Briant Novinska-Lois, MCMP Student: Ending Housing Discrimination in Salt Lake City Would Boost Economic Mobility
In a recent article published in the Salt Lake Tribune, MCMP student Briant Novinska-Lois suggests that housing prices would become more affordable in the “best” areas of Salt Lake City if there is more housing via higher densities, called for by the city’s proposed Affordable Housing Overlay. He also looks at examples throughout the city of discriminatory... Continue reading→
U-EPIC Cosponsored the 2022 Utah Disaster Resilience Symposium
This story originally appeared on U-EPIC website. The 2022 Utah Disaster Resilience Symposium was held on November 10th at the Bailey Gallery of the College of Architecture and Planning Building at the University of Utah, organized by Dr. Divya Chandrasekhar, an Associate Professor in the Department of City & Metropolitan Planning and Associate Director of the... Continue reading→
Picturing Changing Perceptions of Place
This story originally appeared in Innovation Matters – College of social Work. More than two years after the beginning of a global pandemic, it’s still difficult to think through all the changes COVID brought with it. There isn’t a sphere of society or a point in the lifespan that wasn’t altered. Sarah Canham, associate professor in... Continue reading→
Welcoming Idil Ayral
Congratulations to Idil Ayral, who has accepted a faculty position at our Utah Asia Campus! Dr. Ayral completed her Ph.D. at Universitat Pomeu Fabra in Barcelona, where she examined public space in twentieth-century Barcelona for her thesis. Her architecture master’s thesis, completed at Istanbul Technical University, involved research on nineteenth-century garden kiosks in Istanbul. Dr.... Continue reading→
Treasures of the West Side
CMP students have recently been featured in local news outlets, including the Daily Utah Chronicle and KSL.com, for their community engagement work on the west side of Salt Lake City! This semester, CMP students gathered data about “tesoros,” or treasures, to learn more about the most important community spaces and places for west side residents. Congratulations,... Continue reading→
Meet Valarie Williams, Master of City and Metropolitan Planning student – Fall 2022
Valarie was a student at the Westside Leadership Institute in the Spring of 2020. She took the ‘Zoning for Equity’ course in the City and Metropolitan Planning department as the only non-U student (but a resident of the west side), and after that experience, she fell in love with the field and applied for the... Continue reading→
Ted Knowlton transportation instructor on the return of rush hour in Utah
Even as streets have filled back up since the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic appears to have altered some long-established transportation habits that could have lasting impacts on the way we get around, prompting new conversations in transit-engineering circles while causing leaders to reevaluate priorities and hit the gas on particular projects. Read here to learn... Continue reading→
Planners can do more to welcome immigrants according to Dr. Harwood
Abstract Few studies have systematically examined the role of municipal planning in creating immigrant-friendly cities despite the importance of immigration to the growth and development of cities. In this research project I asked to what extent and how planners are involved in immigrant welcoming initiatives. The interviews draw from two perspectives—planning and immigrant affairs—through content... Continue reading→
Dr. Chandrasekhar speaks about disaster resilience
Tune in for part three of Envision Utah’s series on disaster resilience in Utah. This episode discusses earthquakes and recommendations about how to increase our state-wide resiliency by improving our buildings. The podcast also looks at how we can strengthen our most vulnerable buildings, URMs (unreinforced masonry buildings) which include critical facilities like schools and... Continue reading→
APA UT 2021 High Achievement Award for Public Engagement goes to Design Workshop, SLC Publics Lands Division, and CMP for Reimagine Nature Project
Salt Lake City initiated the planning process for Reimagine Nature, a Public Lands master plan, just as the pandemic changed how we engaged with the public. To adapt, Public Lands utilized new advertisement methods and partnered with the University of Utah to employ a variety of digital and in-person techniques to reach underrepresented communities. Response... Continue reading→