Bruce Stiftel
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Environmental planning and international development theorist at Georgia Tech [USA]
#planningsky
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New additions just listed. Eager to include more planning scholars from outside the Anglo-American orbit; please suggest.
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"The critical takeaway is that all the literature on climate and economics points in the same direction, even if it disagrees on the particulars: A hotter planet is one with less economic growth. And the hotter the planet, the lower the growth."
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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One Retracted Study Doesn’t Cancel Climate Science
It’s hard enough for most of us to predict what we’re having for dinner tonight, much less how the the world will look in 2100. By that time we might have cured cancer and started building giant space...
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-12-05/one-retracted-study-doesn-t-cancel-climate-science
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"Covers Dixie like the dew"
#localjournalism
#FourthEstate
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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‘Fish wrapper’: The AJC’s complicated relationship with Georgia’s political class
How generations of Georgia leaders battled, berated and depended on the AJC.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/2025/12/fish-wrapper-the-ajcs-complicated-relationship-with-georgias-political-class/
5 days ago
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"The School of Civic Life and Leadership hired seven new faculty members in June as a result of its spring hiring search — despite a near-unanimous vote of the School’s advisory board against the entire slate of candidates."
www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
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'Dictatorial powers': SCiLL dean ignored vote of the School's advisory board
New evidence obtained by The Daily Tar Heel gives weight to claims made by professors who resigned from the School of Civic Life and Leadership.
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/investigations-scill-advisory-board-hiring-issues-20251124
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Georgia Tech MS in Global Development accepting applications now! Priority Application Deadline: January 15, 2026 Next info session & Q+A: December 12, 2025 Program website:
globaldev.gatech.edu/ms-global-de...
Info session registration:
planning.gatech.edu/information-...
10 days ago
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Lake Mead and the city it made possible: Las Vegas NV
11 days ago
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60 YEARS ISOCARP: A LEGACY OF PLANNING IMPACTS launches today 17h30 in Riyadh (09h30 New York; 22h30 Tokyo). Zeynep Enlil's and my chapter, Advancing Planning in the Era of SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda: ISOCARP at 60, traces ISOCARP's impact.
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60 YEARS ISOCARP: A LEGACY OF PLANNING IMPACTS launches today 17h30 in Riyadh (09h30 New York; 22h30 Tokyo). Zeynep Enlil's and my chapter, Advancing Planning in the Era of SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda: ISOCARP at 60, traces ISOCARP's impact.
11 days ago
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America Is Divided
12 days ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announces that Canada is realigning Canada's economy away from the United States.
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"Northwestern University will pay $75 million to the federal government to resolve claims that the institution discriminated against Jewish students and faculty members."
www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...
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Northwestern U. Will Pay $75 Million to Resolve Trump Investigations
The agreement releases $790 million in research funding that has been held up for months amid concerns about how the university handled disruptions from a 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment.
https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-trump-agenda/northwestern-u-will-pay-75-million-to-resolve-trump-investigations?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_15891927_nl_Breaking-News_date_20251129&sra=true
13 days ago
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“When Georgia Tech and UGA combine their strengths, together we create solutions that neither institution could achieve alone...These collaborations demonstrate that partnership — not rivalry — is Georgia’s most powerful tradition."
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Clean, Old-Fashioned Collaboration: Engineering the Future of Healthcare at Georgia Tech and UGA | Research
If you’ve lived in Georgia long enough, you’ve almost certainly heard the friendly jabs tossed across divided Thanksgiving tables. On one side, a smirk and a mention of the “North Avenue Trade School....
https://research.gatech.edu/clean-old-fashioned-collaboration-engineering-future-healthcare-georgia-tech-and-uga
15 days ago
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Best ice cream by a national park! Springdale Candy Co., Springdale, UT
17 days ago
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"91 839 663 (95% CI 85 690 135–98 291 626) all-age deaths, including 30 391 980 (26 023 132–35 482 636) in children younger than 5 years, were prevented by USAID funding over the 21-year study period."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2825%2901186-9/fulltext
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This reporter's words came into my home regularly for so long, he felt like a member of the family. Local journalism is irreplaceable.
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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Veteran Tallahassee Democrat reporter, columnist Bill Cotterell dies
Florida's Capitol Press Corps has lost a legend: Retired Tallahassee Democrat reporter and columnist Bill Cotterell died Nov. 24.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2025/11/24/florida-mourns-journalism-legend-bill-cotterell/87449049007/
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WORLD PLANNING SCHOOLS CONGRESS VI call for abstracts deadline is this Tuesday 25 November!
wpsc2026.org
20 days ago
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"Cities in western Europe and developed Asia continue to dominate the top of the rankings. Melbourne came in fourth, with Sydney and Adelaide also making the top ten. Other leading cities were spread across Japan, New Zealand and Canada."
www.eiu.com/n/copenhagen...
