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Congratulations to the class of 2010 graduation award winners

We are pleased to present the following awards to members of the 2010 graduating class:

Margaret Shea ’92 Dissertation Hearing

Margaret Shea '92 has just defended her PhD Dissertation at the University of Massachusetts. Her research title is Collective Remembrance and Irish Identity in Catholic Derry, Northern Ireland 1897-2007"

Philippe Bourgois audio slide show

Next Door But Invisible: The World of Homelessnes and Drug Addiction is an audio slide show created by Penn medical anthropologist Philippe Bourgois and UC grad student Jeff Schonberg to document their research

Eric Schneider Receives Book Award

The Kenneth Jackson Annual Book Award committee of the Urban History Association has selected Eric Schneider's book, Smack: Heroin and the American City, to receive the 2008 Kenneth Jackson Best Book Award. Congratulations, Eric, on this prestigious award.

Chris Ko

2006 URBS graduate Chris Ko was recently selected to participate in Next American Vanguard, a 2-day conference of "the country's brightest young urban leaders," put on by Next American City, an urban-affairs magazine based out of Philadelphia, and Living Cities, their sponsor org

T. William Lester

An article jointly authored by URBS alumnus T. William Lester, '99, has been published in the current issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs. Entitled, Why Regions? Why Now?

Three URBS majors named to SEPTA Youth Advisory Council

Contratulations to URBS majors Phil Dawson '10, Brandon Savron '11, and Dave Dobkin '11, who have been named to the SEPTA Youth Advisory Council. They will provide feedback to SEPTA officials on the needs of our public transportation service's younger riders.

Michael Katz and Eric Schneider published in Dissent magazine

Michael Katz's "What is an American City?" explores the definition and shape of American cities in the 21st century.  Eric Schneider discusses homicide rates in urban areas in "

Highlights of the URBS student trip to New York City this past spring

URBS junior, Brandon Gollotti, details highlights of the 2009 spring trip to New York City with URBS students and faculty in this issue of PlanPhilly.