News
How to Help When a Loved One is Considering Suicide
Jack Park (URBS '15) is featured in a People Magazine article, sharing advice on how to start the conversation and provide support when someone you know may be depressed.
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"This is About Racism and Greed"
A new photo essay, "It's about Racism and Greed" by Julia McWilliams, Amy Bach, and Elaine Simon takes on school closings in Philadelphia.
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Underwater: What’s Sinking Families in Philadelphia
Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) recently published a report recommending policies to amend financial stress experienced by Philadelphia families.
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Penn Today article on Dave Grazian's Latest Research
As Penn Sociologist and Urban Studies Faculty Director David Grazian discovered through hundreds of hours of fieldwork, despite today’s digital work-anywhere economy, having a physical place to…
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City Council Resolution for Professor Walter Palmer
On Thursday October 10, 2019 at 10AM, the Philadelphia City Council will offer a resolution, sponsored by councilwoman Jannie Blackwell. This event will be held in the City Council Chambers during…
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Nora Gross, URBS Graduate Fellow 2018-9, Featured in Omnia
Nora Gross, joint doctoral candidate in Sociology and Education, and URBS Graduate Fellow 2018-19, examines how students grieve and recover after gun violence kills peers, in the latest edition of…
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A Day in Domenic Vitiello’s Urban Food Chain Course
Read this great profile of URBS 248 this semester in the Dining Guide edition of 34th Street Magazine!
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Sabrina Aponte (URBS ’19) receives Emerging Young Leaders Award
Sabrina is the recipient of an Emerging Young Leaders Award, after having been nominated by Mayor Kenney's Office of Violence Prevention.
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Urban Studies students interviewed about their work
Professor Davy Knittle talks with three students from his Gender, Sex & Urban Life course, URBS/GSWS 277, about their extraordinary final assignments, what their project elucidated for them, and…
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Introducing this summer’s inaugural group of Urban Studies Gordon Fellows!
From the inception of the Urban Studies Program at Penn, connecting theory and practice has been one of our guiding principles.
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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.
Spotlight
Qingying Xia
"I’ll never know who I am till I tame the time."
Marcus Goodwin
“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?” -Robert Browning
Julia Hansen
“What is the city but the people?” – William Shakespeare
Anthony Andre Zarate
“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.” - Aristotle
Gina Dukes
"We are the people we've been waiting for." - Origin unknown