Home Leadership • Policy • Action | It all starts here Realize your future at SPPA. Urban Planning information Public Affairs information Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Connecting the UI with Iowa communities. Learn more 2021-2022 engaged learning projects with IISC Read the Story 2021-2022 engaged learning projects with IISC Exemplary student project award for Tama’s 2040 plan Read the story Exemplary student project award for Tama’s 2040 plan Student Spotlight: Liz Heron Read the story Student Spotlight: Liz Heron 6 th Ranking of master's programs in urban and regional planning without a PhD, according to Planetizen in 2019. 47 States in which urban and regional planning alumni work. News & Events Making an Environmental Impact with Urban Planning Degree Monday, February 20, 2023 URP alumna Jennifer Jordan’s exuberance for conservation continues to influence municipal waste and resource management. Improving Equitable Home Ownership in Iowa Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Stephanie Murphy, SPPA alum and Executive Director of the Neighborhood Finance Corporation (NFC), was recently quoted in the Cedar Rapids Gazette in an article about equitable home ownership. Spak Selected for EPA Advisory Panel Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Associate Professor Scott Spak was recently appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board (SAB). View more