Hello DPLA Community, We hope you all are doing well as we approach the end of Spring 2024. Attached is the Spring 2024 BLA Jury Week schedule. Please take an opportunity to check out student …
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2024 DPLA Graduation Ceremony
You are invited to the 2024 Department of Planning & Landscape Architecture Graduation Ceremony! The ceremony will take place on Friday, May 10th starting at 4pm. Doors open at 3:30 for refreshments and snacks. Music …
MS URPL Professional Project Forum – April 25
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, …
2023 DPLA Graduation Ceremony
You’re invited to the 2023 Department of Planning & Landscape Architecture Graduation Ceremony! Friday, May 12th 4pm Music Hall Auditorium 925 Bascom Mall Please RSVP here
New Permanent Teaching Faculty
DPLA welcomes Dr. Ed Boswell as a permanent full team Teaching Faculty I. Ed was born in Oxford, England and moved to the Philadelphia suburbs at age 11. He attended Penn State University and earned …
Double-Degree Opportunities
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 …
In Remembrance of Roger F. Rupnow
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 …
Edna Ledesma awarded the 2021 Best Paper Award in Planning and Entrepreneurship
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 …
Local Government Education: Practices for Protecting Local Farmland (Nov. 10)
Join this discussion Practices for Protecting Local Farmland on November 10th, presented by our very own URPL PhD student, Catie DeMets! Extension’s Local Government Education series features practical, professional webinars around many planning-related topics, from …
Local Government Education: The Case for Local Food Systems Planning (Oct.13)
Join this local food systems discussion on October 13th, presented by our very own URPL PhD student, Catie DeMets! Extension’s Local Government Education series features practical, professional webinars around many planning-related topics, from increasing housing …