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Urban Studies Faculty Affiliate, and former Director, Doug McAdam

Doug McAdam, Urban Studies faculty director 2006-2013, argues in a new book that rising partisanship and inequality are threatening American democracy.  The book is co-authored by Karina Kloos, a Ph.D. student in Sociology who worked with…

Amy Tomasso's work with the Project for Public Spaces involved gathering community input about what people believe would make public space work for them.

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Amy Tomasso, Urban Studies '16, held an internship this summer with the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) in New York City.  In a post on the PPS blog, Amy reflects on what she learned about creating lively and livable public spaces in…

The International Urbanization Seminar (URBANST 145) focuses on urbanization in the world’s two largest economies and biggest emitters of greenhouse gases—China and the United States. 

In this inaugural pilot…

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