Events

11/13 CRP Graduate Programs: Virtual Open House

Watch this recording of a whirlwind tour of the M.R.P. and Ph.D. CRP programs, highlighting the curriculum, global opportunities, admissions, and a live Q&A with faculty and students.

10/16 CRP Graduate Programs: Virtual Information Session for International Applicants

View this recording of a special information session on the M.R.P. and Ph.D. CRP programs, highlighting international student opportunities, applications, visas, and funding.

5/2 Marisa Turesky: Locating Lesbian Lives — Holistic Housing in a Compassionate City

Watch this recorded lecture demonstrating the gendered and queer pathways toward health justice and community development over time by applying a queer-feminist lens to the frameworks for aging in place.

4/18 Daniel Agbiboa: Does Africa Need Elite Cities?

Watch a lecture that examines Eko Atlantic City in Lagos, Nigeria, as a manifestation of worlding cities, critiquing how such megaprojects amplify socio-spatial inequalities and ecological precarity.

4/11 Nataya Friedan: Climate Change and the Labor of Forgetting in Houston

Watch a lecture that follows civil servants, activists, politicians, and business people as they grapple with climate change evidence in an oil industry town.

3/21 Tom Gillespie: Affordable Housing, Financialization and Urban Statecraft

View this recorded lecture that examines affordable housing production as a site through which state actors engage with financialization processes to different extents with a view to addressing housing needs.

3/7 Voices from the Grassroots: Slum Dwellers International Experiences on Urban Development and Institutional Dynamics

View a panel discussion centered around a paper that explores the lived realities of slum communities amidst urban development initiatives and complex institutional dynamics.

2/28 Xuanyi Nie: Statecraft, Speculation, and the Territorialized Healthcare Infrastructures

View a recorded lecture exploring the political economy of healthcare infrastructures in China.

2/21 Julian Hartman: Controversy in Cambridge — Planning Kendall Square

Watch this recorded lecture tracing controversies in the 1960s and 1970s over the purpose of Kendall Square and the future of Cambridge.

11/22 Jeff Cody: New Building in Old Cities

View this recorded lecture that centers on the largely forgotten architectural work of Gustavo Giovannoni, who promoted a scientific approach to architectural restoration and rehabilitation.

11/15 Donielle Lovell: Envisioning Development and Planning in Tribal Nations

View a talk that focuses on the community-centered asset perspective of development and planning in tribal nations rather than the deficit viewpoint that is often taken.

11/8 Peter Little: Centering Anthropology, Art, and Advocacy in Ghana's E-Wastescape

Watch this recorded lecture that explores the ongoing nexus of electronic waste, environmental health science, urban policy, and creative intervention in Agbogbloshie, Ghana.

10/25 Rafael Prieto-Curiel: Urban Form and Its Impact on Car Dependency

Listen to a talk about the severe challenges of cars in the city due to the resources they need, the lifestyle they promote, and the byproducts they generate.

10/18 Kristina Hill: Hybrid Strategies for Adapting to Sea Level Rise in Cities

Watch a lecture that presents international history and strategies for adaptation that take into account the newest scientific findings about rising coastal groundwater.

10/4 Baye Adofo-Wilson: Building Resilient Black Communities

Join Adofo-Wilson for a presentation of decades of work and activities that urban planning students can use to expand their skillsets as they engage communities.

9/13 Bob Balder: Climate Justice — New York City Through Time, Fall 2024

Attend a talk that introduces critical aspects of New York City's waterfront history.

9/6 Adrienne Keane: Koalas and "Stupid" Planning

Listen to a lecture that explores environmental sustainability, the imbalance between urban growth, biodiversity, and the systems that support all life.

11/9 All NYC Planning Schools Virtual Open House, Fall 2023

View this recording of the first-ever open house bringing together all eight planning programs in the New York City region.

11/18 Transit Tech: Realities and Possibilities for Serving Our Cities

View this discussion of how transit technology companies have changed the urban mobility landscape.

