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| Congratulations MAPPR Grant Awardees | 11-10-2009 |
| Over the past three decades, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research has built a reputation for serving leaders and scholars with top-notch research, inviting discussion, and world-class political leadership training. We wish to congratulate Eva Kassens, Heather Khan and Laura Reese for winning a 2009-10 Michigan Applied Public Policy Research Grant. |
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| GUSP Workshop Series | 09-01-2009 |
| This workshop focuses on current research on globalization and socioeconomic transformations in world urban regions. Transnational processes such as economic globalization have posed both theoretical and methodological challenges for urban studies. This workshop aims to build a forum for interdisciplinary intellectual exchanges among students and faculty working on global urban issues. The workshop hosts a lively and interactive series of presentations covering such topics including migration, urban housing and labor market, planning and transportation, transnational activism, political economy of place, urban politics and governance, entrepreneurialism, mega projects and urban regeneration, technology and innovation, poverty, gentrification, creative class, art and cultural industries, architecture and built environment, preservation, and urban history. |
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| GUSP at the 39th Annual UAA Meeting in Chicago, IL (PDF) | 06-09-2009 |
| Urban Affairs
Volume 5, Issue 1
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| Urban Affairs Association 40th Annual Meeting (PDF) | 06-09-2009 |
| For its 40th annual conference, the Urban Affairs Association is traveling to Honolulu, Hawaii to address the issue of: Sustaining Cities in a Time of Globalization: Social, Economic and Political Realities http://www.udel.edu/uaa/annual_meeting/index.html. March 10-13 2010 |
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| GUSP faculty member receives Fintz Award | 04-21-2009 |
| The Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Humanities recognizes outstanding faculty who in keeping with the goals of integrative studies seek to make students familiar with different ways of knowing and artistic expression and to assist them in developing critical thinking and effective communication skills. Professor Edward Murphy of both History and GUSP has been named a 2009 award recipient. |
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