April is World Landscape Architecture Month! Landscape Architecture students celebrated World Landscape Architecture Month by visiting Edgewood Campus School. Luisa Dummann, Krista Farrell, and Haliey McAdams presented to a great group of 30 5th …
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Day of the Badger Student Spotlight: Rachel Ramthun
It’s Day of the Badger! To show our Badger pride, we’re highlighting one of our very own graduate students – Rachel Ramthun – and her work with the Wisconsin Policy Forum. Rachel is a current PLA …
Meet the New Student Assistants
You may have seen Rachel and Julia in Music Hall or Agriculture Hall before. Aside from being recent Department hirees, both are also undergraduates within the Department! Learn more about what led them to their …
A Letter From the Chair
Gaining momentum in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture! Greetings friends and alumni! We’ve been thinking about you over the past year-plus as we gain momentum in our new combined Department of Planning and …
The Kaufman Desk
Anyone walking through the basement of Music Hall will notice a special item anchoring the front corner of the Kaufman Lab for the Study and Design of Food Systems and Marketplaces. Professor Jerry Kaufman’s children, …
Keep In Touch
Keep in Touch with New Tools from UW Alumni Association! We want to hear from you, and the UW Alumni Association has new online tools make this even easier. Please consider the using these new tools to help …
PLA Makes a Splash at ASLA in Philadelphia
This past October, 23 of our landscape architecture students attended ASLA’s Annual Meeting and EXPO in Philadelphia. With the help of the Department, as well as the Wisconsin ASLA State Chapter, these students participated in …
WSPA Professional Project Forum
As each spring semester nears an end, MS URPL students, faculty, staff, and partners gather to celebrate the culmination of URPL students’ work toward their master’s degree. This past May, thirteen master’s students presented their …
In Memoriam
The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture is saddened to share news of the passing of two former professors – Professor Ved Prakash and Professor Bruce Murray – over the course of this past year. …
Faculty Profile: Carey McAndrews
This August, DPLA welcomed Associate Professor Carolyn (Carey) McAndrews to the department as a new member of the faculty. Dr. McAndrews’ research seeks to understand how emerging health, safety, and environmental goals become part of …