Entrepreneurism can be an important part of a city’s economic development.

One of our graduate students, Ayman Sharif, has quite a story to tell. It includes coming to the U.S. from Sudan, being an undergrad-to-graduate student pursuing a B.S.

Anne Russett, URP alum, is featured in the American Planning Association’s April edition of Planning Magazine.

Local TV station, KCRG in Cedar Rapids, recently posted a news story on UPR students’ work on self-driving vehicles.

The Iowa Association of Councils of Governments (ICOG) is pleased to present two new awards during its annual staff training event in Grinnell, Iowa, on February 14, 2019:...

Students may now simultaneously pursue graduate degrees in Sustainable Water Development (from the College of Engineering) and Urban and Regional Planning.

Every year URP second-year master's students complete a two semester long field problems project for a community in Iowa, supported by the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities.

Jocelyn Borjas, second-year URP student, took on an internship this past summer in the small town of Columbus Junction, IA (population around 1,900).