Education & Careers

Land grant universities are, by design, tasked with benefitting the communities in which they are located. The recent track record on that mission is mixed, according to a recent book on the subject.

July 4, 2019 - Governing

The University of South Florida and Washington State University were chosen as the locations for new University Transportation Centers (UTCs) over 51 competitors. There are now UTCs at 37 universities.

June 10, 2019 - Smart Cities Dive

Analysis of homelessness data for school-aged youth in U.S. cities.

May 24, 2019 - River Oaks

A middle schooler reviews the top three city building games on the market in 2019.

May 19, 2019 - Grant Reviews Blog

The study of gentrification took center stage at the recent conference of the Urban Affairs Association. It's up to planners to put all of that research to good use.

May 8, 2019 - Josh Stephens

For those of us who could stand to learn more about zoning, Nolan Gray gives us a list of suggested reading material for the beginner on up.

May 6, 2019 - Market Urbanism

D.C. youth collaborate with local hip hop artists to create planning inspired music video.

April 23, 2019 - Curbed Washington D.C.

With so many applications and intersections, planning can be hard to define. Planetizen Managing Editor James Brasuell is in San Francisco searching for meaning.

April 14, 2019 - James Brasuell

Couldn't make it to San Francisco for the 2019 National Planning Conference? Live vicariously through the magic of the Internet.

April 14, 2019 - American Planning Association

Courtney Knapp of the Pratt Institute writes about a recent article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research

February 28, 2019 - JPER

A report on the current state of Internet technologies, policies, and content management systems adopted by 600 cities across the United States, including recommended steps cities should take to improve technology assets in 2019.

February 11, 2019 - William Riggs

We crunched the numbers on all the features, blog posts, and news articles we published in 2018 to figure out which made the biggest splash with readers.

December 27, 2018 - James Brasuell

Ten years ago I wrote "Graduate School 2008: Nuts and Bolts of Applying". As deadlines draw near for this year’s round of applications it is a good time to revisit and update this advice.

December 21, 2018 - Ann Forsyth

Over 2,223 articles covering 37 years of planning issues in the West now available online for free.

December 13, 2018 - The Western Planner

As universities become a universally accepted and celebrated economic development power, there's still work to be done in getting the town and gown relationship on the same page.

December 10, 2018 - Metropolis

The Federal Reserve Board’s Community Advisory Council serves in an advisory role on matters affecting communities and consumers.

November 28, 2018 - University of Michigan Taubman College

Planetizen's annual list of top books covers subjects in all varieties of planning: urban planning, community planning, environmental planning, and more.

November 26, 2018 - Josh Stephens

According to an announcement by Virginia Tech yesterday, their plans to build a $1 billion innovation campus in nearby Alexandria helped win the HQ2 prize for Northern Virginia.

November 14, 2018 - WTOP

We're not sure if planners will find this game, since it's so close to real life, but maybe it will make a good recommendation for friends and family members?

November 11, 2018 - Greater Greater Washington

An exposé of a local urban planner isn't something you see every day—especially in Montana. Meet Julia Crain, of Butte, Montana.

October 30, 2018 - Montana Standard