This project aims to investigate gender differences in susceptibility to corruption through laboratory experiments conducted with students from two Colombian universities (i.e. UNAB and UFPS). The primary hypothesis is that women exhibit lower susceptibility to embezzlement owing to their risk aversion and pro-social values. The relative importance of these factors is not yet clear, though. […]
The Sage Project at San Diego State University was commissioned to look at opportunities for the potential development of a housing shelter in Balboa Park. Students of the Howard Blackson III’s City Planning 700 Urban Design and Land Use Planning Studio course applied design standards they learned throughout the semester into developing a campus consisting […]
According to Moslimani et al. (2024), underpinned by the US Census microdata from 2022, the Black population of the US is growing, from 36.2 million self-identified Black people in 2000 to an estimated 47.9 million people in 2022; this is an increase of 32% in two decades, making up 14.4% of the country’s current population. […]
In collaboration with the Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFSSD) and under the guidance of the Sage Project, student researchers at San Diego State University collected existing data to aid the launch of the Black Women’s Resilience Project (BWRP)—a new initiative being launched by the JFSSD to support Black women living in San Diego. […]
The Wallowa County Fairgrounds in Enterprise, Oregon is working alongside REV, Devco Engineering, and EOU faculty and students to develop a Master Plan to ensure the grounds remain a community asset, gathering place, and event venue for years to come. […]
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Over fall term 2023, Community and Regional Planning graduate students worked with the City of Corvallis to reimagine how a 14-acre site in north central Corvallis, along the city’s 9th Street commercial/mixed use corridor, might redevelop and intensify under the city’s recently adopted commercial mixed use (CMU) zoning standards. Three student groups analyzed the opportunities, […]
Like many states across the United States, Oregon has a history of using transportation, land use, and housing tools inequitably, which has directed and concentrated benefits to the privileged and harms to underserved communities. Oregon’s past included restrictions on who could own land, redlining and exclusionary zoning, prohibiting more affordable types of housing, and unjust […]
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Over fall term 2022, Community and Regional Planning graduate students worked with the City of Sisters to design a research based redevelopment proposal for the Sisters Elementary School and Sisters School District administration building site. Students analyzed potential opportunities and challenges of revitalizing these two adjoining properties through three different lenses: 1) age friendly neighborhoods; […]
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This report contains the collected work of graduate student groups in PPPM 629: Public Budget Administration over the course of fall term 2022. These student groups conducted research to evaluate and forecast productivity of revenue generating activities for consideration by the city of Sisters to augment their Affordable Housing Reserve Fund. The revenue sources presented […]
University of Oregon Architecture students proposed site designs and adaptive reuse ideas for the existing Sisters Elementary School and outdoor recreational uses and affordable housing. Student housing proposals fell into four main categories: 1) Housing on top of the school 2) Housing on the west side of the site 3) Housing in groups of clusters […]
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