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Extreme Cities Reveals How Cities May Fare in a Time of Climate Chaos

September 20, 2019

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

Professor Ashley Dawson draws on the experience of Hurricane Sandy to examine the "potentially catastrophic" impact of unchecked climate change on America's coastal cities. Read more ›

The Right to Ride

April 15, 2019

| Labor and Urban Studies, School of Professional Studies, The Graduate Center

Should public transit be a right? When it grants access to cities changing because of gentrification, yes, argues one new book about the matter. Read more ›

The text "Stand Up" etched into the siding at Brooklyn Bridge Pier with the Manhattan skyline in the background

Poetry’s Political Possibilities

December 6, 2018

| Guttman Community College

If poetry and urban planning sound like strange bedfellows, an English professor instead sees their intrinsic possibilities. Read more ›

Capture the scene with a Long Exposure as the 9/11 remembrance tribute lights up the night sky

New York’s Ongoing Recovery Process Following 9/11

October 4, 2018

| John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center

For those living in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, life irrevocably shifted in “both obvious and subtle” ways. Now that nearly two decades have passed, scholars trace myriad recovery efforts and issues in a new edited collection. Read more ›

A photo of a mural in Baltimore depicting a white woman in sunglasses with a beehive hairdo

‘Welcome to Baltimore, Hon’: The Urban Folklore of Local Speech

September 26, 2018

| Bronx Community College

A new book examines "Hon"'s rich history in Baltimore, concentrating on the role it played in establishing and perpetuating residents' sense of identity. Read more ›

The Fall and Rise of Brooklyn

September 4, 2018

| City Tech, The Graduate Center

Two professors explore what’s been gained in Brooklyn's story of urban revitalization, but also what’s been lost as gentrification prices out the poor. Read more ›

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