GPY 414 Students Reimagine US-131
GVSU Students seek input from the community on US-131 Redesign
Published May 19, 2026 by Amanda Reader
Downtown Grand Rapids is adding two venues. Where is everyone supposed to park?
Check out a interview that Professor Dr. Chad Frederick of the Geography and Sustainable Planning Department had with WOODTV on Downtown Grand Rapids parking!
Published May 19, 2026
GVSU at Cairo, Illinois
GVSU & Geography and Sustainable Planning Department students, Griffin Thompson and River Hull, donated a 1907 3D map of Downtown Cairo, IL to their Fine Arts Center on August 1st, 2025.
Published August 4, 2025
Changing Her Own Course
Read this story about GVSU grad, Rebecca Lubbers, and her journey with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a Geography and Sustainable Planning major.
Published July 9, 2025
GVSU in Michigan Planner magazine
Check out this story published in the Michigan Planner magazine about Planning and Zoning Center Archives at GVSU!
Published June 4, 2025
Griffin Thompson - 2025 Iron Cartographer Winner
Congratulations to GVSU's own Griffin Thompson for winning the 2025 Iron Cartographer competition during the IMAGIN/MiCAMP Conference that ran June 1-3.
Published June 4, 2025
Single-Family vs. Multifamily: Which Housing Types Are Seeing the Biggest Growth?
In this article published on 3/18/25, GVSU Geography and Sustainable Planning Department's own Professor Chad Frederick collaborated with the authors to analyze the U.S. housing market.
Published March 26, 2025
Ethics as a Missing Link Between Human Happiness and Environmental Sustainability
This recently published article was written by Katherine Carron, a recent GVSU grad, and by GVSU's own, Dr. Elena Lioubimtseva!
Published February 21, 2025