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Aug 15, 2024
City & Regional Planning Professor Jason Corburn teaches class on gun violence
The class, the first of its kind at Berkeley, addressed urban gun violence as a public health issue.
Jul 26, 2024
ITS names Kathryn Exon Smith Outstanding Masters Student of the Year for her “phenomenal” work on transportation
Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies names Kathryn Exon Smith (MCP 2024) as the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Masters Student of the Year, calling her work and collaborations in all regards "phenomenal," including her thesis on transportation regional governance.
Jul 15, 2024
Maria Paz Gutierrez awarded NSF grant for greywater reuse project
Maria Paz Gutierrez, associate professor of architecture, receives National Science Foundation grant for household greywater reuse project. Gutierrez is working with professor of architecture, Luisa Caldas, and UC Merced.
Jun 28, 2024
MLA students’ award-winning wildfire-resilient landscape design is a call to action for homeowners
Grace Diebel and Shayda Rashidi won the top prize in a contest aimed at generating innovative and cost-effective landscaping ideas that enhance wildfire defense while maintaining aesthetic appeal.
Jun 28, 2024
LAF scholarship winner Kanani D’Angelo is reviving traditional Hawaiian practices to restore Oahu landscapes and watersheds
Kanani D’Angelo, who is pursuing concurrent MCP and MLA degrees, is the 2024 winner of the Hawaii Chapter ASLA/David T. Woolsey Scholarship from the Landscape Architecture Foundation. She is focusing on reviving Native Hawaiian cultural practices to restore degraded landscapes, such as freshwater fishponds, and reconnect people to the land.