News
Vanessa Fixmer-Oraiz Receives Jim Harris Award
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The Jim Harris Memorial Scholarship Award, established in 2002, is named for the founding chair of the School of Urban and Regional Planning.
Liza Minor Selected as AICP Outstanding Student of the Year
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Elizabeth "Liza" Minor has been chosen for our AICP Outstanding Student of the Year award.
Smoke from land clearing fueled the deadliest tornado outbreak in decades
Friday, February 27, 2015
Assistant Professor Dr. Scott Spak co-authored a paper, “Central American biomass burning smoke can increase tornado severity in the U.S.
Reinventing the Region: Narrating Change in Germany’s Ruhr
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Dr. Julia Sattler of TU Dortmund University in Dortmund, Germany, recently visited The University of Iowa’s School of Urban and Regional Planning to discuss her research on present-day urban transformations in Germany’s Rurh Valley.