"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...

"Covers Dixie like the dew" #localjournalism #FourthEstate www.ajc.com/politics/202...

"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...

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-...

Lake Mead and the city it made possible: Las Vegas NV

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.

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.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announces that Canada is realigning Canada's economy away from the United States.

"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...

“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." research.gatech.edu/clean-old-fa...

Best ice cream by a national park! Springdale Candy Co., Springdale, UT

"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...

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...

WORLD PLANNING SCHOOLS CONGRESS VI call for abstracts deadline is this Tuesday 25 November! wpsc2026.org

"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...

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, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

""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...

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. buff.ly/hCh8p0l

And, I thought the reason we haven't switched to metric is that 4'x8' building sheets fit in our pickup trucks.

“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...

Midtown Atlanta and Georgia Tech from above

Midtown Atlanta and Georgia Tech from above

"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."

"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...

“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...

"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...

"[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...

"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...

"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-...

Kristallnacht - 87 years ago today.

"[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...

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...

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/

“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...

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. 🧵 popular.info/p/six-electi...

"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...

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. planning-org-uploaded-media.s3.amazonaws.com.

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.

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...

Aurora needs to own up to its false start on the launch of driverless 18-wheel rigs

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...

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...

"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...

"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...

"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." www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...

"[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." www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...

So honored by #GPEIG 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

40 percent of The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning - ACSP conference attendees request vegetarian or vegan meals. #acsp2025