By Susan Oh, MPP ’17 For the final spring break of my MPP program, I was incredibly lucky to travel to Washington D.C. with Professor Steve Commins and five other Luskin students to visit a number of NGOs, international aid and development organizations, and research institutions, including the World Bank, USAID, Aspen Institute and Mathematica, […]
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By Alejandro Mercado, PhD Urban Planning ’04 I moved to Los Angeles more than twenty years ago and lived there for five years during my PhD studies at UCLA. The impact that my stay in Los Angeles had on my personal life and professional career is still present to this day. Certainly, Los Angeles and […]
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By Paola Mendez, MURP ’17 Whenever I visit a new city, I try not to have many, if any, expectations of what I’ll find. I don’t want any expectations or preconceptions about the city to interfere with the way I actually experience it on the ground. In the case of Tokyo, notoriously the biggest city […]
By Julie Wedig, MURP ’17 From the moment I stepped onto the sidewalk heading to my first meeting Monday morning over spring break in Washington, I could feel the activity of the city swirling around me. When stoplights turned to green at every intersection, it felt as though the crowd might carry me to […]
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By Dennis Avila, MPP ’17 I had the great opportunity to visit Washington D.C. with five other classmates this past Spring Break. The trip was a unique opportunity for all of us to visit several organizations, NGOs, think tanks, etc. We also met with researchers and international development workers who shared with us their work, […]
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By Tony Castelletto, MPP ’17 Not so long ago, I would not have considered myself a world traveler. This despite trips to Canada, Mexico, Scotland, and Greece. In all of these places, I’ve had at least one language in common with the locals. I don’t speak Greek, but most Greeks actually speak English quite well […]
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By Brittany Woods, MSW ’17 Before beginning my final quarter in the Master of Social Welfare program at UCLA, I had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. and meet with various NGOs and Government agencies alongside six of my peers from the Luskin School of Public Affairs. From meeting with various divisions of the […]
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By Kira Vandenbrande, B.A. International Development ’17 As I complete my final year as an undergraduate at UCLA, I have begun to rethink my career trajectory. Had someone asked me prior to Spring break whether or not I would choose to pursue a master’s degree, I would have likely responded no. However, one trip to D.C. […]
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Housing Experts Say Things about Transportation Planning By Paavo Monkkonen and Vinit Mukhija, FCL’s of Global Urbanization and Regional Development, and Professors of Urban Planning According to INRIX latest “Traffic Scorecard“, Los Angeles is the most congested city in the world. But what does that really mean? Do we have the longest commutes? Do we have […]
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Ramiro Alberto Ríos (Urban Planning M.A. 2010) is a Transport Consultant at the World Bank who specializes in urban and sustainable transport. His most recent project includes the development of an Urban Rail Project Implementation Guidebook to inform decision makers and Metro implementing agencies about the most important issues and challenges of planning, constructing, operating […]
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New Connections, New Horizons: Spring Break in D.C.
/in Student Blogs /by Global LuskinBy Susan Oh, MPP ’17 For the final spring break of my MPP program, I was incredibly lucky to travel to Washington D.C. with Professor Steve Commins and five other Luskin students to visit a number of NGOs, international aid and development organizations, and research institutions, including the World Bank, USAID, Aspen Institute and Mathematica, […]
Reflexive Use of Urban Space: from Los Angeles to Mexico City
/in Alumni Blogs /by Global LuskinBy Alejandro Mercado, PhD Urban Planning ’04 I moved to Los Angeles more than twenty years ago and lived there for five years during my PhD studies at UCLA. The impact that my stay in Los Angeles had on my personal life and professional career is still present to this day. Certainly, Los Angeles and […]
Japan: Breaking Urban Expectations
/in Student Blogs /by Global LuskinBy Paola Mendez, MURP ’17 Whenever I visit a new city, I try not to have many, if any, expectations of what I’ll find. I don’t want any expectations or preconceptions about the city to interfere with the way I actually experience it on the ground. In the case of Tokyo, notoriously the biggest city […]
Exploring International Work in Washington D.C.
/in Student Blogs /by Global LuskinBy Julie Wedig, MURP ’17 From the moment I stepped onto the sidewalk heading to my first meeting Monday morning over spring break in Washington, I could feel the activity of the city swirling around me. When stoplights turned to green at every intersection, it felt as though the crowd might carry me to […]
My Experience in the Capital of International Development
/in Student Blogs /by Global LuskinBy Dennis Avila, MPP ’17 I had the great opportunity to visit Washington D.C. with five other classmates this past Spring Break. The trip was a unique opportunity for all of us to visit several organizations, NGOs, think tanks, etc. We also met with researchers and international development workers who shared with us their work, […]
Transit Tourism: Visiting Japan with Luskin’s Transportation and Urban Reform Study Group
/in Student Blogs /by Global LuskinBy Tony Castelletto, MPP ’17 Not so long ago, I would not have considered myself a world traveler. This despite trips to Canada, Mexico, Scotland, and Greece. In all of these places, I’ve had at least one language in common with the locals. I don’t speak Greek, but most Greeks actually speak English quite well […]
Applying a Global Perspective to the Social Work Field
/in Student Blogs /by Global LuskinBy Brittany Woods, MSW ’17 Before beginning my final quarter in the Master of Social Welfare program at UCLA, I had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. and meet with various NGOs and Government agencies alongside six of my peers from the Luskin School of Public Affairs. From meeting with various divisions of the […]
Reflections from the Capital
/in Student Blogs /by Global LuskinBy Kira Vandenbrande, B.A. International Development ’17 As I complete my final year as an undergraduate at UCLA, I have begun to rethink my career trajectory. Had someone asked me prior to Spring break whether or not I would choose to pursue a master’s degree, I would have likely responded no. However, one trip to D.C. […]
Is Los Angeles the World’s Most Congested City? Sure, But What Gives?
/in Faculty Blogs /by Global LuskinHousing Experts Say Things about Transportation Planning By Paavo Monkkonen and Vinit Mukhija, FCL’s of Global Urbanization and Regional Development, and Professors of Urban Planning According to INRIX latest “Traffic Scorecard“, Los Angeles is the most congested city in the world. But what does that really mean? Do we have the longest commutes? Do we have […]
An Alumni Q&A with Ramiro Alberto Ríos MA UP ’10
/in Alumni Blogs /by Global LuskinRamiro Alberto Ríos (Urban Planning M.A. 2010) is a Transport Consultant at the World Bank who specializes in urban and sustainable transport. His most recent project includes the development of an Urban Rail Project Implementation Guidebook to inform decision makers and Metro implementing agencies about the most important issues and challenges of planning, constructing, operating […]