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Dr. Mah Affordability Research
Dr. Mah presents housing affordability research at DCP Research Seminar Kensington, Toronto, Canada. Photo by Dan D. via unsplash.com. Kensington is a neighborhood facing gentrification in Toronto. February 18, 2022…
Joe Dever – Neville A. Parker Award
Joe Dever was awarded the 2022 Neville A Parker Award for his MURP online master’s research project.
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning Remembers Dr. Schneider
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning remembers Dr. Richard Schneider Architecture Building, University of Florida. January 28, 2022 The Urban and Regional Planning Department remembers the life of Dr….
URP’s Emilee Aguerrebere receives 2021 APA Florida Minority Scholarship
Emilee Aguerrebere is an APA Florida minority scholarship recipient for 2021!
Scholarship and Assistantship Opportunities
There are new assistantship and scholarship opportunities beginning with the fall 2022 application cycle.
URP releases first newsletter recapping Fall 2021
The Urban and Regional Planning Department has released its first ever newsletter to recap a busy Fall 2021 semester.
Message from the Chair: Fall 2021
As Fall 2021 closes, Dr. Kathryn Frank summarizes the URP Department news.
FL APA Affordable Housing Newsletter
Erin Fowler and Ian Siljestrom have stories featured in the Florida APA Affordable Housing Newsletter.
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.
Urban Analytics Certificate
The UF Department of Urban & Regional Planning is excited to announce and offer a new on-campus Graduate Certificate in Urban Analytics for current and prospective students.
ACSP UF Speakers
Check out the variety of ACSP conference sessions this year featuring UF’s Urban Planning Department
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
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…
Shape The PLANet: Jen Krouchick
“The future is open and as planners, we have the power to bring people together.”
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.”
Remembering Earl Starnes
Earl Starnes was faculty at the University of Florida from 1976 – 1993. Starnes was a founding father of UF’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning, serving as chair from…
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…
Florida APA Conference – UF Sessions
Take a look at the FL APA Conference 2021 schedule, featuring 10+ UF URP alumni session hosts.
URP alum joins UF PDC as senior planner
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,…
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…
URP Student Internships Summer 2021
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.
Peng quoted about Miami condo collapse
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…
Larsen Elected ACSP Secretary
Dr. Kristin Larsen was elected Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP).
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.
Combined Degree Student Receives College Leadership and Service Award
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.
URP Student Awards 2021
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 Appoints URP Alumnus to Direct Physical Facilities
Howard University announces the appointment of URP alumnus Timothy L. Millner as executive director of Physical Facilities Management.
Reclaiming Urban Spaces in the COVID-Era and Beyond
Dr. Ruth Steiner views COVID-related challenges as an opportunity to reimagine the use of public spaces.
Shimberg Center for Housing Studies Employs URP Students
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.
Green Infrastructure in Planning Curricula
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…
Meet Dr. Emre Tepe
Assistant Professor Tepe models urban development using economic, statistical, and software tools.
Next Generation, Car-Optional Communities
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.
Microsoft AI for Earth Grant
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.
ACSP Diversity Award Given to URP Doctoral Student
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…
Sen. José Javier Rodríguez Speaks at Bartley Lecture
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.
Meet Dr. Yan Wang
Assistant Professor Wang develops data-informed planning for smart resilient cities.
NSF Funds Covid-19 Misinformation Study
Dr. Yan Wang received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study misinformation and risk communication during the coronavirus pandemic.
Investigating Covid-19 Patterns in Cities
Dr. Emre Tepe is studying the spatial and temporal relationships between Covid-19 cases and urban characteristics.
URP Student Awards 2020
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.
Rural Planning in the Early 1900s
Dr. Kathryn Frank examined rural planning during the United States Progressive Era to see how planners simultaneously built communities and increased economic efficiency.
UF Has First Accredited Online Planning Degree
UF’s Master of Urban and Regional Planning became the first program in the US to be accredited with a fully online option.
Exemplary Online Awards 2019
Intermediate Planning Information Systems (URP6275) was one of three courses to be recognized campus-wide with an award for excellence in online delivery.
Measuring Citywide Transportation Efficiency
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.
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.
APA Florida Conference 2019
URP students and faculty were recognized at the annual conference of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association.
Award of Excellence in Neighborhood Planning
The Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association recognized the project Neighborhoods As Community Assets.
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.
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.
Economic Impacts of Freight Transportation
Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng received a Florida Department of Transportation grant to study the lifecycle costs and benefits of freight transportation projects.
Food Water Energy Nexus NSF Grant
Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng received a research grant from the National Science Foundation and joined an international consortium to study the urban food-water-energy nexus from a regional planning perspective.