Past Events



Urban Studies Class of 2011 Graduation Ceremony

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The Urban Studies Program will honor its graduating seniors at a Graduation & Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 15, 2011, from 3:30 to 5:00 PM in the Hall of Flags in Houston Hall.…



Urban Studies 40th Anniversary Alumni Event -- The Housing Policy Revolution: Panel and Tour

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Urban Studies 40th Anniversary Event: The Housing Policy Revolution: Panel and Tour 



UPenn Global Cities Conference

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GLOBAL CITIES:  SUSTAINBILITY, PENN AND PHILADELPHIA
Friday, April 15, 2011
 
Session I:  Sustainability of Cities
Location: 3417 Walnut Street, Houston Hall, Benjamin Franklin…



Philadelphia and the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Latin American and Latino Studies Program
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"The Recent Economic Crisis and the Puerto Rican Emmigration"
Jorge Duany, PhD
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
 
"Overview on the Puerto Rican Community in Philadelphia…



Public Conversation: Affordable Housing at the Crossroads

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Federal public housing policy during the 1950s and 1960s is widely regarded as an historic policy failure.  In its wake, according to David Erickson’s The Housing Policy Revolution, the production of…



NONPROFIT CAREERS 101

Co-Sponsored by Career Services and Civic House
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This event is designed to help you better understand the non-profit sector and assist you in navigating the job search in the public interest. We will demystify some of the myths about careers in the public…



27th Annual Public Lecture: Ananya Roy

“The 21st Century Metropolis: Making Urban Futures”
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Ananya Roy, Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley, will deliver Urban Studies’ twenty-seventh annual lecture, entitled, “The 21st Century Metropolis: Making Urban…



MORE THAN PEACE CORPS: GAP YEAR FELLOWSHIPS AND SERVICE CORPS OPPORTUNITIES

Co-Sponsored by Career Services and Civic House
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Do you want to make the world a better place?  Are you looking for a job during the "gap year" between college and graduate school?  There are a plethora of community service fellowships out there that typically…



Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America

Penn Bookstore
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“Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America”
Biddle and Dubin chronicle the life of Catto in Philadelphia, his fight to educate newly freed slaves and the events…



Graduate Colloquium:"People out of Place or a Home for the Homeless?"

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Dr. Andrew Deener, a visiting scholar in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health and Society program, will be presenting his work entitled, "People out of Place or a Home for the Homeless?" Dr.…