News
Black and Brown People on Shark Tank
DesignPhiladelphia's festival returns this fall with a timely public art installation by artist and writer Angbeen Saleem ( URBS ‘12), an interactive work based on her poem, “Black and Brown People…
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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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2021 Gordon Fellows
This summer's cohort of Urban Studies Gordon Fellows continued in the shared goal of taking urban theory into the real world, participating in summer internships and organizing community events for…
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Political Empathy: Perspectives from Psychology and Urban Studies
Check out the Paideia program's recent episode of their PARK podcast, featuring Marisa Denker’s Urban Studies course, Participatory Cities:
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The danger of America’s forgotten battle with asbestos
Congratulations to Urbie Alisa Ghura on her Brookings Institution blog post: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/08/26/the-danger-of-americas-forgotten-battle-with-asbestos/
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Penn’s first Black newspaper EIC on racism in media
We are so proud of URBS senior Hadriana Lowernkron for her WHYY Opinion Piece!
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Photo Essays in Gender, Sex & Urban Life
In Spring 2021, the students in URBS 277/GSWS 277: Gender, Sex, and Urban Life completed a photo essay assignment.
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The Histories We're Given
See the Omnia write up about Melina Lawrence's (URBS & ARCH '21) excellent senior thesis work comparing two Philly statues, the Frank Rizzo and Octavius Catto memor
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Paul Farber Wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Well done Paul for winning a G. Holmes Perkins Teaching Award, in the category of distinguished undergraduate teaching, 2021.
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Congratulations Urban Studies Thouron Scholar
Big congrats to Carson Eckhard, who has won a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom!
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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
The Relationship between Historic Redlining and Modern Zoning in Major US Cities
Presenter: Chris Quattro, PhD candidate, City and Regional Planning Discussant: Akira Drake Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning Link to join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97158617795 In recent…
Urban Transportation in Flux: Walking Tour Series --The Schuylkill & 30th St.
The final walking tour for Urban Transportation in Flux course this semester explores transit-oriented development around 30th Street and the Schuylkill River. RSVP to urbs@upenn.edu by Friday, Oct. 22nd to claim a (…
The Ecology of Homicide: Race, Place, and Space in Post-War Philadelphia
The 38th Annual Norman Glickman Lecture in Urban Studies
The 38th Annual Norman Glickman Lecture in Urban Studies will be a virtual discussion of Eric C. Schneider’s posthumously published book The Ecology of Homicide: Race, Place, and Space in Post-War Philadelphia (Penn…
Spotlight
Matt Pershe
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." --Jim Elliot
Phil Dawson
"The important thing is to get things done."--Robert Moses
Elizabeth Doi
"Do not be overwhelmed by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Walk humbly, now. Love mercy, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it." the Talmud
Marcus Goodwin
“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?” -Robert Browning
Ariel Ben Amos
"Philadelphians want change, so long as everything looks the same when its done." - Rina Cutler
Jake Becker
"Power comes from two places - organized people and organized money." -Saul Alinsky