Urban Studies and Planning

• Planning Student's Report on Pedestrian Safety Gets National Media Attention

  URSP student Lilly Shoup completed a report, "Dangerous by Design," that ranks metropolitan areas based on the relative danger of walking. The report has been discussed in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, USA Today and National Public Radio.

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Wednesday, December 2, 6:15pm
  Adèle Naudè Santos, FAIA
  MIT School of Architecture and Planning | Professor and Dean

• Join Team Maryland To Compete And Win The 2010 Uli-Hines Prize

  Want to be on a winning team and take home $50,000 your trouble? Faculty in all the disciplines are committed to working with one or more teams to earn Maryland the $50,000 top prize in the 2010 National ULI-Hines Competition-- the largest Design and Development Competition in the country.

• URSP Alumni Produce and Star in New Planning Video

  Three recent graduates now employed as consultants to Montgomery Planning collaborated on a web video about zoning changes in the Maryland county.

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Wednesday, November 11, 6:30pm
  Mark Joseph, Ph.D.
  Case Western Reserve University
  Mixed-Income Development: Building Housing or Building Community?
  Promoting Impact and Sustainability
  Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture

• Interdisciplinary Hillman Design and Development Case Competition

  The Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development and Developer, David Hillman, are co-sponsoring an interdisciplinary design and development competition and the winning team will walk away with $15,000.
  

• Smart Growth in Maryland

  Tuesday, September 22, 2009
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  4:30pm-6:30pm

• New Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) Announced

  Using LEAFHouse as a pilot project, the new Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) was formed.  CUSP joins the National Center for Smart Growth as a sister center, in order to explore research, design, education and outreach activities related to sustainable practices at the scale of the building, the community, and the city. 

• Planning Alumnus, Cathy Brown, Publishes Article in Urban Land Magazine

  Planning Alumnus, Cathy Brown, MCP '06, has published a feature article in the May issues of Urban Land, entitled Lithuania's Capital City Goes Modern.

• Planning Student, Lily Shoup, Wins APA Best Student Paper Award

  Lily Shoup, a first year Masters of Community Planning student, recently won an award from the American Planning Association's Transportation Planning Division for the best student paper of 2009.

• Two MCP Students Win APA's National Video Competition

  Master of Community Planning students Michael Lancaster and Catherine Walsh are the winners of the American Planning Association's "The Next 100 Years" student video competition.

• Collaborative Faculty/Student Urban Design Work Exhibited in Brooklyn

  The work of the Maryland Urban Research Studio will be exhibited in Brooklyn, NY, April 11–May 9, 2009. The exhibition will feature Ground Work/s, a project created by the studio in 2008.

• Interdisciplinary Team Reaches Finals in National Real Estate Development Competition

  For the second year in a row, a team of students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation has been selected to advance to the finals of the annual Real Estate Investment and Development Organization (REIDO) Case Competition.

• Dennis Jankiewicz Receives 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award

  Dennis Jankiewicz, B.Arch '73, has been awarded the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award.

• Interdisciplinary Student Team Top 10 in National Urban Design Competition

  A team of five graduate students from the Planning, Architecture and Real Estate Development programs shares the winner's circle with MIT, Harvard and Columbia at the HINES Urban Design Competition.

• Adaptive Reuse Architecture Studio Participates in Rockville Community Charrette

  The studio spent a weekend in Rockville brainstorming strategies for saving, restoring and reinventing the "Pink Bank," a 1960s-era modernist building currently slated for destruction.

• Washington on the Move: The Architecture of Transportation

  The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation will host the Eighth Biennial Symposium on the Historic Development of Metropolitan Washington, DC on Saturday, March 7, 2009.

• Robert C. Embry to Deliver Annual Carl M. Ruskin Lecture

  The Challenge of Urban Public Education: Robert C. Embry
  March 25, 2009, 8 pm
  Sponsored by the Urban Studies and Planning Program
  

• PhD Student Wins Transportation Scholarship

  Carolina Burnier is the winner of an annual graduate scholarship from the Women's Transportation Seminar.

