School of Planning, Design and Construction

News

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  First timber building of its kind in Michigan constructed at MSU

  Published on April 1, 2019
  The new STEM building on MSU's campus will be built with cross laminated timber technology supporting sustainable building practices that could lay the groundwork for future markets in Michigan.

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  MSU Urban & Regional Planning Associate Professor Peilei Fan was selected for sixth cohort of Public Intellectuals Program

  Published on March 28, 2019
  Peilei Fan, an associate professor in the Urban & Regional Planning program at the SPDC, was selected by the National Committee on United States-China Relations as a member of the sixth cohort of its Public Intellectuals Program.

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  MSU Construction Management professor delivers keynote address at 12th annual Symposium on Sustainable Development in New Delhi, India

  Published on March 28, 2019
  Matt Syal, PhD, professor of construction management in MSU’s SPDC, attended the 12th annual Symposium on Sustainable Development in New Delhi, India. He served as the symposium chair and delivered the keynote address.

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  MSU Places Fifth in National Collegiate Landscape Competition

  Published on March 26, 2019
  An MSU student team placed fifth at the National Association of Landscape Professional's National Collegiate Landscape Competition in Colorado in March 2019.

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  MSU interior design senior Lauren Stoklas on her Clinton Scholarship experience in Dubai

  Published on March 21, 2019
  Lauren Stoklas, a senior in the Interior Design program in the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, was one of the awardees of the prestigious 2018 William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship.

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  MSU interior design senior Michael Bry discusses Clinton Scholarship experience in Dubai

  Published on March 21, 2019
  Michael Bry, a senior in the Interior Design Program in the School of Planning, Design and Construction, was an awardee of the prestigious 2018 William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship to study abroad at the American University of Dubai last fall.

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  NCI expands use of charrettes in applied research to fight crime

  Published on March 19, 2019
  On Feb. 21-23, 2019, the National Charrette Institute partnered with the City of Lansing, the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction and MSU Extension on a mini-charrette to fight crime.

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  MSU students place first at the 2019 National Association of Home Builders Competition

  Published on March 13, 2019
  On Feb. 20, 2019, the MSU Construction Management Residential Construction Competition team took first place out of a competitive field of 37 four-year university teams from across the U.S. at the NAHB Student Competition in Las Vegas.

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  Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors’ Mark Bell engaged audience at the April 2018 SPDC Industry Seminar Series

  Published on March 12, 2019
  The MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction held its 12th Industry Seminar Series event on April 20, 2018, in East Lansing.

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  MSU Construction Management program dominates at National Association of Home Builders Show award’s ceremony

  Published on February 28, 2019
  Construction management students, faculty and alumni from MSU’s School of Planning, Design and Construction received several awards at the National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show on Feb. 20 in Las Vegas.

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  Agriculture and Natural Resources Week begins March 1

  Published on February 21, 2019
  Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Week will kick off March 1 at Michigan State University. ANR Week has served as a platform for enterprising new developments in agriculture and natural resources in Michigan since 1914.

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  Urban & Regional Planning junior Najma Muhammad receives Network for Global Civic Engagement Fellowship

  Published on February 20, 2019
  Najma Muhammad, a junior majoring in urban and regional planning at the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, received the Network for Global Civic Engagement Fellowship.

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  Want to conduct a charrette but not sure where to start? Try NCI’s RFP Co-Writing Workshop

  Published on February 19, 2019
  Scheduling and conducting a charrette for the first time can feel overwhelming if you’re not sure where to start. It can also be daunting to write a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals for a charrette process.

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  Landscape Architecture’s Jun-Hyun Kim was selected as a 2019 Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Research Fellow

  Published on February 12, 2019
  Jun-Hyun Kim, PhD, program director and associate professor in MSU’s SPDC’s Landscape Architecture program, was selected as a 2019 Landscape Architecture Foundation Research Fellow of the Case Study Investigation program with funding support.

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  National Charrette Institute is published by prestigious American Planning Association PAS Memo

  Published on February 12, 2019
  The American Planning Association invited the National Charrette Institute at MSU to write about our charrette process for the Planning Advisory Service’s PAS Memo.