School of Planning, Design and Construction

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  Noah Durst, assistant professor in the Urban and Regional Planning program, receives NSF grant to map informal and alternative housing in the U.S.

  Published on July 16, 2021
  SPDC faculty proposal “Mapping Informal and Alternative Housing in the United States: A Big Data Approach for Examining Spatial Inequality” was selected to receive a NSF grant of $359,208

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  Interior design senior student capstone showcase in immersive virtual reality platform

  Published on July 15, 2021
  SPDC’s Linda Nubani designed and hosted the first-ever virtual reality platform for her interior design senior student capstone presentations, a pandemic-inspired innovation that reached an international audience.

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  MSU receives funds from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme to conduct eMOTIONAL Cities research

  Published on July 14, 2021
  SPDC faculty leads effort on a project to improve health and well-being through the design of urban spaces, with a team of four MSU faculty representing the U.S. component of an international consortium

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  Jun-Hyun Kim, associate professor and LA program director receives multiple awards

  Published on July 8, 2021
  Jun-Hyun Kim, associate professor and program director of the LA Program and the MED Program in SPDC was recently awarded three honors from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architects (CELA)

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  MSU’s Michigan Water School receives $100K grant from Erb Family Foundation to partner with the National Charrette Institute

  Published on June 24, 2021
  Water School helps local and state officials and others increase their knowledge about water management and gain access to tools and resources to help impact their local economy.

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  Wonmin Sohn, Assistant professor at MSU Landscape Architecture, receives $326K HUD grant for “Development of Comprehensive Climate Vulnerability Resilience Capacity Indexes for Enhancing Urban Recovery in Midwestern Communities”

  Published on June 23, 2021
  The project output will contribute to an effective allocation of limited recovery funding, ensuring that the most damaged communities and those lagging in recovery will receive what is needed.

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  CANR Alumni Association announces 2021 scholarship recipients

  Published on June 23, 2021
  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association awards scholarships to students who are well-rounded in their academic and non-academic pursuits and have a vision for their future career.

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  Landscape Architecture senior receives $2K grant from the CANR Undergraduate Research Program to support research on Designing Decline

  Published on June 21, 2021
  Brooke Shevela, a senior majoring in Landscape Architecture at the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, received a $2,000 grant from the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Program fund.

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  MSU receives $748K NASA grant to study globalization, urbanization and land use changes in Southeast Asia

  Published on June 16, 2021
  MSU Urban & Regional Planning program was selected by NASA to examine globalization, urbanization, land and environment changes in Southeast Asia.

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  Landscape architecture student combines science with design

  Published on May 18, 2021
  Student Claire Schleusener is interested in creating ecologically stable spaces help support connections with the natural world.

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  MSU to offer CPTED certificate training – June 2-4, 2021

  Published on May 13, 2021
  The MSU Complete Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Certificate Training is a three-day course that focuses on understanding the relationship between the physical environment and criminal opportunities.

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  CANR provides rankings on department, unit initiatives around DEI

  Published on May 11, 2021
  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources recognizes diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by departments and units during the 2019-2020 academic year through a new badge ranking.

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  College of Agriculture and Natural Resources extends special recognitions for diversity, equity and inclusion

  Published on May 5, 2021
  Faculty and staff receive honors for their outstanding efforts supporting the CANR community.

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  MSU grad shares how the Class of 2021 is poised to make an impact

  Published on May 3, 2021
  CANR Outstanding Student Leadership awardee, Ashley Prince, talks to undergrads about resilience, empowerment and growth to help change the world for the better.

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  MSU assistant professor hosts class inside an immersive 3D VR environment

  Published on April 23, 2021
  Linda Nubani, assistant professor of interior design, held a lecture inside an immersive VR environment with her IDES 892: Research Fundamentals in Environment Design students. Virtual Reality was one of the research tactics taught in her course.