School of Urban and Public Affairs
SUPA     

 

School of Urban and Public Affairs
University of Louisville
426 W. Bloom Street
Louisville, KY 40208
phone: (502) 852-7906
fax: (502) 852-4558
email: upa@louisville.edu

 

SUPA News

 

Important Dates: (complete calendar)

  • April 16 - Speaker Series - USI Rm. 200
  • April 21 - Last Day of Classes
  • April 22 - Speaker Series - USI Rm. 200 4:00pm

Ending Poverty Housing

 

Being a Visiting Scholar, but Feeling Like a Student

Millard Fuller

 

Habitat for Humanity has been helping families since its inception in 1976. Now, founder Millard Fuller has created another housing group, the Fuller Center for Housing, started in 2005, with a focus on substandard housing and homelessness. “I’m always asked why create the Fuller Center, won’t it compete with Habitat?” Fuller said. “These groups can only compete when there is a shortage of need, and I can guarantee you that that isn’t the case.” He was brought on campus by the Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods. “Mr. Fuller is one of the most important and historic figures in housing for the poor,” John Gilderbloom, director of SUN.
(read more)

 

Peter Meyer

A month in another country doesn’t provide much time to acclimate—for the traveler or the locals—but it provides both with immense learning opportunities. Peter Meyer, professor emeritus of urban policy and economics, traveled to Bangladesh as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in November 2007, and gave a presentation to the Planning Student Organization Wednesday, February 26. “I’d like to think that I gave them [Khulna University] something, but I think I learned a lot more from them,” Meyer said, titling his lecture “Do Consultants Teach or Learn?”
(read more)

 

SUPA News

Diversifying SUPA: Joint Program with Curatorial Studies

Professor Looks for Links to the Land

Finding the Right Fit for Public Service Workers

SUPA Employee Skates in Roller Derby and Wins Anthropology Prizes

Class Finds Non-Profit Partners for Research

The Global Effects of Mercury

SUPA Builds a Brickhouse

CEPM Researches Transportation Policy

Helping Utilities Deal with Emergencies

Hank Savitch Writes on Urban Terror

More SUPA news

 

University of Louisville Urban and Public Affairs Home Urban and Public Affairs