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.   

After Great Disasters is the latest book by Prof. Rob Oshansky, FAICP, and Laurie Johnson, AICP. The book focuses on the processes and outcomes of community recovery and reconstruction following major natural disasters in six countries: China, New Zealand, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States. It has recently been featured in citiscope and CITYLAB, as well as by the Illinois News Bureau. Read more.

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.

Prof. Rob Olshansky gave a presentation in Indonesia and visited with three DURP PhD alumni. He was joined on the trip with his wife (and Adjunct Lecturer) Libby Tyler, who is also a PhD alumna of our program. For more, please check our flickr site.

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.