News

Storytelling and the Arts Useful in Community Development
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
During the Spring 2017 semester, a group of seven URP students and one graduate student in Art Education completed a community development project with the citizens of Delmar, Iowa.

ACSP Interview with Recent Graduate
Friday, August 4, 2017
Sarah Gardner, a spring 2017 graduate, is currently featured on the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s (ACSP) website.

Our Hometown Hawkeye
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Urban Planning alum, Mike Norris, was recently featured on the University of Iowa Hawkeye Caucus website, which spreads the word about the University’s mission across the entire state of Iowa.

New Student Interning with Iowa City Area Development Group
Friday, June 23, 2017
Iowa City has a new shared entrepreneur space and one of URP’s incoming students is part of it.

Winner of APA Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Division's Best Paper Award
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Emily Seiple, class of 2017, recently won the Best Paper Award from American Planning Association’s Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Planning Division.

Two Students Receive Jim Harris Memorial Scholarship Award
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Two Students Receive Jim Harris Memorial Scholarship Award. The Jim Harris Memorial Scholarship Award, established in 2002, is named for the founding chair of the School of Urban and Regional Planning.


Associate Professor Laurian Receives Annual Faculty Service Award from IISC
Monday, April 17, 2017
Associate Professor Lucie Laurian has been awarded the annual Faculty Award from the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC).

Six Recent Alums Become AICP Certified
Monday, April 10, 2017
Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Iowa prepares its students well for their professional careers.

Students Provide Critical Services Related to Brownfields in Iowa
Monday, April 10, 2017
Graduate students in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Iowa put their knowledge to work on real world projects with Iowa communities during their second year of study.
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