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Now more than ever, landscape architects and planners are needed to help solve today’s biggest challenges, from housing inequality, to food insecurity and climate change. Our department offers professionally accredited degree programs in Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. We also offer a highly flexible Sustainable Community Development undergraduate program and a skills-based Associate of Science in Landscape Contracting.
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Fall 2024 Studios
Learn about our landscape architecture and regional planning studios, where students work with clients and professionals on real-world projects.
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The 8th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Healing Place and Planet will take place April 11-13, 2025, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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More NewsGarden x Graphite Scholarship Fund raises $200K to empower landscape architecture students
The Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at UMass Amherst is pleased to announce that the Garden X Graphite Scholarship Fund reached its $200,000 fundraising goal.
January 9, 2025
"High Tide" featured in NOAA Climate's NCA5 Art x Climate Gallery highlights
"High Tide," a climate art installation by LARP Professor Carolina Aragón, was recently featured in NOAA Climate's Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) Art x Climate Gallery highlights.
December 9, 2024
Megan McDonough (MRP '08) Receives Women of Impact Award
Megan McDonough, a 2008 graduate of the UMass Master of Regional Planning program and Executive Director of the Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity, was recently selected as one of BusinessWest's 2024 Women of Impact.
December 2, 2024
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