DURP student members of the L.E.A.P. team won APA's inaugural Smart Cities Student Design Competition at the National Planning Conference in New York in May. Congratulations to the team of 5 graduate planning students: Dijia Chen, Gavin Wang, Junghwan Kim, Richa Singh and Amanda Wolfe! Read more.

Congratulations to Celia Burke (TA for UP204), Bev Wilson (UP2014), Mary Edwards (UP407), Stacy Harwood (UP335 and 494), and Steve Sherman (UP116) who ranked as excellent. Adjunct Lecturer Rob Kowalski ranked outstanding, the top ranking. Bravo, Rob! Read more.

Robert B. Teska was recently honored with the Daniel H. Burnham Distinguished Service Award from Lambda Alpha International. We congratulate Bob on this much deserved honor. Read more.

As you return to campus, be aware that much of Green Street in Campustown and by the Illini Union is under construction as part of the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project (MCORE) project. We recommend that you sign up for construction updates at http://www.mcoreproject.com/.

We are pleased to announce that Lindsay Maurer Braun will join our department in the Spring 2018 semester, to teach transportation planning, including our popular UP 430/Urban Transportation Planning. Read more.