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DURP Student Receives 2013-2014 US Department of Transportation Eisenhower Fellowship

Heather Lupton (MSP 2014) has been awarded a highly competitive Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship from the US Department of Transportation. She joins five recent DURP graduates who previously received this award for their second year of master’s study in the program. The Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) awards fellowships to students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines. This program advances the transportation workforce by attracting the brightest minds to the field through education, research, and workforce development. The DDETFP encompasses all modes of transportation. DDETFP was established by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) in 1991, reauthorized in 1998 by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and reauthorized in 2005 by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).

Community Food Systems Assessment Open House Meeting on April 1,2013

The Florida Planning and Development Lab (FPDL) of the FSU Department of Urban and Regional Planning is hosting a Food Systems Assessment Open House for the Tallahassee community, including Leon, Jefferson, Wakulla and Gadsden Counties. This Open House will provide a general overview of the current conditions of the Community’s Food System to the public in order to collect community input and local knowledge to assist in FPDL’s research and this Food Systems Assessment.This Assessment is a first step toward a future comprehensive Food Systems Plan identifying the pathways of food production, processing and distribution within the Tallahassee community and surrounding region. The Assessment will take additional note of availability, accessibility and affordability of healthy food within the community.

The Open House will be held on Monday, April 1, 2013 from 3-8pm at the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library (200 West Park Avenue). Coffee and snacks will be provided. All ages are encouraged to attend. For questions please contact the FPDL Team by email at FSUFoodSystems@gmail.com
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Students Making a Difference: DURP MIP Student Katy Howell-Burke Reports on Her Peace Corps Work on Women’s Leadership and Civic Participation in Morocco

Katy Howell-Burke, DURP Master’s International Program student, designed a “Women’s Leadership and Civic Participation Training of Trainers (TOT)” program as part of her Peace Corps assignment in Morocco. She recently organized a three-day training session that drew 30 women from rural southern Moroccan villages and towns. The effort was sponsored by the Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM), Association Oxygène Ouarzazate, Peace Corps Morocco, Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP), U.S. Embassy, and the Municipality of Ouarzazate. You can read more about her work by clicking the attached document .

DURP Faculty Member Recieves Prestigious ISSC/UNESCO Fellowship

DURP Visiting Professor and PhD Alum John Harris has been selected as a World Social Science Fellow by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), which is part of UNESCO. Dr. Harris is one of 20 Fellows selected from around the world for this honor. As a Fellow, he will present research on his work on sanitation in Ghana and engage in dialogue with other fellows during a five-day seminar on innovative approaches to sustainable urbanization to be held at Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar in Quito, Ecuador this March. The seminar will also lead to publications based on seminar research and discussion.

World Social Science Fellows are talented, early career social scientists working on inter-disciplinary perspectives on important social issues. The ISSC is an international organization that aims to advance the practice and use of the social and behavioral sciences in all parts of the world, and to ensure their global representation.

Big DURP Student Turnout at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington

There was a sizable representation of DURPies at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, DC this week (Jan 13-Jan 17, 2013). Two DURP PhD students Torsha Bhattacharya and Michal Jaroszynski presented their research, which was well received by the other attendees. Three DURP MSP students Danika Bellamy, Janna Rosenthal, and Sean Santalla attended the meeting as part of their Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship awards from the US Department of Transportation. A couple other DURPies also attended the meeting in professional capacities. The Annual Meeting is the largest transportation research and professional gathering in the world and draws more than 10,000 attendees from around the world. TRB is part of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences.