CONTENTS:
1. Important Dates
2. Youth Police Initiative: looking for program evaluation volunteers ASAP
3. ENGN 1930S guest, Jonathan Thorpe of GALE Companies Wed 11/25, 9am
4. ³The Role of the Vernacular and the Classical in Urbanism² Leon Krier,
Thu 12/3, 5:30pm
5. Urban farming in Detroit article in Guernica (Aug 2009) link below
1. IMPORTANT DATES:
Tue, 12/1 Deadline for declaring a leave for Spring semester.
Sat, 12/5 Mid-Year Completion Celebration (for those finishing their Sr
year this semester). For more information, visit:
http://brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/degree/mid-year.php
Fri, 12/11 Last day to drop a course or file for an Incomplete (5 PM
deadline)
2. YOUTH POLICE INITIATIVE LOOKING FOR EVALUATION VOLUNTEERS
The following was sent to Professor Hilary Silver regarding the Youth Police
Initiative (YPI) being piloted at Hartford Park:
³The goal of this program is to improve resident/police community relations
and reduce violent crime in the targeted neighborhood by bringing teens
together with police officers for frank, open discussion of issues. Food and
a stipend for completion of the 6 workshops are provided. At an
information/orientation session on 11/5/09, 26 young men showed up to enroll
for 12 slots in the program! According to the curricula developers, this
was an unprecedented turnout, so, needless to say, we are very excited about
the potential for program and for replicating it at our other sites, pending
funding.
At a recent meeting around evaluation for YPI, the developers mentioned that
in other cities they have found it helpful to have a few student volunteers
from the local institutions of higher education help with the evaluation
process (i.e. surveys, focus groups, interviews, etc.) and asked if we had
relationships with any of the colleges or universities here in Providence.
I immediately thought of your urban studies students and promised to find
out ASAP if you think any of them might be interested in helping with this
program.²
If you are intrigued or have questions, please contact Professor Silver:
Hilary_Silver@Brown.edu
3. CITY DEVELOPER GUEST IN LAND USE & BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Guest speaker in Land Use and Built Environment (ENGN 1930S) on Wed 11/25
From Professor Mittlemann:
³On Wed 11/25 we have a guest in our class, Jonathan Thorpe of the GALE
companies who is in charge of the development of New Songdo City in South
Korea. You are welcome to let people know who might be interested in
attending our class that day. We are in room 751 Barus and Holley and run
from 9am to 12 noon.²
4. LEON KRIER
³The Architectural Tuning of Traditional Settlement: The Role of the
Vernacular and the Classical in Urbanism²
Thursday, December 3, 2009
5:30 PM, Lecture and Book Signing
De Ciccio Family Auditorium (Salomon 101) on Brown¹s Main Green Free &
Open
to the Public
From the Congress for New Urbanism, New England Chapter:
"Leon Krier is one of the most influential architects and urbanists
practicing in the world today. In lectures, writings and design projects, he
has developed a vision of traditional form for human settlements for
contemporary society. In his latest book The Architecture of Community, he
provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing today¹s
fragmented communities. The book contains descriptions and images of the
author¹s built and unbuilt projects, including projects in Seaside, Florida,
as well as the town of Poundbury in England, which was commissioned by the
Prince of Wales in 1988, and has become a model for ecological planning and
building. He has taught architecture and urbanism at the Royal College of
Arts in London and at Princeton and Yale universities, among other
institutions. In 2003, he received the inaugural Richard Driehaus Prize for
Classical Architecture.
This lecture is presented by the New England chapter of the Congress for the
New Urbanism in partnership with Brown University¹s Urban Studies Program
and Department of Architecture Studies, and the American Institute of
Architects Rhode Island chapter. The lecture will be followed by a book
signing of two of Leon Krier¹s books: The Architecture of Community and Get
Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid. The evening is free
and open to the public. For more information, visit www.cnunewengland.org.
To RSVP for the event please visit http://leonkrierlecture.eventbrite.com/
Find the event on Facebook here
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151986669505
5. FROM GUERNICA (AUG 2009):
³Food Among the Ruins² by Mark Dowie
Detroit, the country¹s most depressed metropolis, has zero produce-carrying
grocery chains. It also has open land, fertile soil, ample water, and the
ingredients to reinvent itself from Motor City to urban farm. Mark Dowie¹s
immodest proposal...
http://www.guernicamag.com/spotlight/1182/food_among_the_ruins/
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Have a good weekend,
Heather
Heather A. Parker
Academic Program Coordinator
Urban Studies Program
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