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Urban Studies Senior Amy Tomasso received first place in the Creative Writing Program's Creative Nonfiction competition for her piece "Me, my mother."  Congratulations, Amy!

Michael Kahan

The Program on Urban Studies, and its Human Cities Initiative, will collaborate with the Stanford Arts Institute on a new fellowship in Creative Cities.  The first two fellows, Andrew Herscher and Johanna Taylor, will be on campus during…

The International Urbanization Seminar is an interdisciplinary course offering students a comparative approach to sustainable cities, focusing on urbanization in the world’s two largest economies and biggest emitters of greenhouse gases:…

In December, Stanford’s urban studies program launched the Human Cities Initiative to promote urban development that prioritizes the quality of life for city inhabitants. The initiative will encompass existing curriculum as well as future events…

Courtesy of Milbrey McLaughlin.

Urban Studies faculty member emerita Milbrey McLaughlin, founder of the John Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.