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The Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning (UEP) has been a place where students, faculty, and the community work to turn vision into practice. UEP centers its mission around the intersection of planning, policy and social justice.

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UEP on Roe v. Wade: Read UEP's statement on the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Sheldon Krimsky Fund for Environmental Ethics and Values: Learn about the Sheldon Krimsky Fund.

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MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Master of Public Policy MS in Environmental Policy and Planning MS in Environmental Economics and Urban Planning MS in Environmental Engineering Policy and Planning MS in Sustainability Dual Degree Programs Fifth-Year Master’s Degree Program: BA/BS and MA in UEP or MS in EPP Fifth-Year Master’s Degree Program: BA/BS and MS in Sustainability Minor in Urban Studies Certificate in Community Environmental Studies Certificate in Geographic Information Science Certificate in Spatial Data Analytics Certificate in Management of Community Organizations Certificate in Impact and Sustainable Investing Certificate in Program and Organization Evaluation

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Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning News

Want a Job You’ll Like? Think About More Than the Pay

We spend so much of our lives working, but we don’t always understand how it’s affecting our health and sense of purpose, says Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Mary Davis in a new book

How to Balance Profit and Responsible Real Estate Development

If developers, urban planners, and communities cooperate, the odds increase greatly for cities to grow equitably, a new book suggests.

When the Goal Is Impact, Investors Can’t Just Consider Rate of Return

For some investors, social change might be a more important metric than financial gains, says Jeff Rosen, director of a new certificate program in impact and sustainable investing.

Graduate students studying urban and environmental policy and planning are conducting an inventory of the 600 acres of land at the campus

UEP Grafton Landscape Student Project

One student group in Field Projects is conducting an inventory of the 600 acres of land at the campus to inform how it will be managed for the next several decades.

Boston Globe opinion piece about equitable and affordable housing co-authored by UEP Emeritus Prof. James Jennings

The article links to a 2023 study authored by James, Bob Terrell, a UEP alum (MPP) and UEP Lecturer, and Kadineyse Paz, an MPP student. The study gathered insights from 36 community and civic leaders in Massachusetts regarding challenges to fair housing.

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