News:

• PhD alumna, Janni Sorensen featured in Inside Higher Ed for community engagement.
• Prof. Rob Olshansky quoted in Christian Science Monitor article about the continued rebuilding of post-Katrina New Orleans.
• Congratulations to Prof. Rob Olshansky, FAICP, 2012 Class of AICP Fellows!
• Prof. Daniel Schneider was a guest of WILL radio show "Focus" with host David Inge on Friday, Feb 17 to discuss ecological planning issues.
• Prof. Faranak Miraftab featured on the UI News Bureau main page. See how immigrant workers are thriving in a small-rural town in Illinois and their impact abroad.
• Marc Doussard will join the DURP faculty in Fall 2012.
• Prof. Daniel Schneider was featured by the UI News Bureau regarding aspects of his new book relating to sewage system ecology.
• Isserman Symposium presentations now available for online viewing.
• Arnab Chakraborty, Brian Deal, former DURP professor Gerrit-Jan Knaap, and alumni Nikhil Kaza's JAPA article "Robust Plans and Contingent Plans" (Summer 2011), is featured in an APA Sustaining Places blog entry "Connecting Scenario Planning and Sustainable Communities" and is discussed in the October '11 issue of Planning Magazine's "Research You Can Use" (login required)
  
• New video celebrating the College of Fine and Applied Arts
• Prof. Daniel Schneider's new book “Hybrid Nature, Sewage Treatment and the Contradictions of the Industrial Ecosystem”, published by The MIT Press, is now available
• Department of Urban and Regional Planning, UIUC is seeking a new department head
• Jim Peters, MUP '84, leaving position as President of Landmarks Illinois
• Professor Stacy Harwood quoted in OC Register regarding Santa Ana city manager
• DURP welcomes new faculty Andrew Greenlee this fall
• Glenn Sandiford on WILL radio FOCUS feature "Non Native Invasive Species in Illinois"
• Professor Rob Olshansky interviewed about recent Japanese disaster
• PhD student Suhail Barot interviewed in Daily Illini about Sustainability interests
• Mary Edwards has been granted tenure and the rank of Associate Professor
• Planetizen has ranked DURP's graduate programs 5th nationally for the second time
• Urban Planning sophomore David Pileski elected as new student body president
• "Opportunity in Chaos" Report on Northridge and Kobe earthquakes available for download
• Illinois one of 32 colleges considered highly welcoming to junior faculty
• Stacy Harwood co-author of one of the reports examining diversity at UI
• DURP annual Newsletter for 2009-2010 now available as PDF
• Alice Novak comments on historic preservation versus religious freedom issue
• DURP/LEAM Team and McHenry County Win IL-APA Burnham Comprehensive Plan Award
• Rob Olshansky interviewed about new book and Katrina recovery in Inside Illinois
• DURP at the 2010 APA National Conference in New Orleans
• Rob Olshansky releases newest book: Clear as Mud: Planning for the Rebuilding of New Orleans
• U.S. News & World Report names Urban Planning one of 50 best careers in 2010
• Urban environmental fields listed among 10 Master's of the New Universe by the New York Times

DURP Newsletters:

09-10 Newsletter
08-09 Newsletter

Profiles & Projects:

A Minute With series: Dan McMillen | Geoffrey Hewings | Rob Olshansky | Lynne Dearborn

Opportunities, Scholarships & Competitions:

NEURUS Fellowships Available for International Research & Study in AY11/12

Upcoming Conferences & Events:

2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium: Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World, March 1-3, 2012, UI-UC"
The 14th National Conference on Planning History, 17-20 November 2011, Baltimore, MD
North American Meetings of RSAI, 9-11 November 2011, Miami, FL
Isserman Symposium: Regional Development and Planning, 4-5 November 2011, UI-UC

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In Memory: Professor Andrew Isserman (1943-2010)