The College of Fine and Applied Arts has created a new brochure for DURP. Read more.

The academic programs within the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, including BAUSP, MUP and MSSUM, have been recently classified as an approved field of study within the U.S. government's official STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields list. UIUC urban planning students on F1 visa who finish the program may participate in 12 months of OPT, and may apply for an additional 24 month extension to their OPT period. More information about the STEM OPT extension can be found through the Office of International Student & Scholar Services.

Jesse Thomas, a second year MUP student, has been awarded the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship. The program awards fellowships to students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines. It advances the transportation workforce by helping to attract the nation's brightest minds to the field of transportation, encouraging future transportation professionals to seek advnaced degrees, and helping to retain top talent in the U.S. transportation industry. Read more about Fellowship.

Chiara Cocco, a PhD candidate in Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Cagliari (UniCA), Italy, and a temporary visiting scholar at San Diego State University, will speak on Thursday, January 24 a 12:30 pm in room 225, Temple Buell Hall. The title of her presentation is "Geodesign: a novel approach to collaborative spatial planning."