Jim Schwab, AICP, is a 1985 graduate.

Evaluations in development economics and regional policy in general have historically been plagued by the so-called counterfactual. What would have happened anyway if the event had not occurred or the policy had not been adopted?

Jim Schwab, '85, now a senior research associate for the American Planning Association, was highlighted in a May 13 article in The New York Times as "a guru of disaster recovery." See the full article

Our new incoming students attended their orientation on Friday, August 24th, and took a moment to pose for a group picture. The group of 22 includes students who completed their undergraduate educations as far away as Haiti, China and India.

The University of Iowa's planning program was represented at this spring's APA meetings in Philadelphia by 18 students, one faculty member, and dozens of alumni.