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.
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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)

Celebrating 20 Years

Enrique Peñalosa Londoño headshot against Colombian flag backdrop
20th Anniversary On-campus
January 23, 2025
The City in the 21st Century: Celebrating the Reflective Practitioner featuring Enrique Peñalosa Londoño

Join the Penn Institute for Urban Research and Penn Press in welcoming Enrique Peñalosa Londoño, former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, to campus on January 23 at 12:00pm for a talk on his book, Equality and the City: Urban Innovations for All Citizens. 

Enrique Peñalosa Manuel A. Diaz Richard Freeland Judith Rodin Eleanor Sharpe
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Past Events

Nov 20 2024 Past Event GIS Day Keynote: Exploring Cities through the Lens of Urban Analytics Speakers:  Andrew Crooks Urban Development
Nov 11 2024 Past Event Carbon Capture and Cities Speakers:  Thomas Daniels Masoud Akbarzadeh Dorit Aviv Jennifer Wilcox Sanya Carley William W. Braham Climate Change & Resilience
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

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