School of Planning, Design and Construction

• 

  NCI expands partnerships during novel coronavirus pandemic

  Published on March 5, 2021
  NCI gives an overview of their recent partnerships.

• 

  MSU Assistant Professor Wonmin Sohn receives 2020-2021 CELA CLASS Fund Research Grant Award

  Published on March 5, 2021
  Wonmin Sohn received the CELA/CLASS Fund for her project called “Longitudinal Assessment of Development Composition and Spatial Patterns of Green Infrastructure for Effective Flood Control in Growing and Shrinking U.S. Metropolitan Areas.”

• 

  MSU Assistant Professor Dong Zhao receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award

  Published on February 19, 2021
  Dong Zhao receives $505K NSF CAREER Award to research way to make homes more energy efficient, intelligent, human-centered and sustainable.

• 

  How the pandemic has made SPDC stronger

  Published on December 11, 2020
  SPDC Director Ming-Han Li shares in his annual school update message, "This has been a year that no one could have anticipated or prepared for! The world has been facing unprecedented, tumultuous challenges from the novel coronavirus pandemic since March."

• 

  Moving forward in an uncertain era

  Published on October 9, 2020
  NCI’s director Holly Madill shares her thoughts on moving forward during the novel coronavirus and changes in the ways we engage online.

• 

  MSU to establish Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Site in sociomobility

  Published on July 8, 2020
  Michigan State University will provide opportunities for a diverse group of talented undergraduate students from across the United States to engage in a wide range of research studies related to “sociomobility” as part of a recently funded grant.

• 

  Using charrettes to solve wildlife management communication issues in Michigan

  Published on March 4, 2020
  MDRN partners with NCI and MSU Extension to use the charrette process to co-create an education and outreach plan.

• 

  A Year of New: Part 2

  Published on January 14, 2020
  A continuation NCI's 2019 year in review focusing on NCI's accomplishments in service and research.

• 

  MSU receives $1.2M NSF grant to study intelligent social network interventions

  Published on December 13, 2019
  A MSU trans-disciplinary team receives NSF grant to develop a research model of intelligent social network interventions.

• 

  A Year of New: Part 1

  Published on December 10, 2019
  Take a look back at the training activities in 2019 from the National Charrette Institute.

• 

  NCI to Launch New Training Curriculum in 2020

  Published on November 18, 2019
  The MSU National Charrette Institute is set to debut their new training curriculum in 2020, which will combine the Core and Advanced courses into one, plus add new content.

• 

  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.

• 

  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.

• 

  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.

• 

  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.