Growing up in a family of transportation enthusiasts fueled Arnav Prakash’s fascination with urban planning. His experience at the Bloustein School has surpassed his hopes for his education.
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Graduate Urban Planning Student Profiles
Shaping Communities Though Urban Development and Affordable Housing
Ian Salzman’s MCRP ’25 first exposure to urban development was a summer internship in college, working with a community development corporation and local stakeholders to develop affordable housing.
Global Perspectives, Local Impact: A Quest for Affordable Housing Equity
As an undergraduate at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Bori Agboola joined the press club, the Junior Chamber Initiative, and attended several conferences. These activities, and his natural outgoing personality, exposed him to the social, cultural, and environmental issues affecting his community.
Alumna Susana Gonzalez, AICP, MCRP ’18, highlighted by Congress for New Urbanism
Susana is as an accomplished professional with a rich background in architecture, urban planning, and community development, consistently making significant contributions to the field and striving to create sustainable and thriving urban environments.
Rithikha Rajamohan MCRP ’23 debuts film “Sympoiesis” at the New Jersey Film Festival 1/28/23
MCRP candidate Rithikha Rajamohan created a film for an Experimental Filmmaking course that was chosen to screen at the 41st New Jersey Film Festival. She reflects on the inspiration for the film and how it ties in to her work in Urban Planning.
Max Toth MCRP ’23 is recipient of SAE Metro Section Fellowship
In his research, he traced key moments of public policy interventions that led to increased models of electric school buses with onboard bidirectional charging, and pilot programs currently underway with utilities for V2G applications
Spanning regional contexts for international planning and development
After earning a bachelor’s in architecture and working in the field for several years, Divya decided to realign her architecture and design practice towards international planning by working towards a master’s in urban planning in the U.S.
Alumni Profile: Music is inherent in building design
Mrunmayee Atre, MCRP ’18 believes that music resides in everyone through heartbeats and breathing, and musical concepts can be applied to buildings which will have a different impact on people in the various spaces that they enjoy.
From conservatory music to urban planning — putting the pieces together
Jeffrey Young’s performances came to a halt with the pandemic, but his experiences while touring fostered a new interest in transportation accessibility.
Bike advocacy inspires a public service career for former accountant
Ayla Schermer believes that one of the greatest benefits of the PMF program is the opportunity to grow and develop by experimenting in new and different areas