A weekly lecture series presented by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning featuring an array of talented and interesting practitioners from the world of urban planning and community development.
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In her presentation to the Colloquium, Barb Frommell (MUP 2002) will discuss critical lessons from her 20-year (so far!) career about how to build equitable and…
04-21-23 Barb Frommell: Building equitable,…
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At its 50th anniversary, Landmarks Illinois embarked on an effort to explore its relevance and how to move preservation forward over its next 50 years, culminating in…
4-07-23 Bonnie McDonald: People’s Right to…
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What if...citizens only want more walls, cameras, surveillance, cars, tesla tunnels, parking lots, etcs.. as some sort of dystopian dysfunctional future city? What if…
3-31-23 Aline Roldan: Imagining a City Without…
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In this lecture, Mercedes Chávez introduces us to Koltiva, a Swiss/Indonesia-based company that connects small farmers and coops producing coffee, cocoa, and…
3-24-23 Mercedes Chavez: Making connections for…
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In her presentation March 10, 2023, Ms. Wade shares an overview of the process for developing the report, Unmet Needs of Environmentally Threatened Alaska Native…
3-10-23 Shelly Wade: Unmet needs of…
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Decades of urban water crisis in Jackson, MS, the capital of the state of Mississippi, and the largest city in the state demonstrates the unbelievable fragility and…
3-3-23 Berneece Herbert: Urban Water Crisis in…
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Monica Backmon, has served as the Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) since May 2014. Responsible for the region’s…
2-24-23 Monica Backmon: Moving the…
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Charlton Hamer is Senior Vice President of Habitat Affordable Group. In that role, he provides leadership and oversight for all affordable housing clients, both…
2-10-2023 Charlton Hamer: Public-private…
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New Policies, New Systems, New Moves: Reimagining Transportation for Racially Marginalized Communities Olatunji Oboi Reed is the founding President & CEO of The…
2-3-2023 Oboi Reed: Reimagining Transportation…
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Callie McFarland (BAUP 2002) is Community Development Director of the City of Monticello, Illinois. According to the U.S. Census, one in five people in the United…
1-27-2023 Callie McFarland: Planning &…
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Crystal Lake Park dates back to the founding of the Urbana Park District in 1907. It is Urbana’s only public, recreational water body and an important resource…
1/20/23 Kara Dudek-Mizel: Park Planning & the…
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