NEWS & UPDATES

Sustainable Landscape Metrics Survey
Dr. Park and her colleagues launched an online survey to understand landscape architecture professionals’ knowledge, interest, and participation in sustainable landscape design and metrics. If you are professionals affiliated with the design and/or construction and maintenance of landscapes, please follow the link HERE.
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Dr. Park serves as a Co-Chair of USDA NIFA National Multi-state Research Group for the 2020-2021 term!
NE-1962 Multistate Research Group is composed of scholars and extension researchers in various universities across the nation to study and provide evidence for the role of and mechanisms by which parks and other green environments support human well-being in three areas (1) health, (2) environmental literacy, (3) community vibrancy/resilience) and extend the knowledge gained to […]
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Dr. Park joins a new NERCPD multi-state grant project
This project entitled, “Best Practices in Bike/Pedestrian Trail Data Collection and Monitoring” was funded by the North East Regional Center Planning Grant (NERCPD). Colleagues at the University of Connecticut, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, and University of Minnesota partnered on this multi-state grant to share successes and learning from trail and non-motorized traffic […]
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Dr. Park’s new publication in Journal of Urban Design
A peer-reviewed research article entitled, “Rethinking design studios as an integrative multi-layered collaboration environment” was published in Journal of Urban Design.
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Wanat Park Design Presentations
Student presentation of design proposals for Wanat Park (Tolland, CT) was a great success! We had about 60 senior citizen coming out to attend the evening presentation event. Wanat Park project site is a 13.4-acre property on Sugar Hill Road in Tolland, CT, for the development of a new senior citizen park. Students had worked […]
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Connecticut Chapter of ASLA End-of-Year Party and Student Design Awards Ceremony in New Haven, CT.
UConn LA students, alumni, and Dr. Park got together at the CTASLA end-of-year party held in New Haven, CT. Two students from Dr. Park’s classes, Tony Madore and Moisés Hernández-Rivera were awarded Merit Awards for Planning and Analysis Category and Site Design Category, respectively. Congratulations!
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Alumni Tailgate in the 2019 National Conference on Landscape Architecture
Dr. Park participated in the Annual Conference on Landscape Architecture held in San Diego, CA, from November 15-18, 2019 and hosted an alumni tailgate meeting for previous UConn LA students and CT design professionals at the ASLA Expo.
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Green infrastructure is not just for stormwater management
Dr. Park delivers a talk titled, “Green Infrastructure Isn’t Just for Stormwater Management” during the Climate Adaptation Academy/Rockfall Symposium. For more details, see the article HERE.
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