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Fellow in Urban Leadership Aly Kerrigan

Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership

Urban Development Housing

News July 10, 2025 Transit Funding Crisis Unfolds in Pennsylvania Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Leslie Richards is featured in The American Prospect . Urban Development

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

Affiliated PhD Student Stephanie Rivera-Kumar

City and Regional Planning Ph.D. Candidate and Fontaine Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design

Urban Development

Article April 14, 2025 Seventh Annual Jeremy Nowak Memorial Lecture Reunites Founders to Reflect on Roots of Mission-Driven Finance The Seventh Annual Jeremy Nowak Memorial Lecture—hosted by the Reinvestment Fund and the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR)—reunited the founders of the Reinvestment Fund to reflect on the powerful relationships, social movements, and vision that laid its foundation. Urban Development

News April 10, 2025 Penn IUR Celebrates 20 Years of Global Urban Leadership at Annual Forum The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) will host the 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum, a milestone event honoring visionary global leaders who have shaped today’s cities and have lessons for tomorrow's cities, on Friday, April 25. Urban Development

Article March 26, 2025 John MacDonald on Addressing Abandoned Housing to Improve Public Safety John MacDonald's article, “Lessons Learned from a Citywide Abandoned Housing Experiment,” offers valuable insights into the relationship between the built environment and community wellbeing. Housing

Article March 26, 2025 Navigating Uncertainty in Federal Transportation Policy With significant policy reversals, staffing cuts, and the suspension of previously awarded federal funds, cities are being forced to reconsider how they plan, finance, and operate public transportation. State & Local Finance

Emerging Scholar David Mitre Becerril

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut

Urban Development Housing

News July 8, 2024 Pennsylvania Legalized Speed Cameras. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next. Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Erick Guerra spoke with Next City about pedestrian safety. Urban Development

News July 1, 2024 Is this European city a model for Philadelphia’s affordable housing? One Council member thinks so. Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Vincent Reina was quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer about public housing. Housing

Apr 12 2024 Past Event Economic Opportunity for Everyone: The Role of CDFIs in Advancing and Building Opportunity Urban Development

Fellow Anne Fadullon

Founding Principal, MAKE Advisory Services, LLC

Urban Development Housing + 1

Article September 11, 2023 Penn IUR Welcomes 2023-24 Fellows in Urban Leadership Penn IUR welcomes its sixth cohort into the Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership program. Anchor Institutions

Publication November 29, 2022 How Philly can stay ahead of the curve in addressing climate change Climate Change & Resilience

Oct 12 2022 Past Event Penn Climate Week: Measuring Philly's Heat and Air Quality: Organizer and Community Leader Perspectives Climate Change & Resilience

Article September 19, 2022 Penn IUR Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows in Urban Leadership Penn IUR Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows in Urban Leadership. Anchor Institutions

Article May 26, 2022 The Black Worker and the Knowledge Economy in Philadelphia: University-Led Displacement vs. Homeowner Democracy Many have posited that university-driven development is the solution to the problems of deindustrialization and disinvestment. Others have criticized this work for displacing residents, contributing to inequality, and compromising urban democracy. My research investigates the consequences of university-driven development in Philadelphia, especially for African American communities that surround the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and Drexel University. State & Local Finance

Affiliated PhD Student Tali Ziv

PhD Student, Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Fellow Zhongjie Lin

Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning

Urban Development Rapid Urbanization

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