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Special Briefing Series Urban Leadership Forum Nowak Memorial Lecture City Form & Sustainable Growth Forum on Urban Informality Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA)

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Event On-campus
November 12, 2025
Penn Climate Seminar: Dorit Aviv on Rethinking the Future of Cooling

Rethinking the future of cooling: combatting rising heat without air conditioning with Dorit Aviv.

Dorit Aviv
Climate Change & Resilience
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Past Events

Oct 30 2025 Past Event City on the Brink: Environmental Movements in Mumbai Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Oct 17 2025 Past Event The Richards Transportation Initiative at Penn Launch Event Speakers:  Leigh Palmer Urban Development
Oct 16 2025 Past Event The Richards Transportation Initiative at Penn Networking Happy Hour Speakers:  Leslie Richards
Oct 16 2025 Past Event Special Briefing: Strategies for Closing the US Infrastructure Gap Speakers:  William Glasgall Susan Wachter Leslie Richards Camila Fonseca Sarmiento Geoffrey Buswick Fatima Yousofi Hughey Newsome State & Local Finance
Oct 03 2025 Past Event Philadelphia’s Green Transformation: From Research to Action Speakers:  Shane Jensen Matt Rader Anthony (Tony) Sorrentino Susan Wachter Charles Branas James Wright Urban Development
Sep 11 2025 Past Event Special Briefing on the Muni Debt Boom: Record Borrowing Amid Budget Strains Speakers:  William Glasgall Susan Wachter Matt Fabian Fitzroy Lee Vikram Rai Sheila Weinberg Mark Zandi State & Local Finance
May 08 2025 Past Event Special Briefing on State Budgets: The Big Squeeze Speakers:  William Glasgall Susan Wachter Emily S. Brock Shelby Kerns Vikram Rai Jonathan Womer Teryn Zmuda State & Local Finance
Apr 25 2025 Past Event 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum: Urban Leadership for the 21st Century Speakers:  Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Patrick Harker Enrique Peñalosa Urban Development
Apr 24 2025 Past Event Opportunities & Challenges of Climate Action Planning in Indian Cities: A Case of Mumbai City Speakers:  Lubaina Rangwala Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Apr 14 2025 Past Event Special Briefing | Mayors under Stress: Financing Local Development around the World Speakers:  Steve Adler Stephanie Miner Nasiphi Moya Jaime Pumarejo Heins Eugénie L. Birch William Glasgall State & Local Finance
Apr 11 2025 Past Event Seventh Annual Nowak Memorial Lecture | Founding Visions: A Journey of Collaboration and Impact Speakers:  Patricia L. Smith Eva Gladstein Joyce Wilkerson Dr. Katherine O’Regan Urban Development
Apr 10 2025 Past Event Book Talk | Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence with Jens Ludwig Speakers:  John MacDonald Jens Ludwig Urban Development
Mar 27 2025 Past Event Book Talk: Power, Politics and Territory in the ‘New Northern Ireland’ Speakers:  Vincent Reina Elizabeth DeYoung Housing
Mar 18 2025 Past Event Defying Displacement: Book Talk and Conversation with Andrew Lee Speakers:  Andrew Lee Akira Drake Rodriguez Urban Development Housing
Mar 18 2025 Past Event Special Briefing: The Future of Mass Transportation under Trump and the GOP Speakers:  Kurt Forsgren David Greising Randy Iwasaki Leslie Richards Polly Trottenberg Eugénie L. Birch William Glasgall State & Local Finance

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