Past Events



Witold Rybczynski: Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities

Penn IUR Public Interest Series Book Talk
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Penn Institute for Urban Research hosts the acclaimed architectural thinker at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture. With his new book, Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski is back to the…



Edmund N. Bacon's "Understanding Cities”

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Cost: Suggested donation: $5
Registration: Required (…



Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice

Mark Warren, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
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The Philadelphia Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program: A Case of Urban Resilience?

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  • Honorable Annette M. Rizzo - Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
  • Rachel Gellegos, Esq. - Law Clerk to the Honorable Annette M. Rizzo and Acting Administrator
  • Ira Goldstein -Director of…



Dying in the City of Brotherly Love: Homicide in Postwar Philadelphia

Penn IUR
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Penn Institute for Urban Research presents a Public Interest Series event:

Dying in the City of Brotherly Love: Homicide in Postwar Philadelphia


THE EVOLUTION OF A CAMPUS: URBAN RENEWAL AT PENN 1950-2000

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GSE professor and historian John Puckett will present an informal lecture featuring pictures and maps illustrating the effects of urban renewal and Penn's expansion over the years. Alumni, students,…



Graduate Colloquium: "Community Organizers or Community Representatives?"

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Michelle Kondo, a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Social Policy and Practice, will be presenting her work entitled "Community Organizers or Community Representatives? Tensions Surrounding…



Righteous Dopefiend, and A Conversation on Urban Poverty in Philadelphia and the US

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Penn Museum Offers a Series of Provocative Programs In Conjunction with the Righteous Dopefiend Exhibition Now on View
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Buying It: Class, Culture and the Making of Owner-Operators in Long-Hauling Trucking

Stephen Viscelli, Sociology Department
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Presented by the Culture & Interaction Workshop of the UPenn Sociology Department.

Refreshments will be provided


Public Conversation Series - Resilience in Real Estate Markets

Howard Kozloff, of HartHowerton, will lead this discussion in conjunction with his Urban Studies class
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Urban Studies Public Conversation Series panelists:

  • Howard Kozloff , UPenn Urban Studies; Director of Operations Hart Howerton
  • Roger Friedman - ARCWheeler
  • Michael…