• PhD Program Contributes to New Book on Smart Growth in China

  Two faculty members and a student in the PhD program in Urban and Regional Planning and Design are key contributors to a new book on smart growth in China

• Students and Alums Publish New Research in Leading Journals

  Several recent graduates and a student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design program contribute articles to several leading planning and development journals.

• Spring 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Friday, May 8, 7:00pm
  Greg Pasquarelli: SHoP Architects
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  

• Spring Commencement 2009

  Thursday, May, 21, 7:00pm - Comcast Center (University)
  Friday, May 22, 9:30am - Samuel Riggs Alumni Center (School)

• Maryland Students and Faculty Attend 2008 Maryland-Delaware APA Regional Conference

  This year's conference focused on green urban design and planning for the Mid-Atlantic region.

• Interdisciplinary Career Fair

  Friday, March 6, 2009, 1:00pm
  Architecture Building, Great Space
  

• Planning Alumna Receives 2008 Meyer Foundation Exponent Award

  Anne Corbett, M.C.P. '97, has received the 2008 Meyer Foundation Exponent Award for visionary nonprofit leadership in the Washington, DC area, which includes a $100,000 award for her organization, the Cultural Development Corporation.

• Planning Grad Featured in Real Estate Review

  Elana Messner, a 2007 graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Program, has been published in the spring 2008 edition of Real Estate Review.

• Planning Alumna, Cathy Brown, Receives Fulbright Scholarship

  Cathy Brown, a 2006 alumna of the Urban Studies and Planning program, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in Lithuania.

• New Book by John Frece Details Political History of Maryland's Smart Growth

  A new book by John W. Frece, Associate Director of the National Center for Smart Growth, details the politics and back-room maneuvering that in 1997 led to the creation of Maryland's well known Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation initiative.

• Real Estate Development Team Wins $15,000 First Prize

  A team of Masters of Real Estate Development (MRED) students win first place and $15,000 at the Second Annual REIDO Real Estate Development Case Competition.

• New Student Exhibit Showcases Study Abroad Experiences

  Invitation to a new exhibition "Out of Bounds" featuring a collection of sketches and photographs, which highlight the variety of venues visited in 2007 by the students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

• Urban Studies & Planning and University of Baltimore Co-host Lecture on Racial Politics in Baltimore

  The 2008 Carl N. Ruskin Memorial Lecture, "Roots: A Genealogy of Racial Politics in Baltimore", will be given by Dr. Matthew Crenson, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at The Johns Hopkins University, at 8pm on March 26, 2008 at the University of Baltimore, Thumel Business Center Auditorium.

• Student Project Named Top Ten Urban Planning Website of 2008

  Rethink College Park, an interactive community website launched by two University of Maryland students in 2006, has been named one of the web's top ten planning, development, and design websites in 2008.

• URSP Alumnus Sarah Franklin wins APA 2007 New Planner of the Year award

  Sarah, who earned her Master of Community Planning degree in 2006, received the 2007 award on the basis of her high quality work at Jakubiak & Associaties, a town planning and economic consulting firm based in Annapolis, MD.

   

• Mark your calendar! URSP Alumni Career Panel - February 22, 2008

  Annual URSP Alumni Career Panel sponsored by Student Planning Association (SPA) - Friday, February 22, 2008 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

• URSP ranked as a top 10 planning program in new national study

  The Urban Studies and Planning Program (URSP) ranks #10 among all U.S. urban and regional planning programs, according to a new study from Academic Analytics.
  

• Tiffany Williams, 2nd year URSP student, wins 2007 APA Outstanding Student Leadership Award

  Tiffany won the award on the basis of her Student Planning Association work and her pivotal role in a highly successful partnership between the University of Maryland and Norwood High School in Montgomery County.

• New Book Shows How Changes in Land Development Can Help Mitigate Climate Change

  A new book co-authored by URSP faculty member Reid Ewing concludes that urban development is both a key contributor to climate change and an essential factor in combating it.
  
