Dr Hinners considers the ethics of urban ecological design and planning experiments
Recently published research by Dr Hinners and others looks at the existing ethical frameworks from a range of disciplines, outlining possible ways in which ecologists, social scientists, and practitioners should expand the traditional ethical considerations of their work to ensure that urban residents, communities, and non-human entities are not harmed as researchers and practitioners carry... Continue reading→
Students learn about rural planning at the Utah APA Spring Conference
Students from the University of Utah had the opportunity to join planners from across the region in Kanab this past March for APA Utah’s 2022 Spring Conference. With three days of presentations addressing both urban and rural planning needs, the Spring Conference highlighted content for professional planners, citizen planners and elected officials. Topics included everything... Continue reading→
Training transportation advocates, Dr. Bartholomew creates Utah’s first “Transportation Academy”
The Brake welcomed Keith Bartholomew of University of Utah and Nathan McNeil of Portland State University, who are hoping to bring the concept of the “Citizen Transportation Academy” to communities across the U.S. They talked about a more than 25-year-old course has helped shape the transportation conversation in Portland, Ore., how Salt Lake City is... Continue reading→
Student Organization Point B Organizes Utah Legislative Transportation Panel
The White House passed a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that would set aside $650 billion for roads, bridges, railways and ports as the administration signals its interest in focusing on updating and expanding transportation systems. This new federal goal comes as Utah is already awash in federal, one-time COVID-19 relief funds and as the state... Continue reading→
A place for pollinators on campus
Financed by the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF), members of the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) and the U of U Beekeepers Association revamped the U’s water and pollinator conservation garden at the College of Architecture + Planning. Volunteers from the ASUU Enviro Club updated the official Pollinator-Conservation Garden on campus in collaboration... Continue reading→
Fariba Siddiq (MCMP ‘19) wins Lee Schipper Scholarship Award for her research on women and ride-hailing
Fariba 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... Continue reading→
Christian Kirkham (MCMP ’16)
How 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... Continue reading→
Brandon Siracuse (MCMP ’21)
Brandon 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... Continue reading→
Maddy McDonough (MCMP ’21) Summit County Planner talks about the Rail Trail
Madlyn 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... Continue reading→
Humans of the U: Demetrius Kourtides (B.S. Urban Ecology, 2021)
“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... Continue reading→