Urban and Regional Planning

Two students from the Fine and Applied College have been appointed to Illinois Homecoming Court. Andres Vazquez is pursuing a degree in Urban Studies and Planning with a minor in Environmental Economics and Law. Jasmin Aquino is studying Studio Art with a concentration in Fashion, in the College of Fine and Applied Arts.

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Two FAA faculty, Ruby Mendenhall and Lamont Holden, were featured on an episode of Dialogue on Illinois Public Media this week. Check out their conversation!

A new special report released by the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project paints a clearer picture of how artists and creative workers in the U.S. were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Arts and Design Alumni was authored by Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard, faculty in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Illinois, as well as Dr. Rachel Skaggs and Dr. Jeff Barbee with The Ohio State University. The data for the report came from over 40,000 alumni from 118 postsecondary institutions that participated in the 2022 SNAAP Survey. The College of Fine and Applied Arts is an institutional partner of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project.

The College of Fine and Applied Arts is home to over 600 graduate students pursuing master and doctoral degrees in the arts. We are honored to have them here learning, teaching, researching, AND building, dancing, and making among us. Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week!