  

• URSP Student Wins Distinguished Leadership Award

  Tiffany Williams, a 2nd year masters student in the Urban Studies and Planning Program, has been named as the 2007 winner of the "Sherwin Greene Distinguished Leadership Award for a Student Planner" by the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association.

• URSP Recently Visited by Richard Sennett for Lecture and Seminar

  World-renowned social science scholar Richard Sennett recently gave a lecture entitled "The Architecture of Justice" on Monday, Nov. 19 in the auditorium of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Sennett also led a seminar further exploring the subject on Tuesday, Nov. 20 in the School's conference room.

• US-India Conference a Success

  This event, held on Nov. 16-17, was sponsored by the University of Maryland Office of International Programs and hosted by the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation

• Fall Lecture Series: Planning for Opportunity, Equity and Change

  Monday, October 27, 2008, 8:00pm
  Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• New Exhibit Features Innovative Structures of Waclaw Zalewski

  The new exhibit at the Kibel Gallery examines the work of Waclaw Zalewski, one of the most innovative and influential structural designers practicing today. The show includes an ingenious folding pavilion for a world's fair in Seville, a roof of steel that floats on a halo of light in a Korean arena, and a soaring supermarket roof in Poland.

• Fall 2007 Lecture Series

  The School will host eight lectures and a gallery talk this fall. Materiality, structure, and tectonics create the framework for the architectural lectures this fall, reinforced by technologically-rich exhibitions and events in the Kibel Gallery. All events are free and open to the public.

• Alumni in the News

  Colleen Mitchell, MCP 2004, was awarded the 2006 Planner of the Year "New Planner" from the Maryland APA Chapter

• April 2007: Ph.D. student, Rodney Harrell

• Dr. Gerrit-jan Knaap Receives 2006 Outstanding Planner Award

  Dr. Gerrit-Jan Knaap, executive director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, has been awarded the “2006 Outstanding Planner Award” by the Maryland chapter of the American Planning Association.

• April 25th at 7pm: Diversity and Planning - Challenges and Prospects.

  Panelist Anne Baum, Joseph Chang, Deborah Crain and Dr. Iraya Ruiz and moderator, Dr. Angel David Nieves talk about the challenges and prospects of planning in today's diverse society.

• Rodney Harrell co-authors article

  April 2007: Ph.D. student, Rodney Harrell, co-authored the article "From Renting to Homeownership: Using Tax Incentives to Encourage Homeownership among Renters" in the Harvard Journal on Legislation.

• Willow Lung Amam & Professor Shenglin Chang Present Article at Asian-American Studies Association Conference

  April 2007: Master's student, Willow Lung Amam, along with UMD Landscape Architecture faculy member, Shenglin Chang, co-authored the article "At Home, Away from Home: Suburban Landscape Encounters and Taiwanese Immigrant Identity Transformation"

• Amy Hofstra and Professor Reid Ewing Co-Author Article in Planning Magazine

  February 2007: Master's student, Amy Hofstra, along with faculy member, Reid Ewing co-authored the article "Traffic Calming Initiatives - Approaching the Tipping Point" in this month's Planning Magazine.

• URSP Students Rodney Harrell and Willow Lung Amam Place at PROMISE Research Symposium

  January 2007: Two URSP students, Ph.D. student Rodney Harrell and MCP student, Willow Lung Amam, placed at this year's PROMISE Research Symposium held at College Park on January 22nd for their oral presentations in the area of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arts, Education, and Humanities.

• Up-to-date List of Specialization Classes Announced!

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• New Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning

  For more information, visit http://professionalstudies.umd.edu/transportation/
  

• Alumni in the News: Colleen Mitchell & Adrianne Aul

  Colleen Mitchell, MCP 2004, was awarded the 2006 Planner of the Year "New Planner" from the Maryland APA Chapter

• Rethink College Park

  Check out this blog site about College Park development news and events!