News
The Sanctuary City
Congratulations to Domenic Vitiello on his newest book, The Sanctuary City, where he talks about immigration and community through the guiding lens of sanctuary city policy.
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Internships and Job Opportunities April 2022
CPCRS Research Assistant – Exhibition Curation
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Dr. John Keene, City & Regional Planning, and Urban Studies
The Urban Studies Program reports with sadness the passing of Dr. John Keene, Emeritus Professor of City and Regional Planning and long-standing member of the Urban Studies faculty.
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Inquirer Op Ed on Redistricting by John Kromer
Professor John Kromer (URBS 451, The Politics of Housing & Community Development) wrote a sensible op-ed in today's Philly Inquirer:
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Internships and Job Opportunities March 2022
Associate/Senior Associate at Connect the Dots
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2022 Alumni Engagement Fellow
The Urban Studies Program is pleased to announce Anna Duan, C’22, the inaugural Urban Studies Alumni Engagement Fellowship recipient for 2022!
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The Hunger to End Hunger
Check out this Penn Gazette article on Urbs alum George Matysik, currently the head of the largest hunger relief organization in the Philadelphia region: https://thepenngazet
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Empowering community engagement through theory and practice
Congratulations to Professor Marisa Denker (URBS '14) on a great first year running the Participatory Cities course, URBS 314.
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Debbie Rabinovich, inaugural Samvid Scholar
Debbie Rabinovich (URBS '19) is one of two Penn students chosen for the inaugural class of 20 Samvid Scholars.
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Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology
Congratulations to Tara Dawson McGuinness (URBS '00) on the publication of her latest book, a blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve…
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Welcome to Urban Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Urban Studies is an interdisciplinary program in the College of Arts & Sciences. It draws on faculty and resources across the university and the city to offer students a multi-faceted approach to the study of urban trends.
Upcoming Events
Book Talk with Domenic Vitiello
The Sanctuary City: Immigrant, Refugee, and Receiving Communities in Postindustrial Philadelphia
Domenic Vitiello
Domenic Vitiello introduces his new book, The Sanctuary City: Immigrant, Refugee, and Receiving Communities in Postindustrial Philadelphia in a book talk in October. In his new book The Sanctuary City, Domenic Vitiello…
Managing Blackness in "White Space"
39th Annual Norman Glickman Lecture in Urban Studies: Elijah Anderson
Elijah Anderson is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Yale University, and a pioneer urban ethnographer. Professor Anderson's lecture draws from his most recent book Black in White…
Spotlight
Jake Becker
"Power comes from two places - organized people and organized money." -Saul Alinsky
Kelechi Akusobi
"If you were born a King you can't afford to be a slave." - Daniel Akusobi
Karen L. Black
EB White said “I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.”