11/11 Zakhary Mallett: Inequitable Inefficiency: A Case Study of Rail Transit Fare Policies

View this recorded lecture of the inaugural Strauch Fellow in the Department of City and Regional Planning exploring cost recovery across two rail systems — BART and MARTA. 

10/28 Kirk Goodrich: Transformative Development: A New Lens to Evaluate the Impact of Real Estate Projects

View this presentation focused on three historic preservation projects in Harlem, New York, that became anchor institutions that transformed neighborhood revitalization.  

10/21 Between Worlds Lecture: The Life and Work of Joseph Allen Stein in the U.S. and India

Hear reflections from his son David Stein and CRP Associate Professor Jeffrey M. Chusid, who is working on a book about the architect.

10/14 Jade Doskow: A New Wilderness: Freshkills

View this recorded talk by New York-based architectural and landscape photographer Jade Doskow exploring her work and previous exhibition.

9/30 Kim Wheeler: Reality-Based Planning in Rural America

Using examples from Central Pennsylvania, listen to Kim Wheeler explore how to best create implementable plans that achieve lasting impact on the economy and quality of life in the small towns and rural regions of America.

9/23 Gender and Planning Panel

Watch this recorded panel examining the role of planning in creating and maintaining gender divides in urban spaces in the United States.

9/16 Thomas Campanella: Mosaic Roads

Hear CRP Professor Thomas J. Campanella speak about Brooklyn highways and the long shadow of Robert Moses.

9/9 Wilbard Kombe: Institutional Reforms for Urban Land Use Planning and Management in Sub-Sahara Africa: Evidences, Gaps, and Prospects

Watch a recorded lecture reviewing the dramatic changes currently transforming cities in Sub-Sahara Africa largely driven by unprecedented urbanization, the private real estate sector, and unfettered land markets.

9/2 Anant Maringanti: The Hyderabad Urban Lab: Exploring an Alternate Mode of Practice

A recorded conversation between CRP Professor Neema Kudva and Anant Maringanti, Director of Hyderabad Urban Lab, a multi-disciplinary research center.

4/29 Sergio Montero: Urban Experiments at the Legal Frontier: Planning and the Politics of Participation in Bogotá, Colombia

View a recorded presentation by Sergio Montero exploring how a rise in legal action around urban policy and planning in Bogotá is impacting the city.

4/22 Luis Aguirre-Torres: Ithaca Net Zero 2030 Strategy: A Blueprint For City-Wide Decarbonization

View this recorded talk with Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres discussing Ithaca's plans and challenges as it prepares to be the first city to commit to full decarbonization of its buildings by 2030.

3/25 Joe Muturi and Charity Mumbi: Community Centered Slum Upgrading

View this recorded CRP lecture with Joe Muturi, sharing lessons of the Mukuru Special Planning Area (SPA) Project on community centered slum upgrading.

3/25 Virtual CRP Graduate Open House for Admitted Students, Spring 2022

View this lively and informative virtual experience for admitted graduate students to the Department of City and Regional Planning.

3/11 Nora Libertun de Duren: Myths, Challenges, and Opportunities for Inclusive Cities in the Global South

View a recorded talk with Nora Libertun de Duren on 3 myths, 3 challenges, and 3 opportunities to better understand slums and policies affecting inequity in cities.

12/3 Dayna Cunningham: The Imperative of Knowledge Cocreation with Communities

View this recorded talk with Dayna Cunningham discussing Participatory Action Research enabling communities to examine and address consequential societal problems.

11/12 Akira Drake Rodriguez: Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta's Public Housing

In this recorded lecture, Akira Drake Rodriguez examines the historical role of public housing in working-class politics & how the loss of tenant associations has deepened inequities.

11/5 Franck Daphnis: A Planner's Pathway to a Career in International Development

Watch Franck Daphnis as he aims to provide planning students interested in pursuing careers in international development with an overview of trends in the field.