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The Center for Urban and Global Studies
in the News
Below is a list of links to media stories about the Center and Trinity College. Please note some of the URLs may require a login in order to gain access to the article, which is easy to acquire and may or may not require a membership fee.
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If any of the links below do not take you to the item listed, please contact Jason Percy at Jason.Percy@trincoll.edu or at 860-297-5175. Thank you.
Lessons From, For Shanghai
Hartford Courant – May 18, 2008
When Americans look to rebuild their cities, they often look for guidance to a couple of North American models, such as Portland or Toronto… Xiangming Chen is founding dean and director of the Center for Urban and Global Studies and Raether Distinguished Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Trinity College…
Dialogue On Culture, Race And Ethnicity.pdf
West Indian American – May 2008
“The third in a series of recent seminar events at Trinity College Center for Urban and Global on, “When History, Culture, and Place Meet: race and Ethnicity in Greater Hartford” was most instructive and insightful.”
"City, Town Challenges Cry Out For Regional Solutions"
Hartford Courant – March 16, 2008
What if we actually tried to do what much of the world does and solve some of these problems regionally? I moderated a panel on this topic a week ago at Trinity College, part of the school's new Center for Urban and Global Studies...
"On Getting Around: When Common Sense Isn’t So Common"
UrbanCompass.net (blog) - March 14, 2008
Just prior to last Friday’s seminar at Hartford’s Trinity College, the second in a series hosted by the Center for Urban and Global Studies, West Hartford resident Lyle Wray (pictured) had a lot of trouble finding a parking place.
"College mega-trend: Studying internationally"
Hartford Courant – February 24, 2008
There was a time when young Americans studying abroad were drawn primarily to European cities, but that was then… “More students are studying Arabic and Mandarin” at Trinity College… Dr. Chen was interviewed by Joan Walden in an article on how Trinity College is "taking Hartford global" (so to speak) through the new initiatives at the Center for Urban and Global Studies.
The article appeared in the Focus on Higher Education section of the Hartford Courant on February 24, 2008. Readers interested in the article can contact Luiselle Rivera at luiselle.rivera@trincoll.edu.
"Hartford on the Couch"
Hartford Advocate - February 14, 2008
Trinity begins a two-year study of the state of Hartford...
"Scholars Assail Audience with City Data, Ongoing Research"
UrbanCompass.net (blog) - February 14, 2008
An audience listening to a scholarly panel at Hartford’s Trinity College last week was treated to a wide variety of intriguing, vexing, and occasionally overwhelming data...
"Cultural Center at College"
Hartford Business Journal - December 3, 2007
Trinity College opened a Center for Urban and Global Studies, the first of its kind at a U.S. liberal arts college...
Trinity Tripod - October 16, 2007
The general mission of the College's initiative is to create a learning environment that is better connected to the greater Hartford area and global cities.
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