The College of Architecture and Planning saw a remarkable intersection of academic learning and real-world impact through City and Metropolitan’s Urban Ecology Planning Workshop. Led by Dr. C. Aujean Lee, assistant professor in City & Metropolitan Planning, the course provided students with invaluable hands-on experience, tackling challenges faced by local neighborhoods in collaboration with Salt […]
Read MoreAlexandra Ponette-González, Ph.D., curator of urban ecology at the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) and associate professor of city and metropolitan planning at the University of Utah (U of U), has been reappointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. This will […]
Read MoreJustice Tuffour, currently a second-year doctoral candidate in the Metropolitan Planning, Policy, and Design program, has been making remarkable strides in the field of urban planning. With over 12 years of experience, his passion for exploring the dynamic interplay between land use, transportation, and sustainable development has propelled him to the forefront of his field. […]
Read MoreDr. C. Aujean Lee (Assistant Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning) has recently published an article in Housing Policy Debate about what factors are associated with more community land trust (CLT) units, which are an affordable housing model for low-income households. The study highlights the importance of publicly-owned or operated CLTs. As part of the study […]
Read MoreGraduate students from the City & Metropolitan Planning Department presented their community-based engagement projects for the fall 2022 semester in partnership with 14 organizations in Utah. Students from the seminar ‘Community Engagement in Planning’ worked to engage local communities and connect with neighbors in the valley, creating an opportunity to reflect, collectively build knowledge and […]
Read MoreThe City and Metropolitan Planning Department earned the High Achievement Award from the American Planning Association Utah chapter for their work on the Thriving in Place SLC project. The initiative, a collaborative effort in Salt Lake City and Baird + Driskell Community Planning, developed a plan of action to address the factors that are forcing neighbors to […]
Read MoreValarie was a student at the Westside Leadership Institute in the Spring of 2020. She took the ‘Zoning for Equity’ course in the City and Metropolitan Planning department as the only non-U student (but a resident of the west side), and after that experience, she fell in love with the field and applied for the […]
Read MoreFinanced by the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF), members of the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) and the U of U Beekeepers Association revamped the U’s water and pollinator conservation garden at the College of Architecture + Planning. Volunteers from the ASUU Enviro Club updated the official Pollinator-Conservation Garden on campus in collaboration […]
Read MoreEvery year the glow from our porches, buildings and streetlights gets brighter while our view of the moon, stars and Milky Way get dimmer. As light pollution reduces the darkness of the night sky, it disrupts animal movements, human biological clocks and other essential processes. It makes our lives and the planet less healthy. Dark […]
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