Research & Outreach News
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Reminder: NCI offers special for online NCI Charrette System certificate training
Published on November 12, 2019
We are offering a year-end discount for our online-based NCI Charrette System certificate training from now through Dec. 31.
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Register today: NCI, FBCI co-host November webinar on using charrettes to develop form-based codes
Published on November 11, 2019
The MSU National Charrette Institute and the Form-Based Codes Institute are co-hosting a joint webinar in November that will explore how NCI Charrettes can be used to develop a community vision and form-based code.
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NCI, FBCI partner to deliver webinar on using charrettes to develop form-based codes
Published on October 15, 2019
The MSU National Charrette Institute and the Form-Based Codes Institute are partnering to deliver a joint webinar in November that will explore how NCI Charrettes can be used to develop a community vision and form-based code.
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NCI offers special for online NCI Charrette System certificate training
Published on October 8, 2019
If you are looking for a way to stay current during this time period, then NCI has an answer. We are offering a year-end special for our online-based NCI Charrette System certificate training.
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City of Fort St. John uses charrette process to confirm direction for 100 Street corridor design
Published on September 24, 2019
The City of Fort St. John in British Columbia, Canada, like many communities, has struggled with downtown revitalization. In 2015, the City Council adopted the Fort St. John Downtown Action Plan, an ambitious plan to revitalize it’s downtown.
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NCI Charrette System annual certificate training in Miami, FL, Oct. 4-6
Published on September 10, 2019
We are excited to announce the next round of training in Miami, FL, this October!
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Using the NCI charrette process to build trust
Published on August 15, 2019
NCI was awarded an opportunity to work with the National Recreation and Parks Association to develop curriculum for parks and recreation professionals that ties in elements of diversity, equity and inclusion, in part through building trust.
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MSU Interior Design’s Kristy Kellom wins Best Student Design Poster Award at EDRA50
Published on June 26, 2019
Kristy Kellom, graduate student in environmental design won the first place for the Environmental Design and Research Association (EDRA) Student Design Poster Award at the EDRA50 conference in Brooklyn, NY, May 22-25, 2019.
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SPDC students received first-place at MSU’s 21st University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
Published on June 24, 2019
Three students from SPDC received first-place awards in April at MSU’s 21st University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum.
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MSU received $247K U.S. Forest Service grant to develop tool for cross-laminated timber in commercial building construction
Published on June 20, 2019
The MSU Construction Management program was selected by the U.S. Forest Service to develop a construction time and cost estimating tool for use of CLT in commercial building construction.
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National Charrette Institute discussed collaboration strategies at CNU 27.Louisville Conference
Published on June 18, 2019
The Congress for New Urbanism hosted their annual conference, CNU 27.Louisville, June 12-15, 2019, in Kentucky.
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MSU Interior Design’s Kristy Kellom received Best Student Poster award from the Environmental Design Research Association
Published on May 2, 2019
In June 2018, Kristy Kellom, graduate student in environmental design, also assistant instructor of interior design in the School of Planning, Design and Construction, was awarded the 2018 Best Student Poster award.
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MSU Urban & Regional Planning’s Peilei Fan receives Cross-disciplinary Faculty Research Award from the College of Social Science
Published on May 2, 2019
Peilei Fan, associate professor of urban & regional planning, was selected to receive the Cross-disciplinary Faculty Research Award from the MSU College of Social Science. She was recognized for the award on Wednesday, April 24 in the MSU Union Ballroom.
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National Charrette Institute and MSU Extension provide training to Michigan communities on Opportunity Zones
Published on May 2, 2019
The National Charrette Institute’s Director Holly Madill and Michigan State University Extension educators developed and are hosting a training series on Opportunity Zones.
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National Charrette Institute and MSU Extension host Opportunity Zones training series in Michigan
Published on April 9, 2019
What are Opportunity Zones? How do they spur economic development? Is there an Opportunity Zone in my community? You have questions, we have answers.
