Dark Sky Minor Students Assess Light Pollution in the Glendale Neighborhood
Over the course of the spring 2023 semester, students in the Dark Sky Studies minor worked to determine the safety hazards caused by artificial lighting present in Glendale, Utah, a neighborhood on the West side of Salt Lake City. Throughout this process, they worked with the Glendale community and engaged them with education about dark... Continue reading→
2023 Planning Utah Newsletter
The 2023 edition of our annual department newsletter is hot off the press! Click here to read about our amazing students, faculty, staff, and alumni, or reach out to the department if you are interested in getting a hard copy.
Dr. Chandrasekhar Announces Launch of New Global Center on Climate and Energy
Dr. Divya Chandrasekhar and team just announced the launch of the new global center on climate and energy. The U.S.-Canada Center on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected Grid is jointly funded by NSF (in the US) and NSERC (in Canada). It is a collaboration between 12 universities across both countries, with Utah as the US lead. Within the... Continue reading→
Professor Bartholomew Wins Charley V. Wootan Award
Congratulations to Professor Keith Bartholomew and his co-authors for their award-winning article, “Transportation Academies as Catalysts for Civic Engagement in Transportation Decision-making,” as the Charley V. Wootan Award winner. TBR Charley V. Wootan Award is given each year for the best paper in transportation policy and organization. Abstract “Citizen planning academies, which became popular in... Continue reading→
Student Spotlight: Justice Tuffour, University of Utah
Justice Tuffour, a recent graduate of the Master of City and Metropolitan Planning program, was featured on the NITC website. When asked what influenced his career path in transportation, Justice responded: “My decision to study urban planning was largely influenced by the magnitude of impacts planners can make on communities on various scales. Once this... Continue reading→
Dr. Alessandro Rigolon Featured in Planetizen
Featured in Planetizen, Dr. Alessandro Rigolon’s recent research on green gentrification looks at how the addition of green space can “lead to the displacement of low-income residents and, “perhaps counterintuitively, green gentrification can also exacerbate inequities in health, finances, quality of life and — ironically — access to green spaces.”” Continue reading→
Dr. Alexandra Ponette-González Featured in @TheU
Dr. Alexandra Ponette-González, a new faculty member in the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning and curator of urban ecology at the Natural History Museum of Utah, was recently featured in @TheU. The article looks at a recent study about human observation of storm events conducted by Ponette-González and her co-authors, who argue that while... Continue reading→
Dr. Chandrasekhar on the Turkey Earthquake
“Three weeks after the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey, the country had already started to rebuild. “One of the things that you really want to do is have a thoughtful recovery. A deliberative recovery against all instincts to go fast,” Divya Chandrasekhar, associate professor of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah, says. Especially... Continue reading→
Three Ph.D. Students Win Natural Hazards Center Research Grants
Congratulations to Sua Kim, Sayma Khajehei, and Tasnim Isaba! These three Ph.D. students won Natural Hazards Center research grants. This grant is funded by FEMA Region 8, through the NHC, and aims to develop actionable knowledge on disaster planning. Sua Kim (Lead PI), Role of Business Support Organization in Advancing Minority-Owned Business Recovery after COVID-19... Continue reading→
Sayma Khajehei wins the University Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to PhD student Sayma Khajehei, who won the University Teaching Assistant Award! Twelve graduate students from around campus won this assistantship to enhance and innovate undergraduate education.