It is our pleasure to announce that Dr. Rolf Pendall will be the next head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, effective August 16, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. He is currently an Institute Fellow with the Urban Institute's Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center in Washington, DC. Read more.

Prof. Lindsay Braun will offer UP 494-LB, Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning this fall. In this course, students will learn about the benefits and challenges of planning for walking and cycling as well as the role of plans, policies, and infrastructure in supporting active travel. Read more.

Clara Pokorny and Juan Martin Luna Nunez, both BAUSP students, have been selected as Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) -Andrew W. Mellon Environmental Humuanities interns. Clara and Juan will pursue their own Environmental Humanities-related research projects and participate in all activities of the Mellon Environmental Humanities Research Group. Read more. 

Interested in learning how cities can go green? Take UP 136 Urban Sustainability online this summer with Dr. Dustin Allred, lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. The 8-week course starts June 11th. Informational video.