College of Architecture and Planning

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Category: Urban Planning

  • 2020: It’s Been Complicated
    July 26, 2020 by

    Although I like to share tidbits, I am typically reserved with what happens in my life especially behind the scenes. I am making this piece as a reflection of my 2020 timeline, making this an exemption (planning pun intended) to my normal lack of sharing. Things were not very complicated in the beginning of the […]

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  • In A Sunburnt Country
    July 26, 2020 by

    It smells like bushfire across Brisbane. Because it is fire. Backburning or a “fuel reduction burn” is underway as Australia can ill-afford to lose another 18.6 million hectares (46 million acres) to bushfire this coming summer. From our beach-side Christmas holidays, we coughed through thick haze and surfed, swam and paddled through eucalyptus ashes. It […]

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  • Urban Planning Student Inspired By Nature
    July 26, 2020 by

    Each year International Services in the Rinker Center for International Programs holds a photo contest for international students, and this past year CAP’s Anas Almassrahy won in the “Best Indiana Experience” category for this photo from Summit Lake State Park. Almassrahy holds a bachelor’s degree in urban planning and development from Ball State and is […]

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  • We stand for social justice and equity
    June 11, 2020 by

    The Department of Urban Planning at Ball State University is committed to a learning environment of diversity and inclusion, while promoting values of equity and social justice. We mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and many other African Americans killed by the police. We believe that Black lives matter, and that […]

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  • Photo of Lanyang Zhou

    An International Student’s Perspective on Covid-19.
    June 8, 2020 by

    Story by Lanyang Zhou, MURP 2020 Master of Urban and Regional Planning Under the threat of Covid-19, Ball State closed, and all the classes were transferred to online. As an international student, this caused a big change to my life in the US as well as for the other international students. As a student from China, […]

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  • 2020 HEEF Case Challenge: Winning Remotely
    April 15, 2020 by

    By Jeb Reece, BUPD ‘2020 After an exciting win in the 2019 NAIOP-ULI Real estate competition, our team was looking forward to participating in the 2020 Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation (HEEF) Case Challenge. The team, consisting of Jeffery Tompkins, Jacob McQueen, Alex Pope, and myself, was guided by Dr. Bruce Frankel. The site was six […]

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  • Sanglim Yoo with Will Snyder in the second-year studio.

    Sanglim Yoo: Discovering New Ways to Improve Cities
    February 27, 2020 by

    Featured image is of Assistant Professor Sanglim Yoo working with Sanglim Yoo with Will Snyder in the second-year studio.  Sanglim Yoo’s research involves the assessment and quantification of the interactions between human social systems and the environment, especially in urban areas with a goal of making cities better for the environment and more enjoyable for […]

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