Goucher College's Environmental Studies Program is presenting its next Mellon Visiting Scholar: Gerrit J. Knaap, professor of urban studies and planning and executive director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland. He will give a lecture titled "From Smart Growth to Sustainable Communities: Politics, Policy, and Planning Technology" on Monday, February 27, at 7 p.m. in the Batza Room.

During this event, which is free and open to the public, Knaap will discuss the role of technology and local, state, and federal politics and policies on the development of sustainable urban and suburban communities.

For more information, contact German Mora, director of the Environmental Studies Program, at german.mora@goucher.edu.

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