Students in the School of Urban and Regional Planning work on their capstone project throughout their second year of the master's program, working with communities in Iowa to solve planning issues.

Lisa Schweitzer, URP alum, has received the ACSP 2016 Margarita McCoy Award for advancing women in planning.

In 2011, the School of Urban and Regional Planning launched the RIO (Rebuild Iowa Office) Project website.

Urban Planning Assistant Professor Haifeng Qian, co-organizer of the International Workshop on Entrepreneurship in China, presented his research at Peking University in Beijing on October 14-15.

Jeff Speck, author of "Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time" will speak on Monday, October 24th at 6:30 p.m. in the Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St.

Breanna Shea of the Iowa Flood Center will speak about reducing Iowa watershed flooding and its effects on Friday, September 30th from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in 219 Jessup Hall.

Assistant Professor Steven Spears recently contributed an article to the London School of Economics' USA Politics and Policy (USAPP) blog.

Guest speaker, Smita Srinivas, Ph.D., will give a presentation, "Farms versus Firms: Theory and Process in Economic Development and Urbanization," on Friday, Sept., 16th from 2:00-3:20 p.m.