Dropping names ...
Jeremy Németh, assistant professor of planning and design and director of the Master of Urban Design program at the University of Colorado Denver, is co-editor of a special issue of the Journal of Urban Design titled "The Production of Public Space." The issue looks at the role of the built-environment professional - including architects, landscape architects and urban planners - in the creation of public spaces such as sidewalks, streets, parks and plazas. Németh also co-authored the introductory article for the issue, "Space, Place and the City: Emerging Research on Public Space Design and Planning," which is available here.
... Eve Gruntfest, professor emeritus in geography at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and a research associate at the CU Trauma, Health and Hazards Center, is serving a three-year term as a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Science Advisory Board.