Congratulations to John Willis, Urban Planning alumni, who was appointed as City Manager of St. George on January 19, 2023. John has served as Community Development Director since August 2018 and was the City’s Planning and Zoning Manager for four years prior to that. All told, John has more than 17 years of experience in […]
Read MoreMallory Bateman, the state’s demographer and alumni of the Urban Planning program, is quoted in a recent article about Utah’s growing population – which is mostly from people moving, not births. Click here to learn more about the state’s changing demographics!
Read MoreThere’s a street in downtown Salt Lake City serving as an urban archive with generations of stories written in brick and concrete. Near the Salt Palace Convention Center and the Vivint Arena, it stretches from Second to Third West on 100 South, bookended by the Japanese Church of Christ and the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple—the […]
Read MoreChristopher Putt Transportation Planner – Summit County B.S. Urban Ecology ’20 Current student M. Arch How did your experience at CA+P prepare you for your career? My experience at CA+P has helped me in my current career and graduate studies immensely. Obviously, learning certain software and programs has been beneficial but beyond that my […]
Read MoreFariba Siddiq is leveraging her cross-cultural knowledge to study gender differences in ride-hailing. Siddiq, who was born and raised in Bangladesh, is researching ride-hailing experiences across genders in two cities: Los Angeles and Dhaka, Bangladesh. In her study, she’ll explore how ride-hailing impacts mobility and access to opportunities for women in both countries — before […]
Read MoreHow did you discover urban planning and/or urban ecology? I took a course during my undergrad in urban planning because it seemed interesting to me and combined several of my passions/interests. I enjoyed it enough to take more classes on the subject. I eventually had the opportunity to work on a project that involved designing […]
Read MoreBrandon Siracuse recently earned his master’s degree in City and Metropolitan Planning from the University of Utah. While at the U of U he worked as a research assistant, earned a NITC scholarship, and served as an officer in the university’s transportation student group, Point B. As of June 2021, he now works as a planner for the […]
Read MoreMadlyn McDonough, a CMP alumni from the University of Utah and current Summit County planner, is working with other stakeholders to foster a stronger connection between the Snyderville Basin and eastern Summit County. This project, known as “The Corridor,” is a proposed arts, culture, recreation and tourism development that would run alongside the nearly 30-mile-long […]
Read More“I was a research scientist at NASA for 33 years. My responsibility was mainly to improve the heat shield that protects the space shuttle when it re-enters the atmosphere. When I retired, my wife and I moved back to Salt Lake City. My wife has family here, and I had graduated from BYU. To be […]
Read MoreFavorite College Memory: My favorite CA+P college memory was my experience in the study abroad program for Cuba: Complexity, Community, and Change course. I am an avid traveler and to me learning abroad is a crucial part of self-education and understanding the world, and while in Cuba, we had the opportunity to meet with Cubans from all […]
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