U of U City & Metropolitan Planning Department

We envision a world in which planning engages with neighborhoods, cities, and regions to achieve ecological resilience, smart growth, and social justice.

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Dr. Aujeen Lee’s classes of Community Engagement in Planning and Ecological Workshop presented to the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office. Students collected 250 surveys and audited 260 street segments to contribute to and provide recommendations for the Love
Your Block Project!

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That's a wrap on our Urban Ecology Fall 2024 Exhibition at @UUtah Asia Campus/UAC. Read more about our program in our annual newsletter: https://t.co/9B61dEiy4D

And ICYDK: our students can go spend a year at UAC, for the same cost AND count it towards their degree! 🤯🎓✌🏼🕺🏼🇺🇲🇰🇷

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Make sure you have our application deadline in your calendar!

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Department of City & Metropolitan Planning faculty and students showcased their expertise at 25 sessions during the Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) in Seattle!🌎🏘🏙

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Link here! https://t.co/d4aekRH0op

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Thanks to everyone who came out for our alumni event! It was great to see you all and the amazing work you've been up to since MCMP!👏❤️

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MCMP student highlight: Abby Sanders!

Any research or projects? ✏️
1. I just accepted a graduate research assistant position, and I am in the process of creating a group called Women & Allies in CA+P.

A fun fact!🎉
2. ⁠I did an urban planning internship in Melbourne, AU.

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Attending the UofU-ECI roundtable by @WilkesCenter and @ecioxford. Great to get reconnected to folks from @UniofOxford

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Assistant Professor in Urban Informatics/Analytics (University of Utah) https://t.co/qFSB7bi3Uc

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Congrats to our MCMP alumni Daniel Ritter who won the George Smeath Planning Student Award from APA Utah, we’re so proud!

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📣Job alert!! 📣

@UofUPlanning in collaboration with @uusci @UUtah is looking for Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Urban Informatics & Analytics. Come join our exciting team!

Apply today!
https://t.co/mlATnqTF1U

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Did you know that over 97% of our Master's students successfully get a job upon graduation? 🎓💼💯🏅

Come to our MCMP Open House on Oct 29th to learn about MCMP, meet our faculty & discover a growing community of planning advocates & visionaries. Attend in person or online! 👇👇

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Excited for our 2024 Alumni reception! RSVP here: https://t.co/HRZWutuprB

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Do you know about U3? Urbanists at the University of Utah is a student-led club that has back-to-back events with professionals in the planning and architecture field. They meet everywhere around the city! Here are some of their upcoming events:

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At the Regional Solutions (#RegionalSolutions) event, Valerie is talking about our research on aging in place (#AgingInPlace). Some of her brilliant work can be found on the HARP Lab website (https://t.co/ykeFXIMYJQ).

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1. For her Professional Project, she's working with Sugar House Park to improve access and safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders.
2. Emma loves running and recently finished her first 50K! She's currently training for the St. George marathon in October.

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Our faculty, Dr. Alex Ponette-Gonzalez, was featured on the Urban Forest Strategies for a Future Climate Symposium. Great turnout for insight on keeping our urban forests healthy and resistant to hotter weather. Thank you, tree experts and Wilkes!🌳🎉

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The 2024 WIRED Grid Resilience Symposium was held last week, and it featured our very own students: Mahdis Borhani, Tasnim Isaba, and Suraksha Bhandari. Climate resilience in the Western interconnection is in good hands! #wiredglobalcenter #studentresearch #gridresilience

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Student highlight time! Dorsa Azadi is a 2nd year MCMP.
Favorite planning topics
1. Active transportation and public transit
Any current projects?
2. SR 32 corridor and city center plan
Fun fact
3. Enjoy outdoor activities, painting and getting to know different cultures

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Great to be in Provo for the #ConnectedCommunitiesSummit. I'm speaking in a session on Aging Well with Alan from @AARPUT.