyze it, and then prescribe policy solutions that we can see make an impact.”
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Recent Research from Dr. Wang
Dr. Wang receives research grants from National Science Foundation Assistant Professor Wang is working to redefine curb environments in Gainesville, FL and to combat COVID-19 misinformation across the United States August 30, 2021 Dr. Yan Wang has been working on research through grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2020 and 2021 on curb
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URP alum joins UF PDC as senior planner
URP Alum Joins UF PDC as Senior Planner Rachel Mandell, Class of 2020, is a Senior Planner with UF’s Planning, Design, and Construction Department August 5, 2021 Rachel Mandell, a recent URP graduate and Gainesville, Florida native, recently accepted the Senior Planning position within the UF Planning, Design, and Construction Department, providing another example of
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Larsen Elected ACSP Secretary
Dr. Kristin Larsen was elected Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP).
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