International Planning Students Organization (IPSO) exists to build relationships with international development students in other departments of Cornell University, as well as other universities; to provide a forum for undergraduate and graduate students in their academic, research, and professional pursuits so they may have a better opportunity to link planning theory and practice; to reinforce cohesiveness within the International Studies in Planning (ISP) concentration within the department of City and Regional Planning; and to build ties and facilitate discussion between students and international planning practitioners.