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MS URPL students who are graduating in May or August are required to each present a 3-minute flash talk that summarizes their MS project or thesis. The event will take place on Thursday, April 25, …

Students in the MS URPL program can earn another graduate degree through the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison. La Follette offers domestic and international degrees in public management and policy analysis. Students …

The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture is saddened to share that Roger Rupnow (BS URPL ’56, MS URPL ’65) has passed away at the age of 94. Roger received his undergraduate degree and his …

The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture is pleased to share that Associate Professor Edna Ledesma was awarded the 2021 Best Paper Award in Planning and Entrepreneurship by ACSP and the Kaufmann Foundation, for Edna’s …

The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture received a generous donation of the The Neighborhood Modeling System from Lucy Thompson (MS URPL ’81). The Neighborhood Modeling System was created in 2000 by Rich McLaughlin, an …

The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture is pleased to share that Associate Professor Carey McAndrews received the McBurney Center Forward in Access Award. Dr. McAndrews was the instructor for a class that had a …

The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture is pleased to announce that a course project focusing on the Fondy Market in Milwaukee was selected for a merit award for analysis and planning through the Wisconsin …

MacKenzie Keen (BSLA ’21) and Darius Bottorff (BSLA ’21) have released the first volume of [TYP.] Magazine. MacKenzie and Darius write that the magazine “was born out of a passion to dive deeper into the …

On June 1, 2021, James LaGro, Jr. will succeed Katherine Melcher as the Editor-in-Chief of Landscape Journal. The CELA interviewed him from his home office in Madison, Wisconsin in February. Read his interview with The …