School of Planning, Design and Construction

News

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  National Charrette Institute taught engagement strategies at Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines Workshop at Michigan State University

  Published on October 9, 2018
  NCI was asked to create and facilitate a series of interactions during a workshop designed to produce an agenda for research on the social, economic and policy implications of autonomous vehicles and to propose infrastructure to support that research.

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  MSU Urban & Regional Planning Practicum student team win the Planning Excellence Award from the Michigan Association of Planning

  Published on October 4, 2018
  An Urban & Regional Planning Practicum team of students received the Michigan Association of Planning “Planning Excellence Award” for their project Imagine Vine 2025: A neighborhood plan for Vine, Kalamazoo.

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  SPDC Students traveled to San Francisco in August on the 2018 Peter and Linda Riguardi Travel Fellowship

  Published on October 2, 2018
  In August, 12 MSU School of Planning, Design, and Construction students had the opportunity to travel to San Francisco, CA, on the 2018 Peter and Linda Riguardi Experiential Learning Travel Fellowship Program.

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  URP’s Rex LaMore receives Simmons Chivukula Award for Academic Leadership

  Published on September 28, 2018
  Rex LaMore, director of the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development, and Urban & Regional Planning Program faculty member, was recently honored with the inaugural Simmons Chivukula Award for Academic Leadership.

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  MSU interior design students earn Clinton Scholarship

  Published on September 21, 2018
  MSU interior design seniors, Lauren Stoklas and Michael Bry, have been awarded the William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship to study abroad this fall at the American University in Dubai.

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  MSU Interior Design Program introduces Virtual Reality simulations into curriculum

  Published on September 21, 2018
  MSU interior design students presented to members of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on May 1, 2018, proposing plans to revitalize historic buildings on Belle Isle in Detroit.

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  Landscape Architecture Program celebrates 120th anniversary

  Published on September 12, 2018
  The Landscape Architecture Program, the nation’s oldest undergraduate academic program, is marking its 120th anniversary with a celebration and banquet to reflect on the legacy and future of the program.

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  SPDC’s Dr. Kotval-K receives $106K grant from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to innovatively address factors influencing the health of older adults in Michigan

  Published on June 5, 2018
  SPDC along with the MSU College of Nursing receives funding from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study the 500 Cities dataset and design innovative solutions to address social factors that influence health.

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  MSU Interior Design Program Bachelor of Arts degree awarded accreditation by CIDA for six more years

  Published on April 12, 2018
  The SPDC is pleased to announce that as of April 2018, the Council for Interior Design Accreditation has awarded accreditation for a term of six years to the MSU Interior Design Program’s Bachelor of Arts degree.

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  Landscape Architecture student Stephanie Onwenu wins City of Detroit’s Give a Park, Get a Park Design Competition

  Published on April 12, 2018
  Stephanie Onwenu, Landscape Architecture dual degree student, from the School of Planning, Design and Construction recently won the City of Detroit’s Give a Park, Get a Park Design Competition.

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  Workshop on Autonomous Vehicles in Society comes to MSU May 18-19

  Published on April 11, 2018
  It is co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Business and Social Analytics, in cooperation with the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, and the School of Planning, Design and Construction.

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  SPDC’s Dong Zhao selected to be a 2018 MSU Academy for Global Engagement Fellow

  Published on April 10, 2018
  Assistant Prof. Dong Zhao, PhD, in the Construction Management Program at SPDC, was named one of 12 fellows for the 2018 MSU Academy for Global Engagement program.

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  MSU receives $201K grant from Michigan Department of Transportation to conduct research on speed feedback signs

  Published on April 10, 2018
  The MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with SPDC have received funding from the Michigan Department of Transportation to conduct research on the operational cost and benefit of speed feedback signs.

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  NCI’s Holly Madill and MSUE’s Harmony Gmazel co-present session at Michigan Community Development Association Spring Technical Assistance Conference

  Published on April 10, 2018
  The Michigan Community Development Association hosted their Spring Technical Assistance Conference on March 14, 2018, in East Lansing, MI.

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  MSU receives $231K grant from Federal Highway Administration to conduct research on work zone safety

  Published on March 30, 2018
  The MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with SPDC received funding from the FHWA to contribute to the development of highway work zone safety guidelines materials.