EVENT ARCHIVE - 2009-2010 ACADEMIC YEAR
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
Penn IUR Urban Scholarship Event
MUSA Orientation
As co-administrator of the Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA) program since its inception in 2005, Penn IUR has hosted the MUSA New Student Orientation to provide 2009 matriculates with information on courses, facilities and faculty.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
Penn IUR Public Interest Series
Book Talk: Urban Partition Along Ethnic Lines: When, Where & Why
Co-sponsored with PennDesign’s Historic Preservation Program and AIA Philadelphia, Jon Calame, co-author of Divided Cities: Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia (UPenn Press, March 2009), and founding partner of Minerva Partners, explored the logic of violent urban partition along ethnic lines – when it occurs, who supports it, what it costs, and why seemingly healthy cities succumb to it. His field-based investigations are coupled with scholarly research to illuminate the history of urban dividing lines, the social impacts of physical partition, and the assorted professional responses to "self-imposed apartheid." Mr. Calame offered reflections on professional replies to partition, both successful and unsuccessful, and outlined a predictive model that might forestall division in the future.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
Penn IUR Urban Scholarship Event
MUSA Graduation
MUSA graduating students showcased their capstone projects, representing a wide range of interests from public health to transportation.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Penn IUR Public Interest Series
Arts and Urban Transformations Impacting Health
Co-sponsored with the Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI), Jane Golden, Executive Director of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program, explored the impact of public art – especially that which is created in partnership with the community – on the health of urban neighborhoods and cities. Introduction by Gary Steuer, Director, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts Culture and the Creative Economy.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
Penn IUR Public Interest Series
Book talk: Peter Hendee Brown, America's Waterfront Revival, Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008)
Co-sponsored with PennDesign’s Historic Preservation Program and AIA Philadelphia, Peter Brown, University of Minnesota, discussed his book, America’s Waterfront Revival, an examination of the role of the nation’s industrial-era port authorities in shaping today’s cities. Focusing on Tampa, San Francisco, San Diego, and the Delaware River, Brown demonstrates their varied adaptations to ever-changing economic trends, technological developments, and the pressures of a globalized economy. Local officials will offered comments.
OCTOBER 1, 2009
Penn IUR Public Interest Series
Penn Preview: Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil
This exhibition features innovative ideas and projects from an international array of architects and urban planners that challenge how cities are designed, built, and inhabited. This preview was for Penn trustees, faculty, alumni, parents, students, and friends.
OCTOBER 6, 2009
The Arts and the City Seminar Series
The Arts and Philadelphia
Experts from Penn and the Philadelphia region discussed the importance of the arts in city building, enhancing the quality of life of urban dwellers, and promoting the economic vitality of the city and region. Moderator and Panelists included: David Brownlee, Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor,
Department of the History of Art, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania; Julie Hawkins, Vice President of Public Policy, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; Claudia Gould, The Daniel W. Dietrich, II Director, ICA; Karen Beckman, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Associate Professor of Film Studies, Department of the History of Art, Director of the Cinema Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania; and Jeremy Nowak, Founder and President of The Reinvestment Fund.
OCTOBER 17, 2009
Penn IUR Faculty Forum Event
Globalization in Progress: World Urbanization and its Consequences
Sponsored by the Penn IUR Faculty Forum on Globalization this daylong symposium provided an overview of research and other programs related to globalization at Penn.
OCTOBER 21, 2009
Penn IUR Urban Scholarship Event
UURC Reception
An orientation to Penn IUR’s Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium (UURC), a spring seminar that exposes sophomores or juniors methods uses in urban research and offers an opportunity for individual faculty-mentored urban research on a topic or question of the student’s choosing.
OCTOBER 30, 2009
Penn IUR Faculty Forum Event
Roundtable Discussion: Immigrant Health in Philadelphia
Co sponsored by the Penn IUR Faculty Forum on Immigration, Race, and Urban Inequality, the Philadelphia Migration Project, and Penn's Center for Public Health Initiatives this half-day symposium explored public health research and practice among different immigrant groups in Philadelphia including the Latin American, Vietnamese/Cambodian and African communities. Other participants included the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and The Center for Refugee Health, Thomas Jefferson University.
