Urban Studies
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SLU Urban Studies student Natalie Cassar explores social problems in New York City’s housing market
In SLU’s Urban Studies undergraduate program, students deepen and explore their interests in social, economic, and political issues affecting city residents. Students in URB 340: Contemporary Urban Social Problems with Professor Sofya Aptekar helped select which social problems they would study together as a class, then chose one issue for a deep-dive final project.
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New Publications from SLU Faculty and Staff
Stephanie Luce has two new articles out: one in LaborNotes on workers and housing, and another in Portside on how unions are organizing for racial justice. Gladys Palma de Shrynemakers is co-hosting Next Gen Assessment: A Series for Educators Transitioning Online for the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU). This is an ongoing series of blog posts complemented by brief video discussions designed to…
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Prof. Kafui Attoh on Structural Racism in Mass-Transit Policing
The protests over the past week and a half have laid bare many of the excesses of the police and called into increasing question what their role in our cities is and should be. In a recent Streetsblog post, SLU professor Kafui Attoh explained why the protests have in particular laid bare the structural racism…
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Virtual Event: Fighting for CUNY/Rebuilding NYC (6/11)
Thursday, June 11 * 10 AM to 11:30 AM PLEASE NOTE: The ZOOM link will be sent to registrants the day before the event. REGISTER HERE A Zoom forum on past, present and future efforts and struggles to save CUNY as a working-class institution that embodies the best of our city’s hopes and aspirations for…