THE GPA BLOG

Building Digitally Enhanced Learning Environments in Dire Dawa Primary Schools

By Jay Manzano As a graduate student pursuing a master of urban planning degree, my participation in Engineers Without Borders & the Engineering a Better World, UCLA initiative proved to […]

Summer internship in Mexico City

By Alendra Rios As a dual-degree student in Urban Planning and Latin American Studies, I was eager to secure an internship in Mexico City for the past summer. Through the […]

Empowering Urban Youth: Sports, Democracy, and Community Building

By Joshua Claxton, MURP 2024 In the ever-expanding and complex urban tapestry of the Paris metropolitan area, Sport dans la Ville is one of the primary non-profits empowering systemically marginalized […]

Research on operationalizing a climate-smart real estate enterprise, based in Rwanda

  By Divine Mutoni, MURP 2024 The Global Public Affairs Summer Fellowships allowed me the opportunity to return to my home country, Rwanda, this summer as a graduate student researcher […]

Planning in the City: My Summer Internship at the Chennai Metropolitan Development Agency

By Chaithra Navada, MURP ’23   As an international MURP student, I have been curious about the stark differences in my planning education here, and my experience in cities of […]

Urban Planning in Querétaro, México

By Amanda Gormsen, MURP ’24   As a graduate student pursuing a dual degree in Master of Urban & Regional Planning (MURP) and Latin American Studies (LAS), I was keen […]

A Week in Washington DC!

Chinyere Nwonye, Rocio Perez, Alejandra Rios, Hamzah Yaacob   During our spring break, we headed to DC for a week full of activities and meetings with people pursuing global careers […]

From UCLA to D.C.: A Journey of Learning, Networking, and Career Exploration in International Development

By: Alejandra Garcia Gutierrez, Christopher Hung-Do, Elizabeth Plasencia   Visiting Washington D.C. as a diverse learning group with UCLA’s urban planning, public policy, and public health professionals brought a wealth […]

Reflections on Careers in Global Public Affairs

By: Lucy Briggs, Sebastian Cazares, Myrella Gonzalez, Akib Rahman   A weeklong excursion to Washington, D.C. to learn about career opportunities in Global Public Affairs with fellow Luskin students revealed […]

Spring Break 2023 in DC: A chance to network & explore future careers!

By Stephany Calvillo, GPA, MURP ’23 This Spring Break of 2023 provided our GPA Spring Break fellows with several opportunites. Opportunities for networking, and opportunities for exploring future careers through […]

Fostering an Individual Approach for Global Impact

Jeremy Epstein (MURP/Sciences Po) and Yaritza Gonzalez (MPP)   After a jam-packed week meeting with international development professionals in DC, we feel much more knowledgeable and well-equipped to navigate the […]

Learning the Many Lenses of Luskin Careers in Global Public Affairs

Jose Negrete (1st year MURP and Dual Degree with Science Po) and Shweta Sundar (1st year MURP)   During the spring 2022 break in our first year of studies in […]