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Studio Presentations
Landscape architecture and regional planning studios will present their final projects from December 4-9th in the Design Building Atrium and Lecture Hall.
Save the Date!
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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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.
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Frank Sleegers Shares Updates from Sabbatical Work in Germany
Professor Frank Sleegers has been on sabbatical in Germany since his promotion from Associate to Full Professor in the summer. One of his main focuses has been walking along the traces of a public art project he co-founded in Hamburg's port area in 2003.
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