The Brown Urban Studies Program is the quintessential interdisciplinary program. Our core faculty members come from 8 academic disciplines and our students draw on very diverse ideas and methods. Yet we are a cohesive intellectual group, for our studies are all focused on the city. We organize our approach around a set of basic research and teaching areas that reflect the depth and diversity of the program: urban development and economics, urban politics and community, the urban built environment, American urban history, suburbanization, and literary representations of urban space and social relations.
The demanding academic work attracts the best students, many of whom are supported with summer research fellowships and internships doing fieldwork, often followed by an honors thesis. Roughly twenty-five seniors a year graduate in Urban Studies; six-to-eight typically write an honors thesis. Our students have a distinct spirit -- reflected in their newsletter, the department undergraduate group (DUG), and student-led conferences. [Read more on Academic Profile...]
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Upcoming Events
Urban Studies Honors Presentations - Fri, April 29, noon-1pm, B&H 190. Refreshments immediately following at Urban Studies building.
Previous Events
Urban Studies Brown Degree Days - "Life After Urban Studies" Thu, April 7, 5:30-6:30pm refreshments; 6:30-7:30 discussion. Barus & Holley Lobby & Rm 190
Urban Studies conference - "Visions for Urban Development" Friday, March 11, 1-5pm Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
Urban Studies Open House & Internship Fair, Sept 7, 2010
Brown Degree Days Alumni Panel, Thu April 8, 2010
New England Film Premiere of "Butte, America," Wed. Sep. 23, 2009.
Transforming Urban Places: Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Urban Studies Program
"Rebuilding Providence beyond downtown"
by John Kostrzewa about the Urban Studies forum
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