Articles from August 2021

UI urban planning students walking through a field near Maquoketa, Iowa as part of their Field Problems community outreach course.

Students' Engaged Learning Projects for 2021-2022 with IISC

Friday, August 13, 2021
Photo of Iulian Vamanu, School of Library and Information Science and Lucie Laurian, School of Planning and Public Affairs

SPPA Faculty Receive UI Jumpstart Tomorrow Grant for Research on Public Libraries and Community Resilience

Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Three School of Planning and Public Affairs faculty will work with colleagues in the School of Library and Information Science, the Department of Sociology and the Tippie College of Business on a $150,000 interdisciplinary grant to evaluate how public libraries mitigate community vulnerabilities and build resilience to climate, social, and economic risks.