Congratulations to Angela Urban, who is a Planner for the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboraty in Champaign, and serves as President of the Orpheum Children's Museum. Read more.

David L. Reifman will present "Policies and Principles for Equitable Urban Development" at a Wetmore Lecture on Thursday, September 22, at 5:30 in Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall. Read more.

For her work on "Washington Historic Commercial Square: Preliminary Application for National Regiser Listing," Marcia Klopf has been recognized as the Student Project Award Winner by the Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association. Read more on APA's webpage or read the full text of Marcia's project>>

Leonard Franklin Heumann, Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, July 31, 1941 - September 13, 2016. By example, he taught us the meaning of social glue. He was our professor, our colleague, a mentor to faculty and students, our friend. Len had a profound impact not only for his outstanding teaching and research in housing and social gerontology, but also for his unsurpassed community involvement here in Champaign-Urbana. Read more>>

The Lincoln Institute just published the “Policy Focus Report” version of the new book, “After Great Disasters: How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery,” by Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky. The full version is undergoing copy editing, and should be done in a few months. Read More>>