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Winter 2026 Lecture Series Poster

Winter 2026 Lecture Series

An athlete in running shoes and athletic clothing leans forward in a sprint start position on an indoor track. Bright lights, cameras on tripods, and sensors around the space suggest a controlled sports science or performance testing environment.

Ahlquist to lead Taubman College’s role in new ASICS x Michigan Sport Innovation Center backed by $25M commitment

What’s Next for Urban Tech

Dr Mania Aghaei Meibodi stands in front of a robotic printer

At the Frontier of Data-Driven3D Concrete Printing

Clutter and Peñarroyo’s ‘Time Capsules’ explores spatial arrangements and media consumption at 2025 Chicago Biennial

Ng wins ACADIA Innovative Research Award of Excellence

Sheng-Hung Lee, assistant professor of urban technology and director of d-mix lab

Lee launches d-mix lab to explore design and longevity

A collection of images of student work from the 2025 Student Show

2025 Student Show

Challenge yourself to ask hard questions, develop your own positions, and innovate with different methods for design, making, and research.

Learn in a dynamic design and planning culture. Decarbonize the built environment. Expand housing access and affordability. Experiment with computational design and AI. Address design-driven inequality for health and well-being.

Learn in a dynamic design and planning culture. Decarbonize the built environment. Expand housing access and affordability. Experiment with computational design and AI. Address design-driven inequality for health and well-being.

Learn in a dynamic design and planning culture. Decarbonize the built environment. Expand housing access and affordability. Experiment with computational design and AI. Address design-driven inequality for health and well-being.

Learn in a dynamic design and planning culture. Decarbonize the built environment. Expand housing access and affordability. Experiment with computational design and AI. Address design-driven inequality for health and well-being.

Urban Planning and Technology

Lead the way for better urban and regional futures with the knowledge, capabilities, and imagination to foster flourishing places and communities.

Four Urban Technology students gather around a computer in the studio.

Urban Technology students tour an urban garden on a bright sunny day in summer.

Participatory planning students pose for a group picture on a trip to Brazil.

Time Magazine (2026)

#1 U.S. Public University

Money.com (2022)

Top Public College for Your Money

QS World University Rankings (2024)

#8 in U.S. for Architecture & Built Environment

Wallethub (2023)

Best Small College Town in America

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