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Copenhagen replaces Vienna as world’s most liveable city Copenhagen replaces Vienna as world’s most liveable city
Copenhagen has claimed the top spot in EIU’s Global Liveability Index 2025, ending Vienna's three-year dominance. Copenhagen achieved perfect scores of 100 for stability, education and infrastructure,...
https://www.eiu.com/n/copenhagen-replaces-vienna-as-worlds-most-liveable-city/
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Katharine Hayhoe
21 days ago
Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final
#COP30
agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime. Live updates from
@fionaharvey.bsky.social
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@olliemilman.bsky.social
and
@theguardian.com
here:
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""Brandon May isn’t traveling to visit his family for the holidays. That's because he doesn't want to risk not being able to return. May, a professor of forensic psychology, isn’t the only faculty member at a Florida university worried about H-1B status."
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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Visa uncertainty in DeSantis' Florida keeps professors home for holidays
At Florida's public universities, there are 1,046 positions filled by H-1B visa holders, according to data provided by Gov. Ron DeSantis' office.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2025/11/20/h-1b-visa-florida-university-faculty-desantis-trump/87247729007/
22 days ago
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The Conversation U.S.
23 days ago
Developed countries have promised huge increases in climate finance aid to help poor nations recover from climate disasters. Some of that money is just renamed development aid – and has funded projects like airport expansions with LED lighting and an ice cream company's expansion.
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And, I thought the reason we haven't switched to metric is that 4'x8' building sheets fit in our pickup trucks.
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“We want to harness the power of place and memory,” Lee says, “but also, this should be a national museum so that people can understand that public housing is something that touches everybody’s lives.”
www.brynmawr.edu/bulletin/hom...
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A Home for Public Housing
As director of the National Public Housing Museum, Lisa Yun Lee ’91 is challenging narratives about public housing and reimagining the idea of a 21st-century museum.
https://www.brynmawr.edu/bulletin/home-public-housing
24 days ago
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Midtown Atlanta and Georgia Tech from above
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Midtown Atlanta and Georgia Tech from above
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"Rail signals a permanent investment in affordable public transit. Like no other transit type, laying tracks tells residents and developers the city is committed to enabling car-free living."
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"Five students... are among the 32 American winners named Sunday as 2026 Rhodes scholars. The group includes students focused on housing, health outcomes, sustainability and prison reentry programs."
apnews.com/article/rhod...
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US students studying housing, health outcomes and sustainability win 2026 Rhodes scholarships
Five students at U.S. military academies and three each from Yale University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among the 32 U.S. winners named Sunday as 2026 Rhodes...
https://apnews.com/article/rhodes-scholars-yale-harvard-mit-oxford-military-2dc91143872c714c5efeee3741cf450f
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“The notion that politicians or high-level administrators can dictate what can be taught, researched, discussed or debated in a college classroom is fundamentally at odds with what higher education is about." - Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
www.aft.org/press-releas...
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AFT’s Weingarten and AAUP’s Wolfson on Texas A&M University System Board of Regents’ Vote to Censor Curriculum
COLLEGE STATION, Texas—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement condemning the Texas A&M University System...
https://www.aft.org/press-release/afts-weingarten-and-aaups-wolfson-texas-am-university-system-board-regents-vote?fbclid=Iwb21leAOG3-JjbGNrA4bf3mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAhjYWxsc2l0ZQIyNQABHlt3SlAHDUHHnqwRAOQEldDXVEaqoaBBAMPp6TIne4_Vgoj4pq0lEAcurFQB_aem_r7K94bCumTMGPN472A-xzQ
26 days ago
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"Community and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture, which were initially on the chopping block, were left out of the final proposal, reducing the expected savings from program cuts from $7.7 million to $6.7 million."
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/breakin...
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BREAKING: UNL Chancellor shares final $27.5 million budget cut proposal
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Rodney Bennett announced his final budget reduction proposal in an email to students, faculty and staff on Monday.
https://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/breaking-unl-chancellor-shares-final-27-5-million-budget-cut-proposal/article_3950256b-7a49-48d6-852b-b4493cc1bfd7.html
about 1 month ago
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"[P]erhaps the most striking thing about this binational economy – and the constant, massive flow people and goods across the border – is how matter-of-fact it all is."
open.substack.com/pub/futureof...
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What San Diego-Tijuana Can Teach Us About The Future Of Where
The border is a huge political issue for both parties. But the economic and cultural connections are evolving based on local conditions and local networks -- and they'll continue to grow.
https://open.substack.com/pub/futureofwhere/p/what-san-diego-tijuana-can-teach?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
about 1 month ago
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"Community and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture, which were initially on the chopping block, were left out of the final proposal, reducing the expected savings from program cuts from $7.7 million to $6.7 million."
