Past Events
35th Annual Public Lecture: Patrick Sharkey
"Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence"
Patrick Sharkey, Professor and Chair of Sociology at New York University, delivered the 35th Annual Urban Studies Public Lecture in…
Design, Control, Predict: Cultural Politics in the Actually Existing Smart City
Presenter: Aaron Shapiro, PhD Communication, Annenberg School, and Urban Studies Graduate Certificate
Starts in McNeil Room 169
Happy Hour after in Room 130,the urban studies office
Are you a graduate student doing urban-focused research? Join us for the kick-off of…
Book Talk: How to Kill a City
Penn Book Center
Please join for a reading and discussion with Peter Moskowitz, author of HOW TO KILL A CITY: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
A journey to the front lines of the battle for…
2018 Graduation and Awards Ceremony
Each year, the Urban Studies Program honors its graduating seniors at a Graduation and Awards Ceremony. This year, the event is scheduled on Sunday, May 13th, 2018, 3:30pm to 5:30pm in the Hall of Flags in…
2018 Alumni Brunch
2018 Alumni Weekend with Urban Studies
Brunch and gathering:
11:00AM - 1:30PM
Join us for our annual Urban Studies Alumni Brunch - we always look forward to seeing you during the festivities of the weekend and to toasting your…
Honors Presentations
Come take a break during reading days, pick up a good snack from Renata's, and most importantly: Join us for a rare opportunity to turn up and support your fellow Urban Studies students! These are five very…
2018 Annual URBS NYC Trip
Each year, the Urban Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board helps to organize a student trip to New York City. This is a community event for our students, a way to connect with one another and our many active alumns in…
ZONING: Intended and Unintended Consequences
URBAN STUDIES PUBLIC CONVERSATION SERIES:
CAN URBAN DEVELOPMENT BE A VEHICLE FOR EQUITY IN PHILADELPHIA?
Since 2001, Urban Studies at Penn has organized…
Urban Studies Book Talk
Co-Sponsored by The South Asia Center, & the Penn South Asia Studies Department
The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta
Author: Kushanava Choudhury
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