Community Planning Students Help Secure $4.9M Grant
CED associate professor Stephen Ramos and his community planning students have helped secure a $4.9 million federal grant for a series of community improvement projects in Baldwin County, Georgia.
CED Announces new Urban Planning Minor for Fall 2023
This October, CED received official approval to offer an undergraduate minor in Urban Planning effective Fall 2023!
MEPD Ideas of Community Class Visits Georgia Sites in Study of Planning and Immigration
CED Visits Historic African-American School in Rural Georgia
Maurice Blount of the University Architects Office and a first year PhD student in the College of Environment and Design joined Danny Sniff on a visit to Taliaferro County recently to inspect the historic Springfield School, a log structure built in the early decades of the 20th century. The unique building was used first as a school for African Americans [...]
Tybee Island Master Plan Awarded Outstanding Student Project by Georgia Planning Association
CED student work for the Tybee Island Master Plan was recently awarded Outstanding Student Project for the year by the Georgia Planning Association (GPA). Congratulations to Assistant Professor Alison Smith and her students in the Fall 2016 LAND 4050 class! The award was made public at the annual awards dinner in Columbus, Ga., on September 28th 2017. Pictured here with [...]
Georgia Landscape Magazine 2017
The latest Georgia Landscape Magazine is now online! Please click through to browse the 2017 edition of this student publication issued annually by the CED. Congratulations to the student team on another incredible issue!
MEPD Alumnus Matthew Nahrstedt Discusses Mentor Match Program on APA Website
Matthew Nahrstedt (MEPD 2016) recently wrote an Impact Story for the American Planning Association (APA) website discussing his experience with the APA's Mentor Match program and the 2016 National Planning Conference in Phoenix. Matthew now works as an Environmental Planner and Designer with the nonprofit Institute for Building Technology and Safety, a job he secured at the conference. Read more about his [...]
Professor Rosanna Rivero Chosen for Focus on Faculty Feature
Assistant Professor Rosanna Rivero was recently the faculty member chosen for the University's Focus on Faculty feature. If you have not read the article yet, follow this link to find out about her research and interests. http://www.uga.edu/faculty/profile/rivero-rosanna/
MEPD Program Earns Accolades and Accreditation from Planning Accreditation Board
The Master of Environmental Planning and Design program at the UGA College of Environment and Design was recently accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB), a national organization responsible for professional educational protocols at universities across the country. Jack Crowley, current director of the program, says this effort has been in the works for several years at UGA. "In 2002 [...]
MEPD Students on Winning Team of Emory University Sustainability Case Competition
On November 12th Catie Sauer and Christopher Wisener (current CED MEPD students) were part of the first place team, along with three Emory students (Christian Wayne, Pari Majd, and Shreya Kothari), in Emory University's Sustainability Case Competition for addressing Georgia's water crisis. The team will share a $2000 prize and be eligible for paid internships with the city of Atlanta's [...]