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/breakin...
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BREAKING: UNL Chancellor shares final $27.5 million budget cut proposal
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Rodney Bennett announced his final budget reduction proposal in an email to students, faculty and staff on Monday.
https://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/breaking-unl-chancellor-shares-final-27-5-million-budget-cut-proposal/article_3950256b-7a49-48d6-852b-b4493cc1bfd7.html
about 1 month ago
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"From Munich, where the entire Nazi leadership had gathered for the anniversary of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, the Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, wrote a speech in which he decreed that Jewish businesses should be destroyed and synagogues set on fire."
www.dw.com/en/november-...
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November 9 pogroms showed coming Nazi brutality – DW – 11/09/2025
Jews saw thousands of their synagogues, shops and homes destroyed by Nazi-aligned mobs on the night of November 9, 1938. While the world was shocked, there were no strong reactions in the aftermath of...
https://www.dw.com/en/november-9-pogroms-showed-coming-nazi-brutality/a-46215163?mobileApp=true
about 1 month ago
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Kristallnacht - 87 years ago today.
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about 1 month ago
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"[T]he most exciting time of day was between 5 and 6 p.m., when deadlines loomed. The hum of the newsroom would gradually rise — phones ringing louder, editors shouting across desks, reporters complaining about rewrites — and then, by 7 p.m., silence again."
www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
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Clapping out the paper: A farewell to ink, deadlines and the print AJC
Beginning on Jan. 1, this 157-year-old institution will become a fully digital news operation. No more paper. No more ink-stained fingers. No more paper in your driveway.
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/11/clapping-out-the-paper-a-farewell-to-ink-deadlines-and-the-print-ajc/
about 1 month ago
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The terms require Cornell, a private land-grant institution, to pay a $30-million fine to the federal government, invest an equal amount in agricultural and farming programs, and provide anonymized undergraduate admissions data to the federal government.
www.chronicle.com/article/corn...
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Cornell Will Pay $60 Million and Provide Admissions Data in Deal to Restore Federal Funding
The university, which had seen hundreds of millions of dollars frozen, said the deal “will enable us to return to our teaching and research in restored partnership with federal agencies.”
https://www.chronicle.com/article/cornell-will-pay-60-million-and-provide-admissions-data-in-deal-to-restore-federal-funding?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_15611126_nl_Breaking-News_date_20251107
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World Town Planning Day at Canadian Inst Planners/
@apaintldiv.bsky.social
American Plng Assn is off an running. Next up at 10h15 NY Time: Reframing Engagement: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Inspire Inclusive, Strengths-based Community Planning.
#wtpd2025
international.planning.org/meet/wtpd/
about 1 month ago
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“When civic education is explained in how these offices impact one’s daily life, when we go beyond rhetoric to actual education, perhaps there can be a shift in how the electorate votes...Those messages have gotten through to the rural voters."
www.wabe.org/what-democra...
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What Georgia Democrats' PSC wins could mean for power bills and the midterm elections
Georgia voters had handed Democrats a resounding victory, replacing two Republican incumbents on the Public Service Commission, the body that has final say over how Georgia Power, the state’s largest ...
https://www.wabe.org/what-democrats-psc-wins-could-mean-for-power-bills-and-the-midterm-elections/?utm_source=WABE
about 1 month ago
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Judd Legum
about 1 month ago
1. JD Vance dismissed Tuesday's election as “a couple of elections in blue states.” But there were significant contests around the country, including in purple and red states. From coast to coast, voters rejected the MAGA agenda. Let's review. 🧵
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Six election results that didn’t make the headlines
Although Democratic victories in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and California dominated the headlines, significant contests were held across the nation.
https://popular.info/p/six-election-results-that-didnt-make
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"Many mayors, even those from outside the US, looked to the election results as a signal that green initiatives can survive the Trump administration’s attempts to lead a global turn away from climate policies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Climate-Friendly Mayors Find Hope in Trump’s Election Setback
The big wins by Democrats in Tuesday’s elections across the US turned into a rallying cry at an environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-05/climate-friendly-mayors-find-hope-in-trump-s-election-setback?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MjQzMzMyNCwiZXhwIjoxNzYzMDM4MTI0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNTlOOERHUDlWQ1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3Qjg4NTIyMUY0Mzc0Qzc1OEI1QTdERUYwQ0NDMEI2RiJ9.iUm-k1ZSH6yGXAjd4_VYk0FIuP7iRwT_dzARp6G0lWI
about 1 month ago
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Global Planning Education Association Network
about 1 month ago
Global Planners Network (GPN) statement for the 76th World Town Planning Day: With Planning We Can celebrates the achievements of planning and the role of planners in unlocking sustainable, inclusive, equitable, prosperous and resilient places.
