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FSU Planning Team Win Award for Innovative Work on Hillsborough County Land Use Plan

Florida State University students and faculty from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning’s (DURP) The Mark & Marianne Barnebey Planning & Development Lab won a 2025 Florida Planning and Zoning Association (FPZA) award in the Education category: Plans or efforts that effectively promote planning and zoning best practices.

“The Barnebey Lab worked alongside Plan Hillsborough to deliver innovative, context-specific recommendations for updating Hillsborough County’s Future Land Use Map,” said Dennis Smith, AICP, Planner-in-Residence & Director of the Barnebey Lab. “Through research, engagement with planning practitioners, and scenario planning across four key urban areas, the Lab helped advance a more connected, inclusive, and sustainable vision for the County’s future growth.”

Karin Brewster Named William J. Serow Endowed Professor of Population Studies

FSU’s College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP) is proud to announce the appointment of Karin Brewster, Ph.D., professor of sociology, as the William J. Serow Endowed Professor of Population Studies, effective July 1, 2025, recognizing her excellent contributions as a faculty member.

Join Us for a Special Guest Lecture Featuring International Affairs Alumnus Steve Gonyea

Join us for the College of Social Sciences & Public Policy’s International Affairs Program & the Broad Lectureship on International Affairs Special Guest Lecture by Steve Gonyea on Thursday, September 25, at 4 p.m. in the Broad Auditorium at the Pepper Center Building (PCB).

Department of Geography Hosts September 2025 Colloquium

FSU’s Geography Department hosted their monthly Colloquium last Friday, September 5, 2025. Rebecca Lave, Ph.D., the Associate Dean for the Social & Historical Sciences at Indiana University and former President of the American Association of Geographers led the event, titled, “Critical Interdisciplinarity: Our depth perception improves when we combine biophysical and social lenses.” The Colloquium […]

Apply to COSSPP’s Prestigious Social Science Scholar Program

Apply for the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy’s prestigious Social Science Scholars program by Sunday, October 5, online at bit.ly/2026sssp.  The Social Science Scholars Program provides career-accelerating leadership training and experiences to 18 outstanding COSSPP undergraduate students with a major in the College, a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher, graduating no sooner […]