Post Tagged with: "Urban Planning"

By Kaia Mckenney (Freshman in HTC Environmental Studies) The Wealth & Poverty theme took its spring field trip to Downtown Columbus on Saturday March 30. Led by Dr. Yeong Kim of Geography and Columbus-based urban planner Kyle May, 22 Ohio University students participated in the trip to examine growing patterns […]

Dr. Yeong Kim took 22 students, mostly from her Urban Geography class, but also from Geography-Urban Planning and Sustainability, International Development Studies, and the Wealth and Poverty certificate, to Downtown Columbus on March 30 to investigate several redevelopment sites, including the Scioto Mile, Franklinton, Short North, and Arena District. Although […]

by Kristin Distel Jacob Collins ’20 is combining two majors to achieve one ideal career goal. Collins, a sophomore whose goal is to become a city planner, is double-majoring in Economics and Urban Planning & Sustainability. This combination of specializations makes his goal much more achievable, he explains. “These two […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. by Kristin Distel Senior Brooke Siggers will attend the urban planning master’s degree program at Tufts University this fall, having received offers of admission from a […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme hosts Wealth and Poverty Week on Urban Challenges featuring Dr. Bernadette Hanlon discussing “Is Suburban Poverty Unique? Comparing Urban and Suburban Poverty in the United States” on Friday, Nov. 3, from 3-4 p.m. at Alden 318. Watch live or later on A&S TV. For the first […]

by Kristin Distel “The second you start to detangle the knot of the urban world, it hooks you,” says Ohio University alum Kyle May, a self-described “geography nerd.” May earned a B.S. in Geography—Urban Planning from the College of Arts & Sciences in 2009. Since 2011, May has worked as […]

by Kristin M. Distel Geography alum Tim Lo ’07 and his company are applying “the Science of Where” to help people and the environment around the world. “My studies at OHIO helped me to understand the scientific way to fight deadly disease transmission, trace chemical spills, preserve habitats for endangered […]