Past Events
Info Session: Penn Master of City Planning Program
You are invited to an hour-long information session on Penn's Master of City Planning Sub-matriculation Program. The session will be hosted by Professor Domenic…
Graduate Colloquium: "Islands Of Growth In Seas Of Decline Or The Engines For Takeoff?" Cancelled - stay tuned for new date
Please join us for coffee, croissants and conversation during the Urban Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series! The series provides a way for graduate students who are or have been a part of the Urban Studies…
Dr. Sabina Vaught - An Expanding Nexus: The Carceral State, Juvenile Prison Schooling & the Supremacist Public Sphere
Grad. School of Education, Urban Studies
Please join us for an upcoming research presentation by Dr. Sabina Vaught - An Expanding Nexus: The Carceral State, Juvenile Prison Schooling & the Supremacist Public Sphere. A reception and group discussion…
Penn Design Lectures: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Planning Harvard and founder RMA Architects Mumbai
Penn Design, City & Regional Planning
Rahul Mehrotra is Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard University. He is a practicing architect, urban designer, and educator. His firm, RMA…
Above Below Beyond: Student visions inspired by Philadelphia's unused railroad
Next American City
above | below | beyond is an exhibit showcasing Temple University and University of Pennsylvania student designs for Philadelphia's three mile long unused railroad corrridor. By sharing the process of the students'…
Tim Portlock's Cityscapes
Scribe Video Center
This installation features an exhibition of prints, created using special effects and 3D gaming software, that simulate real world and imagined spaces based on the abandoned and foreclosed buildings in biking…
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Urban Studies 2012 Graduation Ceremony
If you have not yet RSVP'd for this event and would like to attend, please contact Vicky at vkarkov@sas.upenn.edu or call the office at 215-898-6948.
The Urban Studies Program will honor the Class of 2012 graduates in an award ceremony this Sunday, May 13th, from 3:30 to 5pm.
A reception will follow the ceremony.
2012 Alumni Brunch
Coming to Alumni Weekend? Stop by for brunch at the Urban Studies headquarters, 11am to 1pm!
Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect
Sponsors: Penn Institute for Urban Research, Penn Department of Criminology, Urban Studies Program
Robert Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences and Director of the Social Sciences Program at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, will discuss his latest book, Great American City:…