The Growth of Milwaukee course featured in Journal Sentinel
Urban Studies Professor Amanda Seligman’s course, The Growth of Milwaukee, was highlighted in two Journal Sentinel articles.… Continue Reading »
Urban Studies major Sedgwick (Sed) Smith on the Talking Fitchburg program
Urban Studies major Sedgwick (Sed) Smith on the Talking Fitchburg program
Urban Studies major Sedgwick (Sed) Smith was showcased on the Talking Fitchburg program about his community development work as part of his summer internship in the City of Fitchburg.… Continue Reading »
Lara Fritts (MS ’95)
Lara Fritts (MS ’95)
Community Redevelopment (OTC: CRDV) (“the Company”), a developer of community oriented real estate in urban and suburban markets with a focus on all aspects of the real estate development cycle, announced today that Lara L. Fritts, CEcD, FM has joined the company as Executive Vice President.… Continue Reading »
A virtual talk by sociologist Greg Squires on the Segregated City
A virtual talk by sociologist Greg Squires on the Segregated City
October 1, 2021
9:00-11:00 am (CST)
A discussion on October 1 will feature leaders in the field of fair housing and segregation.… Continue Reading »
Former Fort Worth official is San Antonio’s new economic development director
Former Fort Worth official is San Antonio’s new economic development director
The city department focused on fostering economic growth in San Antonio has a new leader.… Continue Reading »
New Publication from USP PhD student Kat Kocisky!
New Publication from USP PhD student Kat Kocisky
This article seeks to expand scholarly conceptions of green gentrification by emphasizing the complex and contradictory connections between nonhumans and humans..… Continue Reading »
Melissa Songco (nee Herguth), ’09 MS and certificate
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County names new CEO
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County announced Melissa Songco has been named as the new CEO by the Board of Directors, effective April 12.… Continue Reading »
New, Undergraduate and Graduate Racial Justice Community Project Grants
New, Undergraduate and Graduate Racial Justice Community Project Grants — Applications accepted on a rolling basis
The UWM Urban Studies Program has developed a new grant program for Urban Studies undergraduate and graduate students designed to help students pursue community-based activities that further racial equity and racial justice, broadly defined, in Milwaukee.… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Hamideh Moayyed
Congratulations to Hamideh Moayyed
Congratulations to Urban Studies PhD candidate and GIS Certificate alum, Hamideh Moayyed!… Continue Reading »
Saving America’s Cities
Saving America’s Cities
Monday, Nov. 9, 2020
6:30–8:30 pm
A virtual talk with Harvard University Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and Distinguished Service Professor of History Lizabeth Cohen as she discusses her new book… Continue Reading »