Past Events
American Refugee Law: Historical, Global, & Local Perspectives
This Social Science & Policy Forum will provide a far-ranging examination of American refugee law, with ample opportunity for the audience to ask questions and participate.
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Preserving Heritage is Good Local Business: Saving Sites with Economic Development
This Brown Bag Lecture, sponsored by Penn Cultural Heritage Center, will be given by Lawrence Coben, SPI’s Executive Director and an archaeologist affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. Coben is also the…
Urban Book Talk: Revitalizing American Cities
This will be a panel discussion of the book Revitalizing American Cities, the latest release from Penn IUR’s book series with the…
The State of Crime in Philly
District Attorney R. Seth Williams will discuss Philadelphia's efforts to address crime rates and help its victims of crime.
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Big Green Block: Sustainability Lecture on Temple's Ambler Campus
"Big Green Block: Using Sustainable Neighborhood Initiatives to Attract Private Investment"
Speaker: Shanta Schachter, Deputy Director, New Kensington Community Development Corporation
GIS Talk: Practical Applications
Scott Haag is the teaching assistant for URBS 200 (Urban Research Methods), as well as a PhD Student at the College of Computation and Informatics at Drexel University, and the GIS Database Administrator at The…
Urban Book Talk: Engineering Philadelphia
Please join Penn IUR for a discussion with Domenic Vitiello, Penn IUR Faculty Fellow and Professor of City and Regional Planning, Penn Design about his latest book …
Hearing Urban Afterlives: Sensing the Past in Appalachian Ohio
Penn IUR Public Interest Event: Sound and the City Seminar Series (Part 1 of 3):
"We Need To Have A Meeting"
The Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism is holding a faculty workshop with Danya Keene (Yale School of Public Health) on the demolition of public housing, and civic engagement among rent-…
Penn GIS Day
Penn IUR invites you to celebrate National GIS Day, with an event focusing on real-world applications and innovations stemming from uses of GIS technology.…