http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/urban-studies.html Urban studies and planning headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/urban-studies.html 88 31 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/awards-dusp-tt0603.html Awards given in MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning for the academic year 2008-2009. Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/awards-dusp-tt0603.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/3qamsden-0602.html In this installment of "3 Questions," Alice Amsden, Barton L. Weller Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, discusses issues of international development. Tue, 2 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/3qamsden-0602.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/wheatonq&a-0526.html The slow and painful recovery under way in the beleaguered U.S. housing market probably won't be complete for another two years, says Professor of Economics and Urban Studies William Wheaton, director of MIT's Center for Real Estate. Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/wheatonq&a-0526.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/sustainable-layzer-0423.html An interview on sustainability with Judith Layzer, the Edward H. (1962) and Joyce Linde Career Development Associate Professor of Environmental Policy in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/sustainable-layzer-0423.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/sustainability@mit-0421.html As the capstone of its first year as a campus-wide student organization, Sustainability@MIT will be holding the first annual Sustainability Summit. The daylong event, which will include invited talks and panel discussions, will take place Friday in Walker Memorial. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/sustainability@mit-0421.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/briggs-0120.html Xavier de Souza Briggs, has been named associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and will be on a two-year professional leave effective Inauguration Day. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/briggs-0120.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/vale-feature-0105.html As he steps down from what he good-naturedly calls "year seven of my four-year term as department head," Larry Vale takes satisfaction in what everyone in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning agrees has been a most productive term of office. Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/vale-feature-0105.html