Maitri Chandrashekar, sustainable community development, worked with Professor Darrel Ramsey-Musolf to assess how a Springfield elementary school area could be made more walkable for children to ensure safety, encourage play, and celebrate cultural diversity.
UMass Amherst was announced as one of the eight universities to receive funding to support design studios that will explore adaptive solutions to climate change.
The Department announces the retirement of Terry (Teresa) Trudeau after more than 25 years of exceptional service to LARP students, faculty, and staff.
For her honors thesis titled "Painting Place: Murals as Tools for Community Engagement and Spatial Transformation," Haralabatos conducted an analysis of her murals and creative process to explore how public art can have a broader impact on community development, identity, and urban revitalization.
Eva Bergloff and Maitri Chandrashekar, Sustainable Community Development, were featured as student leaders at the SES Fall 2025 Showcase: Highlighting Student & Faculty Sustainability Leadership on Thursday, December 11th, at UMass Amherst. Chandrashekar and Bergloff presented on "New2U: Sustaining a Student-led Business on Campus."
Mohammed Abdelaal, PhD in Planning, and Professor Robert Ryan, landscape architecture and regional planning, published a new article that examines how 11 public R1 universities in the Northeast and Midwest are addressing these issues through a review of campus plans and interviews with senior planners and administrators.