Upcoming Events
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April 26, 2007
Penn IUR Advisory Board Meeting
University of Pennsylvania
Spring 2007 convening of the Penn IUR External Advisory Board, chaired by Judith Rodin, former President of the University of Pennsylvania and President of the Rockefeller Foundation.
April 26, 2007
Penn IUR Annual Leadership Luncheon: Mayor Joseph Riley, Charleston, SC
University of Pennsylvania
Each year, Penn IUR presents its Leadership Award at an Annual Award Luncheon to honor those who display outstanding leadership in urban affairs. Past recipients of the Urban Leadership Award include James Lee Witt, former Director of FEMA; and Mayor Manual Diaz of the City of Miami.
May 11, 2007
Urban Doctoral Symposium
University of Pennsylvania
This symposium aims to celebrate the work of urban-focused PhD students who have recently completed their dissertations. Honorees will present their dissertations to faculty advisors, fellow PhD students, family and friends. For more information, please e-mail Jelani Newton at jnewton2@pobox.upenn.edu.
May 15, 2007
Workshop with Urban Geographer Peter Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
The Penn IUR Faculty Forum, "Cities around the World: Networks, Form, Function," will host urban geographer, Peter Taylor on Tuesday, May 15. Peter Taylor is founder and co-director of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group and Network. The Faculty Forum will host a small mini-workshop to discuss the GaWC, as well as the data and other resources available there, with faculty and student researchers. For more information on this mini-workshop, please e-mail Professor Janice Madden at madden@ssc.upenn.edu.