Five spring 2025 graduates presented their Capstone Projects on May 2nd to an enthusiastic audience at GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus in Washington, D.C. The in-person event was open to students, alumni, faculty and the public, as well as live-streamed to far-flung families and friends.
The Capstone is the culminating experience for students in the master’s program in Sustainable Urban Planning (SUP). Students complete individual projects to showcase the knowledge, skills and abilities they have learned. Students’ research projects are used to demonstrate mastery of the program’s key skills and knowledge. Students often share their capstone and studio projects with prospective employers and on LinkedIn to show that they can do professional-level planning work. Each capstone project has a specific audience who can use the student’s work to advance their goals.
Congratulations to Anna Berman, Robert Christopher, Emma Habosky, Molly Lambert and Megan Steiner Potier. We are so proud of each of you.
Thanks to faculty mentors Eliza Voigt, Morgan Wortham, Drs. Matthew Dalbey, John Thomas and Ann Carroll for supporting these students on their journey to graduation.
"The capstone project is the culmination of each student’s experience in our program and the showcase is their opportunity to share that work with our community. I’m so proud of each of our spring graduates and their accomplishments."
Dr. Sandra Whitehead
Program Director, Sustainable Urban Planning Program
Student Presenters
Emma Habosky
“Heat Resilient Corridors: Transporting Cities Toward a Cooler Urban Environment”
Anna Berman
”Are Community Development Block Grants Working? Assessing CDBG’s Impact on Homeownership in Ward 8”
Megan Steiner Potier
“Reclaiming Brownfields, Rebuilding Wealth: Brownfield Redevelopment’s Impact on Local Job Markets”
Molly Lambert
“Bridging the Gap: A Framework for Inclusive Transportation”
Robert Christopher
“Green Banks in Action: Lessons and Frameworks for Financing Sustainable Infrastructure”
