URP Mentorship Program highlights
The program runs September to April and pairs graduate-level planning students with practicing planners to foster relationships and hone professional skill.
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Service
Kyle Dost Elected to APA FL Sun Coast Executive Committee
Kyle Dost continues to serve URP students and planning professionals and their development, now with APA FL Sun Coast Chapter.
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Resiliency for Port St. Joe
URP student Emilee Aguerrebere assisted resiliency projects for Port St. Joe, FL, following Category 5 Hurricane Michael. She was a graduate research assistant for the interdisciplinary Florida Resilient Cities Program within the college-wide Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER).
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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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American Jobs Plan Would Fund Mass Transit and Revitalize Cities
In an article for The Conversation, Dr. Ruth Steiner examines the potential positive impacts of Biden’s American Jobs Plan on urban mass transit systems and their cities.
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Character Towns Inspire at the Bartley Lecture
Planning consultant and author Bill Kercher, AICP, explained what gives small towns character at URP’s annual Earnest R. Bartley Memorial Lecture.
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APA Florida Conference 2019
URP students and faculty were recognized at the annual conference of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association.
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Award of Excellence in Neighborhood Planning
The Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association recognized the project Neighborhoods As Community Assets.
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Steiner Presents in Indonesia
Dr. Ruth Steiner spent two weeks in Indonesia to deliver a keynote address at an international conference and give invited talks at three universities as part of a USAID initiative.
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Evaluating Tampa’s Downtowner Service
Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng received a grant from the Florida Department of Transportation to evaluate the first public ridesharing service in Florida.
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