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Global Planning Education Association Network
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Final Week to Submit! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the 6th World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC VI) — June 29 – July 3, 2026, in Espoo & Helsinki, Finland. Faculty and students from GPEAN associations, including ACSP, are encouraged to submit abstracts by November 11, 2025.
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Doug Parr
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1/3 🧵🧵 Details are emerging of intimidation tactics used by USA delegation to derail climate action on shipping at the International Maritime Organisation “It’s like dealing with the Mob” said one veteran of the talks
www.ft.com/content/4e0a...
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US accused of ‘bully-boy’ tactics to sink climate deal
Officials say ‘threats’ used to derail net zero deal for shipping industry ripped up rules of global diplomacy
https://www.ft.com/content/4e0a9a30-b014-4745-afe5-c841e36b41da
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Bloomberg Opinion
about 1 month ago
Aurora needs to own up to its false start on the launch of driverless 18-wheel rigs
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Driverless Freight Trucks Are Off to a Bumpy Start
Aurora Innovations Inc. began the first driverless operations of 18-wheelers on a stretch of road between Dallas and Houston in May with some fanfare. It turned out to be a false start.
https://bloom.bg/47UtDvJ
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Atlanta peeps: The pro's have stalled for a decade. Here's your chance to weigh in and maybe change the conversation:
www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...
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Where should MARTA go? Draw your dream transit map and share it.
Take the map below and draw out where you’d like to see MARTA go.
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/10/where-should-marta-go-draw-your-dream-transit-map-and-share-it/
about 1 month ago
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
about 1 month ago
I'm glad to see our organizing with
@AAUP.org
is giving more colleges the courage to stand up to the Trump administration. Trump's offer to give preferential treatment to colleges in exchange for allegiance to his ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.
www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
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University of Pittsburgh professors push back against Trump 'compact' for higher education
University of Pittsburgh professors have asked their school to reject a Trump "compact" that promises more access to federal resources to schools that sign on to his agenda
https://www.wesa.fm/identity-community/2025-10-31/pittsburgh-professors-trump-compact-higher-education
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"The city’s infrastructure, built 50 years ago, was designed to handle 1.7 in of rain in an hour under a more continental climate, according to Iscol. New York City is now under a sub-tropical climate, with Thursday’s downpour bringing an inch of rain in under 10 minutes."
pix11.com/news/local-n...
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https://pix11.com/news/local-news/deadly-nyc-flooding-linked-to-overwhelmed-sewer-system-emergency-management/?fbclid=Iwb21leANyAt5jbGNrA3ICoGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEePSRFz-fnPx2CCITS2qlSHcub0oAp9lHXdCpVcBYJ4jCfqv2HL549mJZuJu4_aem_Ug5l9p2wdBpantJQJJusjQ
about 1 month ago
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"At least 40% of the buildings and roads in the worst-hit areas on the island were severely damaged, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of satellite data processed by the Earth Observatory of Singapore."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Satellite Data Reveal Severe Hurricane Melissa Damage in Jamaica
As Hurricane Melissa sweeps past Bermuda into the North Atlantic, new satellite data of Jamaica has revealed devastation for tourist center Montego Bay and much of the Western part of the country.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-30/hurricane-melissa-approaches-bermuda-after-leaving-deadly-trail?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MTkyNjU0NiwiZXhwIjoxNzYyNTMxMzQ2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNFhXVkZHT1lNVEMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3Qjg4NTIyMUY0Mzc0Qzc1OEI1QTdERUYwQ0NDMEI2RiJ9.alic5VxFxeaXYHQiQ2sx0xwwsXAbkrKVJ8FmLqkOcE0
about 1 month ago
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"Those seeking to prune plans for 22 miles of light rail, limiting it to “transit-dependent” communities, misunderstand the role of transportation in making (and remaking) cities."
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Atlanta verges on a great planning disaster if it fails to build Beltline rail
By building hard rail around the 22-mile Atlanta Beltline, local leaders will be embracing urbanism and building the city of the future.
https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2025/10/atlanta-verges-on-a-great-planning-disaster-if-it-fails-to-build-beltline-rail/
about 1 month ago
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"[W]ith the World Cup on the horizon, experts say the city needs to ramp up its capital project delivery to ensure Atlanta can handle the hundreds of thousands of visitors expected."
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Fixing broken infrastructure one of city’s biggest challenges for next mayor
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and the City Council have promised to remake downtown ahead of next year's World Cup.
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/10/fixing-broken-infrastructure-one-of-citys-biggest-challenges-for-next-mayor/
about 1 month ago
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So honored by
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Global Planning Educators Interest Group recognizing me with their Outstanding Service Award. GPEIG's work giving practical and emotional support to those promoting international planning engagement is critical.
#acsp2025
about 2 months ago
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40 percent of The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning - ACSP conference attendees request vegetarian or vegan meals.
#acsp2025
about 2 months ago
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