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Nov 20 2025 Past Event Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Info Session Speakers: Jay Arzu Urban Development

Article October 21, 2025 Exploring the Impact of Anchor Institutions A new graduate course, “Anchor Institutions as Agents of Change: Past, Present and Future,” explores economic impacts of anchor institutions. Eugénie L. Birch Anthony (Tony) Sorrentino Anchor Institutions

Visiting Scholar Yanlin Pan

Co-Founder, Beijing Shuinong Landscape Design Co., Ltd

Urban Development

Fellow in Urban Leadership Layla Sayed

Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership

Fellow in Urban Leadership Veronica Baladi

Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership

Anchor Institutions

Fellow in Urban Leadership Jasmin Acosta Gomez

Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership

Anchor Institutions

Article May 28, 2025 Penn Institute for Urban Research Awarded Grant to Re-envision the University’s Role as an Anchor Institution Penn IUR's "Penn as an Anchor Institution" project has been selected for support through the University of Pennsylvania’s Draw Down the Lightning grants, a new initiative of the Office of the President and Office of the Provost. Anchor Institutions

Article May 22, 2025 Doctoral Symposium Celebrates New Urban Research at Penn The Penn Institute for Urban Research celebrated the university’s urban scholars at the 18th Annual Urban Doctoral Symposium & Poster session, highlighting the dissertation work of three newly minted urban PhDs. Urban Development

Announcement May 13, 2025 Applications Now Open: Become a 2025–2026 Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership The Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership Program is now accepting applications for the 2025–2026 academic year. Urban Development

Announcement February 26, 2025 Photo Contest | Gather: The Power of Place-based Connection The Penn Institute for Urban Research invites photographers and visual storytellers worldwide to participate in our ninth annual photo contest, Gather: The Power of Place-based Connection. Urban Development

Article December 9, 2024 Laura Perna on Access to Higher Education Among the nation's leading scholars on issues of college access and affordability, Laura Perna has advanced the discourse on equity in higher education through numerous highly acclaimed edited volumes, reports, and articles. Her scholarship examines the policy choices for enabling access—and success—for post-K-12 education, assessing college access, affordability, and success--especially for low-income, first-generation, and non-traditional students. Laura Perna Urban Development

Feb 27 2025 Past Event PhD Lunch & Lightning Talks Urban Development

Faculty Fellow Katharine Strunk

Dean, and George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education

State & Local Finance Anchor Institutions

Faculty Fellow Emily Hannum

Professor of Sociology and Education and Associate Dean, Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences

Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Sharicca Boldon

Director, Comprehensive Executive Programs, Wharton Executive Education

Urban Development Anchor Institutions

Publication September 17, 2024 Scholarly Voices Series To mark 20 years of urban research, Penn IUR launched its Scholarly Voices Series, featuring its Faculty Fellows. Dennis Culhane Gilles Duranton Jessie Handbury John MacDonald Laura Perna Megan Ryerson Erick Guerra Shane Jensen Jere Behrman Urban Development

Fellow in Urban Leadership Alicia Augustin

Anchor Institutions

Fellow in Urban Leadership Faith Applegate

Anchor Institutions

People Janet Currie

Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus, Princeton University

Climate Change & Resilience Housing

Student Program August 22, 2024 Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership Urban Development

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