Senior Sequence

Urban Expo XXI

Every year, during mid-March, the Urban Studies and Planning program hosts a widely attended Urban Expo (Open House). The Urban Expo is a showcase of Senior Research Projects (SRPs). The event gets good news and media coverage. The projects on display examine a range of San Diego- and Tijuana-based issues including urban and regional planning, new urbanism, architecture and design, transportation, health and human services, environmental management, and community development. You can access info on these SRPs and earlier projects on our class web site (click here for the Expo archive)

Instructions to students:

On Thursday, March 10, 2011 you must set up your poster in Ballroom B of UCSD’s Price Center between 8:30 am and 10:00 am. Doors open to the public at 10:00 am. Your posters will be placed in the ‘area of concentration’ you selected.  This list shows the AOC/ Research Team we have you assigned to. We will use this list as the guide for placing your posters in the Price Center Ballroom on March 10th Urban Expo Day. (Where_does_my_poster_go-Expo2011.pdf) /  (03_10_11_Urban_Studies__Planning_Expo-1.pdf)

The Expo is a showcase of field studies completed by USP students’ as part of their Senior Research Practicum. Each of the 90 students did a poster and SciVee video that highlights their research. The students’ poster displays can be viewed in the Price Center Ballroom B anytime between 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM.

Agenda:
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Student Set-Up
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Poster Session, Open to Public
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Reception in Ballroom A
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Keynote Speaker and Awards Presentation
5:30 PM Program Close

You can view student work from previous years on the SciVee web site (the Youtube of Science), where students share their posters in three minute multimedia video vignettes: click here to access the SciVee Senior Sequence Community.

This year’s 93 seniors worked, researched, and wrote on a broad range of subjects including Architecture and Urban Design; Community and Economic Development; Environment; Housing; Public Health, Safety and Welfare; Transportation Planning; Tribal Policy and Planning; Urban and Regional Planning; and US-Mexico Border Planning.  Our internships included placements at government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private sector companies.

At the end of the event you’ll need to pack up and take your poster,  etc. home with you. Nothing will be saved and stored.