Public Health

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Fellow in Urban Leadership Shivaek Venkateswaran
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Ryan Rodriguez
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Gabrielle Cayo
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Sanya Tinaikar
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Adijared Huerta Flores
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
Article February 18, 2026 Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Advances Urban Scholarship Across Penn The Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium (UURC) is a seminar that embeds undergraduates in faculty- and doctoral student-mentored research on emerging urban challenges. Urban Development
News December 15, 2025 Rethinking streets designed for life Yadan Luo, lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of the Design's Department of Landscape Architecture, on a blueprint for what’s possible for Philadelphia's streets. Urban Development
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Fellow James Wright
Project Manager for Strategy and Operations, Center for Health Justice MBA
Urban Development
Oct 03 2025 Past Event Philadelphia’s Green Transformation: From Research to Action Speakers:  Shane Jensen Matt Rader Anthony (Tony) Sorrentino Susan Wachter Charles Branas James Wright Urban Development
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Scholar Benjamin Chrisinger
Assistant Professor, Community Health, Tufts University Assistant Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning, Tufts University
Affiliated PhD Student Rebecca Pepe
Doctoral Candidate, Social Welfare, School of Social Policy & Practice
Housing
Fellow in Urban Leadership Pragat Patel
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
Urban Development
Fellow in Urban Leadership Joyce Lee
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
Urban Development
Article November 18, 2024 Dennis Culhane on The Emerging Crisis of Aged Homelessness Dennis Culhane’s current research examines the relationship between homelessness and the aging of the “Baby Boom” cohort. Dennis Culhane Housing
Article 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 Fernando Ferreira Benjamin Keys Mariaflavia Harari Urban Development
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Antoilyn Nguyen
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Aravind Krishnan
Anchor Institutions
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Leo Biehl
Anchor Institutions
Sep 27 2024 Past Event Planning Healthy Cities in China Speakers:  Lan Wang Urban Development
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Affiliated PhD Student Jasmine Siyu Wu
PhD Student, City and Regional Planning

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Urban Scholarship Penn Scholars Inspiring Urban Policy
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From Research to Action Philadelphia’s Green Transformation
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Celebrating Urban Leadership 2025 Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners