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News October 28, 2024 Penn IUR, The United Nations Environment Programme unveil new framework to address gap in urban nature finance The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) released a report with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cities Unit’s State of Finance for Nature in Cities, From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities, during COP16 Colombia. Amanda Lloyd Samuel Geldin Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Announcement September 23, 2024 Penn IUR Welcomes 2024-25 Fellows in Urban Leadership Penn IUR welcomes its seventh cohort into the Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership program.

Announcement May 22, 2024 2024 Penn Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Findings Urban Development

Announcement March 13, 2024 Penn IUR Announces the 2024 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Announcement January 29, 2024 Penn IUR Announces Winner of 8th Annual Photography Contest Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Announcement December 6, 2023 The SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance Statement Climate Change & Resilience

Announcement September 25, 2023 Penn IUR 2023 Photo Contest: Urban Nature

Announcement September 11, 2023 Penn IUR Welcomes 2023-24 Fellows in Urban Leadership

News July 28, 2023 Mass transit agencies seeking financial solutions

Announcement June 20, 2023 Penn IUR Partners with UN-SDSN on Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance

Announcement June 1, 2023 2023 Penn Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Findings

News May 25, 2023 With many cities facing a fiscal cliff as ARPA funding ends, debt ceiling debate continues on Capitol Hill

Announcement May 8, 2023 2023 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Student Awardees Announced

Announcement March 29, 2023 Penn IUR Announces the 2023 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners

News February 27, 2023 With economic downturn on the horizon, states and local governments are well positioned financially

News February 16, 2023 Surpluses stuffed while debt ceiling looms

News January 19, 2023 With the rise of remote work, American cities face an ‘urban doom loop’ as revenue declines

Announcement January 5, 2023 2022 Penn IUR Photo Contest Winners

News December 5, 2022 Experts examine municipal financial health

News November 18, 2022 From the U.N. climate conference, advice for Philly as it adapts to global warming

Announcement September 29, 2022 Special Briefing Podcast Launched

Announcement September 28, 2022 Penn IUR 2022 Photo Contest: Thriving

Announcement September 19, 2022 Penn IUR Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows in Urban Leadership Rapid Urbanization

Announcement May 31, 2022 2022 Penn Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Findings

News May 19, 2022 The Case for Going Big With Infrastructure Spending

News May 19, 2022 Muni bonds still have role amid federal infrastructure dollars

News April 25, 2022 What Inflation Means for State and Local Budgets

Announcement March 29, 2022 Penn IUR Announces the 2022 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners

News December 20, 2021 House prices in Arizona are rising and that could be bad news for Australia's property market

News December 20, 2021 Infrastructure act's discretionary grants may be subject to political pressure

News December 17, 2021 Despite shortages of materials, new housing construction is up

News December 15, 2021 Experts Predict What The Housing Market Will Look Like In 2022

Announcement December 2, 2021 Federal Support for Local Education and Workforce Solutions

News November 18, 2021 Homebuilders are facing another shortage: housing lots

Announcement November 10, 2021 Penn IUR's Daily Bulletin from COP26 For the second and final week of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Penn IUR joined the Penn delegation with representation from Amy Montgomery, Penn IUR’s Managing Director. She provided daily bulletins on urban-related activity from COP.

Announcement November 3, 2021 Penn IUR Releases Three Publications on Effects of the Pandemic on Metros and Cities

News November 1, 2021 How To Move To The Suburbs

Announcement October 11, 2021 Penn IUR Hosts a Panel Discussion on Free Community College Tuition

News September 24, 2021 Issuers eye broadband, clean water dollars in bipartisan infrastructure bill

Announcement September 23, 2021 Penn IUR Welcomes 2021-22 Fellows in Urban Leadership

News September 22, 2021 Rethinking resilience in the face of climate change

News September 16, 2021 Remote Workers Are on the Move. What It Means for the Housing Market.

News July 19, 2021 Foreclosures are at a record low … for now

Announcement July 13, 2021 Urban Innovation Is Essential to Reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

News June 21, 2021 The economy isn’t going back to February 2020. Fundamental shifts have occurred.

Announcement June 11, 2021 2021 Penn Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Findings

News June 3, 2021 Houses in the U.S. cost 13.2% more in March 2021 than at the same time last year.

News May 10, 2021 The wealthy exodus from superstar cities

News May 4, 2021 Should Young Adults Stretch Financially to Buy a Home?

News April 27, 2021 More Americans Are Leaving Cities, But Don’t Call It an Urban Exodus

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