Robert Cervero, professor of city and regional planning and the Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Urban Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver a Burack President's Distinguished Lecture Thursday, April 5 at 5 p.m. on  "Sustainable Urbanism: Building Accessible, Livable and Prosperous Communities."

The lecture, to take place in North Lounge, Billings, is free and open to the public.

Cervero, also the director of the Institute of Urban & Regional Development and the University of California Transportation Center, works in the area of sustainable transportation policy and planning, focusing on the nexus between urban transportation and land-use systems. Besides his academic and directorship appointments at Berkeley, Professor Cervero is also a faculty affiliate of the Energy and Resources Group, the Institute of Transportation Studies, the Center for a Sustainable California, the Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport, and the Global Metropolitan Studies Center. His current research is on the intersection of infrastructure, place-making, and economic development as well as urban transformations and their impacts on travel behavior.

A reception in the Billings Apse will follow the lecture.

Information: (802) 656-1312.