Alfonso Morales, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in DPLA, was featured in the UW Now Series: The Future of Cities. Morales answers questions with fellow UW experts Tim Riddiough and Paul Robbins. The program is a Q&A …
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DPLA’s Edna Ledesma on Community-Based Learning in the Age of COVID: Fond Du Lac and North Area Planning Study
“In the fall semester of 2020, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture Planning (DPLA) workshop course partnered with the Fondy Farmers Market to study the Fond Du Lac and North Area …
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Urban Planning with Dr. Kendra Smith
On Friday, November 13, 2020, the Department of Planning & Landscape Architecture hosted Kendra Smith, PhD, director for community engagement at the University of Houston College of Medicine, to lead the workshop, “The Challenge and …
Final Review Workshop and Regional Design
DPLA’s own Edna Ledesma has cordially invited the DPLA community to attend the URPL Workshop/ LA Regional Design Final Review next Friday December 4th. The review is broken up into two sessions, with a detailed …
Farm2Facts Merchandise is here!
Check out the new Farm2Facts merchandise here: https://merch.undergroundshirts.com/collections/farm-2-facts. Farm2Facts is a research lab on campus that analyzes farmer markets data to help them improve accessibility such as increasing SNAP benefits, public transportation access, etc.
Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Urban Planning Event
Please join us for an event with Kendra Smith, Ph.D., author of the 2019 American Planning Association report, “More and Better: Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Planning.” Dr. Smith will speak and lead an interactive session …
Natural Climate Solutions by Catie Demets, URPL PHD Student
Our very own Catie DeMets a current URPL PHD Student published an article with the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters titled Natural Climate Solutions. Read her work here.
Racism is a Public Health Crisis Preconference Virtual Program Open for Registration!
The UW-Madison Population Health Institute’s MATCH (Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health) group is excited to partner with the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service on a special Toward One Wisconsin preconference virtual program. Racism is a …
Upper Midwest APA 2020 Virtual Conference Registration Open!
The Upper Midwest APA 2020 Virtual Conference is a 3-day conference co-hosted by Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The virtual conference offers 30 sessions covering the impacts of COVID-19, Racial Equity and Social Justice, Land Use, …
Course Spotlight: Urban and Regional Planning 590, Designing Healthy Communities
A Student Perspective “While the particular [forces] that [influence and enable patterns of market disruptions] may be new, that the fates of place, people, and economies are deeply intertwined is a truth as old …