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Penn IUR Urban Scholarship Event
Energyshed: Managing Climate Change at the Regional Scale
This joint Penn IUR / City Planning doctoral seminar event featured a presentation by Mark Alan Hughes, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Penn’s School of Design. The presentation focused on the concept and ongoing research for a joint position paper being developed for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen taking place in December 2009. Specifically, the paper will explore the concept of an “energyshed,” a spatial organization at the regional scale that will facilitate metropolitan regions in managing climate change. Co-authors of the joint position paper are John Byrne, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, director of The University of Delaware Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III; and Laurie Actman, Executive Director, Metropolitan Caucus.
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
Penn IUR Public Interest Series
Lecture: Re-Imagining New York: Feeding the City
We idly purchase fruits, vegetables, and grains grown with petroleum-based fertilizers and transported long distances to our urban supermarkets. In order to become more self-sufficient and environmentally responsible, does New York City need to incorporate food-growing systems within its boundaries? This lecture featured discussion between urban planners, food producers, journalists, and scholars on feeding great cities like New York, today and tomorrow. Panelists included Dan Albert, Weber Thompson, designer of Eco-Laboratory; Colin Cathcart, principal, Kiss + Cathcart; Dickson Despommier, professor of Public Health, Columbia University; Nevin Cohen, assistant professor of environmental studies, The New School; Ian Marvy, co-founder and executive director of Added Value; and Jennifer Nelkin, greenhouse director, Gotham Greens. Co-sponsored with the Municipal Arts Society. To view the event press release, click here.
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Penn IUR Public Interest Series
Book talk: Randall F. Mason, “The Once and Future New York: Historic Preservation and the Modern City” (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009)
Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street | 6:00pm
Co-sponsored with PennDesign’s Historic Preservation Program and AIA Philadelphia, Randall Mason, Director, Historic Preservation Program, Penn Design, discussed his new book, The Once and Future New York: Historic Preservation and the Modern City that tracks the roots of America’s historic preservation movement between 1890 and 1920. Focusing on three New York City projects—the restoration of City Hall Park, the ultimately failed attempt to save historic St. John’s Chapel and the construction of the Bronx River Parkway— Mason challenges several myths about historic preservation. Click here for more information on the book series. Click here for more event specific information.
EVENT ARCHIVE - PAST ACADEMIC YEARS
National Impact Conference
2008-2009 Academic Year
- Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil: Access to podcasts, photos of the Exhibition, and live coverage from symposium bloggers
- The Shape of the New American City: Access to audio and video podcasts, photos, and articles
2007-2008 Academic Year
- Reinventing Older Communities: How Does Place Matter? (Conference Program)
- Land and Power: The Impact of Eminent Domain in Urban Communities
- Urban Anchors in the 21st Century: A Commitment to Place, Growth, and Community
- Women’s Health is the Community’s Health: Impacting Women’s Lives in Urban Places
2006-2007 Academic Year
- Growing Greener Cities Symposium
2005-2006 Academic Year
- New Downtowns: A Conference on the Future of Urban Centers
- Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
2004-2005 Academic Year
- The Franklin Conference – School by Design: Innovative Intentions
Public Interest Series
2008-2009 Academic Year
- Philadelphia 360 – Reshaping the City: New Visions for Urban Infrastructure
Event photos
PlanPhilly reporting and video
- Philadelphia 360 – The Competitiveness and Sustainability of American Cities and Regions
Event photos
Press Release
Keynote address: Derek Douglas, Special Assistant to President Obama for Urban Affairs - Book Reception: Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male
- Book Reception: Growing Greener Cities (podcast)
- Philadelphia 360 – The Future of Cities: The World, The Nation, Philadelphia (video)
- Mega Trends That Will Rebuild America
- Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
- Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City
- Philadelphia 360 – Anchor Institutions in Major Cities
- Philadelphia 360 – Leading Cities to Sustainability: A Conversation with National and Local Leaders and Exhibition Opening (photos)
- Philadelphia 360 – McCain Obama Surrogate Debate (video and photos)
- Metropolitan Agriculture in North America: From Planning to Development
- Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
2007-2008 Academic Year
- Schools and the New Inequality
- Slum Upgrading Today: Lessons from Africa and Around the World (video)
- Crime in the Neighborhood
- Creative Society and Neighborhood Revitalization
2006-2007 Academic Year
- Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network
- The Next 100 Million: Where Will They Go?
