School of Planning, Design and Construction

URP News

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  SPDC welcomes Assistant Professor Noah Durst to the Urban & Regional Planning Program

  Published on December 14, 2017
  This fall, SPDC welcomed Assistant Professor Noah Durst to the Urban & Regional Planning Program.

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  Urban & Regional Planning alumnus Griffin Graham receives 2017 AICP Outstanding Student Award

  Published on September 28, 2017
  Recent Urban & Regional Planning (URP) alumnus Griffin Graham was awarded the 2017 American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Outstanding Student Award for his dedication to the field of planning as an undergraduate student.

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  Urban & Regional Planning alumnus Adam Jenks receives 2017 AICP Outstanding Student Award

  Published on September 28, 2017
  Recent Urban & Regional Planning alumnus Adam Jenks was awarded the 2017 American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Outstanding Student Award for his dedication to the field of planning as a graduate student.

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  SPDC hosted two Grandparents University Courses in June

  Published on August 15, 2017
  Grandparents University at Michigan State University is a three-day educational experience that takes place at the end of June, where grandparents and grandchildren (ages 8-12) can live the college life of wondering on the MSU campus.

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  MSU Professor Emeritus named Fulbright Scholar

  Published on June 6, 2017
  Rene Hinojosa, professor emeritus of urban & regional planning in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University, has been named a Fulbright Scholar.

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  URP students to present Practicum projects at Innovate Michigan! Summit 2016

  Published on August 31, 2016
  Students from the Urban & Regional Planning Program (URP) in the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction will present their Practicum projects on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, at the Innovate Michigan! Summit 2016.

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  URP’s Kotval to be inducted into the College of Fellows of the AICP

  Published on March 10, 2016
  Zenia Kotval was selected to receive the one of the planning profession's highest honors: Induction into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

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  SPDC’s Kotval-Karamchandani receives MSU Outstanding Faculty Award

  Published on January 21, 2016
  In June, Zeenat Kotval-Karamchandani was honored with the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU).

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  MSU hosted MOOC on FIFA World Cup experience this Summer

  Published on December 10, 2014
  Michigan State University is well-known for creating a variety of opportunities for its students, faculty, and citizens globally, and has once again provided another great chance for education.

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  MSU alumnus Ryan Soucy on being a two-time Urban & Regional Planning Practicum professional

  Published on July 29, 2014
  Most graduates of the Urban & Regional Planning (URP) Program at Michigan State University take Planning Practicum once as a student, but few have the unique opportunity to experience the course twice.

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  MSU Urban & Regional Planning students presented 2014 practicum projects to local clients

  Published on May 20, 2014
  On Friday, April 25, 2014, six teams of Urban & Regional Planning undergraduate and graduate students gathered in MSU's Brody Hall Auditorium in East Lansing to present their final Practicum projects.

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  URP Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Zeenat Kotval-Karamchandani

  Published on March 10, 2014
  Dr. Zeenat Kotval-Karamchandani joined the Urban & Regional Planning (URP) Program at the School of Planning, Design and Construction as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2013.

• 2014 Urban & Regional Planning Practicum Projects Launched

  Published on March 10, 2014
  Another spring semester means another round of practicum projects in the Urban & Regional Planning Program at the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University (MSU).

• SPDC’s Wilson & Kassens-Noor co-teach MOOC about Mega Event Planning & the Sochi Winter Games

  Published on March 6, 2014
  From Jan. 27-March 1 two professors in the MSU School of Planning, Design & Construction’s Urban & Regional Planning Program and one professor from the MSU Libraries, co-taught a course that took participants inside the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

• MSU's Kotval & Wilson share urban & regional planning ideas for East Lansing’s park district

  Published on October 15, 2013
  On October 14, 2013, Mlive published two guest columns from Dr. Zenia Kotval and Dr. Mark Wilson, both Urban & Regional Planning Program faculty in the School of Planning Design and Construction at Michigan State University.

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  SPDC Faculty Q&A: Dr. Rex LaMore discusses abandoned property research

  Published on August 1, 2013
  A new report released by Michigan State University (MSU) researchers Dr. Rex LaMore and Michelle LeBlanc drew national attention on July 3, 2013.

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  SPDC’s Mark Wilson co-authors book on global information society

  Published on May 6, 2013
  The new publication, Global Information Society: Technology, Knowledge and Mobility, offers a comprehensive, global perspective on the information society from a broad social science perspective.