News & Opportunities 

As department news and opportunities become available, they will be posted here. Check back frequently for updates.

Urban Planning Welcomes New Students

First, I want to welcome and urge all of you to attend the Welcome and Orientation activities on September 2 and September 5. At 5:30 on September 2, continuing students will join faculty in welcoming our new students. A light supper will be served. Then, beginning at 6:30, we will begin our New Student Orientation. For More details

Urban Planning invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position beginning fall 2009

GRADUATE Open House - Fall 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
 

If you are planning to apply to graduate school, we invite you to explore our programs in architecture and urban planning at our Graduate Open House. You must RSVP to attend.

2008 Charles Causier Memorial Lecture

"A Punch to the Middle: Globalization and the American Midwest"

Richard C. Longworth
Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Urban Planning Study Abroad Opportunities

Summer 2008: Vancouver - Sustainable Urban Environments

Urban Planning Hosts National Conference

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning will convene in Milwaukee on October 18-21, 2007 hosted by the UWM Department of Urban Planning. About 1000 planning faculty and doctoral students in planning will attend. Panel sessions on topics from Urban Design to Regional Economics are included on the agenda.

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Adjunct Associate Professor Kirk Harris has been named Architectural Leader of the Year in recognition of his tireless efforts on making SUPAR a reality.

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Applied Planning Workshop Students In Action
 

MUP students Stephanie Allewalt, Dan Bialzik, Jennifer Hanrahan, and Tim Schaefer were featured in a North Shore NOW supplement in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel for their work on Brown Deer Road.

This is a group of students in our Applied Planning Workshop (APW), the capstone course in the masters program.

Click here for the Brown Deer story (PDF:1.0MB)

Also newsworthy:

Ali Kopyt will be presenting the results of another APW project focusing on a neighborhood in New Orleans. This work was conducted with APW planning students Matt Aho, Brad Lenz, and Meagan Limberg. Ali will be presenting as part of her work with SARUP's Community Design Solutions.

GIS - School of Architecture and Urban Planning

GIS Students Win WLIA "Best in Category/Best Student Poster"

Again this year, UWM GIS students have taken a First Place award at the Wisconsin Land Information Association annual conference!

A team of four students in UP 793 (GIS3) won "Best in Category" as well as "Best Student Poster" for "Using GIS to Identify Key Locations for Best Management Practices in Milwaukee" (PDF:1.45MB) in the WLIA 2006 Annual Conference Map Gallery Competition & Poster Contest this past week in Wisconsin Dells.

There were eight different categories and theirs won over other professionals and students in the Map Poster Category: "informative, eye catching, colorful, interesting (not just a map; tells a story)."

The project used GIS to identify areas within the city of Milwaukee
where phyto-remediation projects can be implemented in areas where impervious surfaces cause concentrated pollution hot spots.

Client: Milwaukee Community Service Corps
Team: Brad Lenz, Rich Shaker, Andy Turner, Adam Wirtz

Urban Planning Student Resume Listing
Master of Urban Planning students seeking internships or professional planning positions.

Smart Growth Seminars Series

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