Events

Join Penn IUR and partners to learn about the challenges facing cities today, build upon your skill sets or converse with some of the pre-eminent minds in urban research.
Explore our event series:
Special Briefing Series Urban Leadership Forum Nowak Memorial Lecture City Form & Sustainable Growth Forum on Urban Informality Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA)

Past Events

Oct 24 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: America’s Growth Regions Speakers:  Kim Norton Robert Buschman Eric Kim Tom Schuette State & Local Finance
Oct 22 2024 Past Event 2025 Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Information Session Speakers:  Yining Lei Travis Lloyd Decaminada
Oct 15 2024 Past Event Financing Resilient Cities for the Future Speakers:  Mauricio Rodas Eugénie L. Birch Jaime Pumarejo Heins Nathaniel Echeverria Gulnara Roll Climate Change & Resilience
Sep 27 2024 Past Event Planning Healthy Cities in China Speakers:  Lan Wang Urban Development
Sep 19 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: Year Ahead for America’s States and Municipalities Speakers:  Mark Zandi Vikram Rai Jane Ridley Matthew Stitt State & Local Finance
Jun 27 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: State Tax Breaks State & Local Finance
May 29 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: Doom Loop or Boom Loop—Work from Home and the Challenges Facing US Cities State & Local Finance
Apr 25 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: America's $900 Billion Water Crisis State & Local Finance
Apr 12 2024 Past Event Economic Opportunity for Everyone: The Role of CDFIs in Advancing and Building Opportunity Urban Development
Apr 09 2024 Past Event Vibrant Cities: Advancing Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Urban Development Urban Development
Apr 05 2024 Past Event Innovating for Urban Resilience: 19th Annual Urban Leadership Forum Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Mar 28 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: America's Hot Growth States State & Local Finance
Mar 21 2024 Past Event Leveling the Field: Combining Proprietary Micro-Level Data with Machine Learning Methods for Housing Justice Research Housing Urban Development
Mar 13 2024 Past Event Powering the Slum: Exploring Alternatives Forms of Energy for Informal Settlements Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Feb 28 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: State Tax Cuts State & Local Finance

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