Brooke Bradford is an alumna of the MIPM program, (Master of Infrastructure Planning and Management), and completed her degree while simultaneously serving as Community Development Coordinator for the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict. Learn more about her experience balancing full time employment alongside the MIPM program in this alumni spotlight piece.
Category: Urban Design and Planning
CBE Community, Environment, and Planning alum encounters experiences of a lifetime during his undergraduate career
Elijah Mason stepped through the door of his second-ever UW College of Built Environments (CBE) class. He was nervous, but also excited. “I chose the course because it was a planning practicum,” explains Mason. “We were going to be doing real work for the community, not just handing in assignments.”
As Downtown recovers, Seattle reimagines what it could be
With hybrid work here to stay, city leaders ask: Can the central business district become a residential neighborhood? | Crosscut News
Google’s exit from big Seattle-area project shows fleeting relationship between tech and communities
“What you’re seeing is just another recalibration of the sorts that have been going on for time immemorial between employers and communities,” said Chuck Wolfe, a multinational urbanism consultant and affiliate professor at the University of Washington. | Geek Wire
Event: Planning a Resilient and Equitable Food System
Join the UDP Professionals Council for a lecture on May 24 at 6:00 p.m. in Architecture Hall 147.
Video: UDP Lecture Series- Lauren Hood, Rosa Lopez, and Madeleine Spencer
Creating great urban neighborhoods and taking action for environmental justice go hand in hand. Through their work, Lauren Hood, Rosa Lopez, and Madeleine Spencer discussed that crucial connection and ways we can envision and attain just and sustainable future cities. Learn more in this recording of their discussion in the UDP lecture series.
UW, Pacific County EDC launch housing partnership
Last month, PCEDC and the University of Washington’s Livable City Year program announced a new partnership that will connect county planning projects with UW Department of Urban Design and Planning courses over a multi-year period to advance local livability and economic development goals. | Chinook Observer
How will downtowns across America change in the next decade?
Manish Chalana, associate professor of urban design and planning, talks about the future of downtowns across America by looking at the past. Video. | 23 abc
Visiting Scholar: Chung Ho Kim
As a visiting scholar in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, Chung Ho Kim has three goals: reconnect, research, and refresh.
UW students win ASFPM competition
A team of UW students, including CBE student Ziyang Liu, won 1st place and a $1000 scholarship at the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) 12th Annual Collegiate Student Paper Competition for their paper, “Threshold-Based Planning for Westport, Washington: a Case Study.