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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
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2021 Florida APA Conference: UF Speaker SessionsCheck out the variety of conference sessions this year featuring UF’s urban planning alum!
FLORIDA APA CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Tuesday 08/31
9:30am – 5:00pm7h 30m
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URP Alum Joins UF PDC as Senior PlannerRachel Mandell, Class of 2020, is a Senior Planner with UF’s Planning, Design, and Construction Department
Rachel Mandell, Class of 2020
August 5, 2021
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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 …
Master of Urban and Regional Planning students used their summer internships to gain advanced planning skills and experiences while making a difference to communities across the country and internationally.
Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng is quoted in a news article by The Guardian about the collapse of the condominium in Surfside, FL. He discusses the vulnerability of older construction to saltwater …
Dr. Kristin Larsen was elected Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP).
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.
Larissa Krinos, a 4+1 combined degree student in the BSSBE and MURP programs, was the 2021 recipient of the College of DCP’s Undergraduate Leadership and Service Award.
The faculty of the UF Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) are pleased to announce the recipients of the annual URP student awards for 2020-21.
Howard University announces the appointment of URP alumnus Timothy L. Millner as executive director of Physical Facilities Management.
Dr. Ruth Steiner views COVID-related challenges as an opportunity to reimagine the use of public spaces.
At the Shimberg Center, URP doctoral and master’s students manage statewide housing data and conduct studies about the housing-transportation relationship, the pandemic’s impacts on housing vulnerability, and housing flood risk.
URP’s Dr. Christopher Silver and scholars from the United Kingdom make the case for planning programs to teach about green infrastructure (GI) to advance sustainability goals. They found UF’s School …
Assistant Professor Tepe models urban development using economic, statistical, and software tools.
Internationally recognized city planner and author, Victor Dover, FAICP, will give the keynote address on livable communities and sustainable development at the DCP Research Symposium on November 9 at 2:45pm.
A team led by URP doctoral candidate Wei Zhai and Professor Zhong-Ren Peng received a prestigious Microsoft grant to understand human mobility during extreme weather events.
Afsheen Sadaf is the recipient of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s 2020 Marsha Ritzdorf Award for Best Student Work on Diversity, Social Justice and the Role of Women …
Florida State Senator Rodríguez shared his journey to pass a “transformative” sea level rise planning law at URP’s annual Earnest R. Bartley Memorial Lecture.
Assistant Professor Wang develops data-informed planning for smart resilient cities.
Dr. Yan Wang received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study misinformation and risk communication during the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Emre Tepe is studying the spatial and temporal relationships between Covid-19 cases and urban characteristics.
The faculty of the UF Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) are pleased to announce the recipients of the annual URP student awards for 2019-20.
Dr. Kathryn Frank examined rural planning during the United States Progressive Era to see how planners simultaneously built communities and increased economic efficiency.
UF’s Master of Urban and Regional Planning became the first program in the US to be accredited with a fully online option.
Intermediate Planning Information Systems (URP6275) was one of three courses to be recognized campus-wide with an award for excellence in online delivery.
Doctoral students Wei Zhai and Xueyin Bai, and Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng, developed a bottom-up approach to measuring transportation efficiency with a case study of New York City taxis.
Planning consultant and author Bill Kercher, AICP, explained what gives small towns character at URP’s annual Earnest R. Bartley Memorial Lecture.
URP students and faculty were recognized at the annual conference of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association.
The Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association recognized the project Neighborhoods As Community Assets.