The difficult urban challenges facing communities across America and in particular New Orleans require decisive leadership backed by a thorough understanding of complex issues. As the only accredited urban planning school within the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, the Department of Planning and Urban Studies (PLUS) has been an important regional institution helping to train leaders in urban issues for over 40 years. Now as New Orleans and the Gulf Region rebuild after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, PLUS faculty and staff continue this tradition of leadership by being at the forefront of rebuilding planning.

With a range of programs from the undergraduate program in urban studies to the masters in urban studies and masters in planning to the advanced level of the urban studies PhD program, PLUS provides comprehensive training to prepare students for careers in urban studies.  

To learn more about our Department’s programs, please browse our website. If you have questions about our programs, please contact the degree program coordinator, Dr. Patrick Haughey, Urban Studies (pmhaughe@uno.edu); Dr. Marla Nelson, MURP (mnelson@uno.edu); Dr. Renia Ehrenfeucht, PhD & MSUS (renia.ehrenfeucht@uno.edu; 504-280-6517); or our academic counselor, Mr. David Lambour at email: dmlambou@uno.edu or phone: 504-280-5473.

Spotlight

Congratulations to UNO PLUS Doctoral student Kelly Owens for receiving a prestigious Housing and Urban Development research grant!

Check out the Sustainability and Globalization lecture series (click for pdf):

PLUS Associate Professor John Renne discusses the upcoming book Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the US Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita on WWL news. Professor Renne was a contributing editor.

The 2011 American Planning Association Economic Development Division Graduate scholarship winner is Evan Casper-Futterman of the University of New Orleans for his paper "Back to Basics: Worker Cooperatives as Economic Development."

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