About 20 Urban and Regional Planning students were able to attend the APA Upper Midwest Planning Conference recently held in Mankato, Minnesota.

A group of second-year Urban and Regional Planning students recently hosted a Jane's Walk, a combination walking and bus tour of local neighborhoods, at our recent new student orientation.

In Spring 2010, URP conducted a semester-long international planning course titled “International Perspectives Xicotopec.

On April 13, 2010, the American Planning Association presented New Orlean’s City Park with the 2010 National Planning Achievement Award.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics's 2010-2011 Occupational Outlook Handbook, prospects for job growth in urban and regional planning are above average.

For the second year in a row, Urban and Regional Planning graduate students won the All University Co-recreational Championship at Iowa.

Second-year student, Beth Westlake, recently presented her research, "Perception of Driver Distraction Among Teenage Drivers," at the University of Iowa's Jakobsen Conference.