If Thompson Wins, UAP Chair Considered for Top Education Job
Prof. Joseph Viteritti was one of the names listed as possibilities for the position of Schools Chancellor if Bill Thompson succeeds in beating the incumbent Michael Bloomberg at the polls next week. The New York Times named Viteritti as a prospective candidate in an article contrasting the plans of both mayoral candidates. Click here for more info: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/nyregion/30transition.html
Community Planning Fellowship moves to UAP
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer announced that the Community Planning Fellowship, which began in his office to support community based planning initiatives in Manhattan community boards, will be expanded beyond Manhattan to all 59 community boards. The program places top urban planning students in the offices of community boards to work on pressing planning concerns. The expanded program will now be administered through Hunter College’s Department of Urban Affairs and Planning. For more info click here
Professor wins prestigious book award
We're pleased to announce that Tom Angotti’s New York for Sale was just announced as the winner of this year’s Paul Davidoff Book Award given by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). This biennial award, established in 1981, is one of the most prestigious honors in the academic planning field. The award is given in memory of Paul Davidoff, a revered and respected activist academic in the field of modern city planning. It recognizes an outstanding publication that promotes "participatory planning and positive social change, opposes poverty and racism as factors in society and seeks ways to reduce disparities between rich and poor; white and black; men and women." The award was announced at the ACSP’s 50th anniversary conference this past weekend. More information can be found at http://www.acsp.org/awards/paul-davidoff-award.
Professor wins prestigious book award
We're pleased to announce that Tom Angotti’s New York for Sale was just announced as the winner of this year’s Paul Davidoff Book Award given by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). This biennial award, established in 1981, is one of the most prestigious honors in the academic planning field. The award is given in memory of Paul Davidoff, a revered and respected activist academic in the field of modern city planning. It recognizes an outstanding publication that promotes "participatory planning and positive social change, opposes poverty and racism as factors in society and seeks ways to reduce disparities between rich and poor; white and black; men and women." The award was announced at the ACSP’s 50th anniversary conference this past weekend. More information can be found at http://www.acsp.org/awards/paul-davidoff-award.
Filmmakers Barred from Attending Beijing International Film Festival
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, an HBO documentary co-produced by UAP's Peter Kwong, was chosen as an official selection at the Beijing International Film Festival. The Chinese government has denied visas for filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matt O'Neill. The film documents the the reaction of parents whose children died in the earthquake of May 2008 as a result of poor school construction. For full article click here.
UAP Filmmakers Ordered to "Cease and Desist" Production
"Subprimed", a 60-minute documentary, was created by graduate students Joy Nayo Simmons of urban planning and Sarah Friedland of integrated media arts together with East New York resident Kahil Shkymba. The film tells the story of the national foreclosure crisis through the eyes of hard-hit East New York - a community that is no stranger to tough times. The developers named in the film have ordered the filmmakers to stop production. The New York Civil Liberties Union will represent the students in the impending lawsuit. For more information click here or here.
UAP Student Contributes to New Book
New York 400: A Visual History of America's Greatest City with Images from The Museum of the City of New York by The Museum of the City of New York features the "imaginative" photo editting of GUAPA president Melanie Bower, a planning student who also works for the museum. Read the full review here.
UAP's Peter Kwong featured on City Blog
Dr. Peter Kwong will be taking questions about gentrification in Chinatown on the NYTimes' City Room. Readers are invited to ask questions via the blog's comment sections. To read his responses go here.
Prof. Viteritti in City Hall News
UAP chair, Prof. Joseph Viteritti was one of four professors named by City Hall News as a public policy academic whose voice is influential in city and state government. The article cites Viteritti's recent book, When Mayors Take Charge: School Governance in the City, as required reading for policy makers this summer in the recent debate for mayoral control of schools. The reading recommendation came from Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. For more info click here.