- Book Discussion: Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster
- The Riots of 1967: Reflecting on the Newark and Detroit Forty Years Later
- School Reform and Equitable Development
- Breaking Ground in New Orleans
- A National Framework for Risk Reduction and Management
- The Challenges of Urban Preservation
- Comparative Urban Politics Workshop: Rescaling the City
2005-2006 Academic Year
- The New Metropolis: Rethinking Megalopolis
- Race and the Supreme Court
- The Growing Importance of a City's History in Today's Global Economy
- The Casinos are Coming: What Gaming Will Mean for Philadelphia
2004-2005 Academic Year
- Preying on Hope: The Impact of Predatory Lending on Urban Communities
- Urban Perspectives
- Transforming Cities: Positive Outcomes of Public/Private Engagement
2003-2004 Academic Year
- Globalization: Cities, Jobs, and the National Economy
Expert Event
2008-2009 Academic Year
- Infrastructure for the 22nd Century
- Using Science for Decision Making in Dynamic Systems: A Conference on Ecosystem Services (ACES) 2008
2007-2008 Academic Year
- Penn IUR Roundtable on Anchor Institutions (PRAI) – Performing Art Centers
- Creating a New Natural Resource Legacy: Conservation and Sustainability
- Ideas on Urban Futures: The Next Generation of Philadelphia Leadership
2006-2007 Academic Year
- Toward a 21st Century Urban Agenda
- Earth from Space: The Future of Global Urban Development
- The Northeast Climate and Competitiveness Summit
- A National Framework for Risk Reduction and Management: Developing a Research Agenda
- Greater Philadelphia-New York Regional Leadership Exchange
- Comparative Urban Politics Workshop: Rescaling the City
- Innovations for an Urban World: A Global Urban Summit
2005-2006 Academic Year
- The University and Public Design: The Impact of Urban University Development in Cities
2004-2005 Academic Year
- Repositioning Public Housing for the Future: Strategies and Practices
2003-2004 Academic Year
- State of the American City
Urban Leadership Forum
- Building Competitive and Sustainable Cities (2009) (photos)
- Perspectives on Urban Leadership: Intersecting Theory and Practice (2008)
- Urban Design and Sustainability (2007)
- Leadership in the Face of Disaster (2006)
- The Role of Mayors in Urban Transformation (2005)
Doctoral Activities
- Sixth Annual Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium (2009)
- Penn IUR Urban Doctoral Reception (2009)
- Fifth Annual Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium (2008)
- The Role of Social Movements in Urban Renewal (2007)
- Fourth Annual Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium (2007)
- Third Annual Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium (2006)
- Second Annual Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium (2005)
- First Annual Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium (2004)
Partnership Events
2008-2009 Academic Year
- Unspoken Borders Conference: The Ecologies of Inequality and the Future of Design in Race + Space + Politics
- A Conference on Ecosystem Services (ACES) 2008: Using Science for Decision Making in Dynamic Systems
- Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Analysis for Solutions
2007-2008 Academic Year
- Unspoken Borders Conference: Consciousness in Sustainable Design
- Politics, Activism and the History of America's Public Schools: A Conference for Young Scholars
- Urban Policy and the President
- Mobilizing Capital for Inner City Revitalization: Challenges and New Directions
2006-2007 Academic Year
- Unspoken Borders: Perspective on Race and Design