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Professor of CIty & Regional Planning Daniel Chatman joins the Road Scholars podcast to talk about the findings in his paper “Does Transit-Oriented Gentrification Increase Driving?”, co-authored with Ruoying Xu, Janice Park, and Anne Spevack and published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research. Road Scholars is a transportation-focused interlude from the creators of the UCLA Housing Voice podcast.

Nicholas de Monchaux, a visionary thinker about the intersections of design, technology, and society, will lead the College of Environmental Design into its next era as new William W. Wurster Dean.

Architecture student Tania Lopez, who grew up in an Indigenous Oaxacan household in Los Angeles, reflects on ballet folklórico’s role in her life and her goal to design public spaces that foster safety and connection.

Renee Y. Chow is stepping down as dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design and retiring from the faculty. During her tenure as dean, she focused on positioning college faculty and graduates to solve the urgent environmental design issues of the 21st century. Dean Chow’s leadership for the college has been about cultivating a living system for the future. “I look forward to seeing the college thrive under new leadership, furthering CED’s legacy of visionary design and research that improves cities, landscapes, and lives,” she says.