NYU Urban Studies

09/07/2026

NYU sociologist and Urban Studies faculty member, Eric Klinenberg in the New Yorker on the European heat wave, global warming and its impact on cities. A must read. Link in first comment.

07/10/2026

Congratulations to Professor Kimberley Johnson, whose book, Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis has won two American Political Science Association prizes: the Dennis Judd Best Book Award (Urban & Local Politics section) and the Best Book in Race, Ethnicity and Identity (Race, Ethnicity and Politics section).

06/11/2026

Urban Studies director and Silver Professor, Tom Sugrue's book, The Origins of the Urban Crisis, has just been published in Chinese translation by 商务印书馆. Congratulations! NYU History, NYU Department of Social & Cultural Analysis , NYU Shanghai

04/30/2026

NYU History and Urban Studies faculty member, Edward Berenson, is interviewed about Levittown and the mass production of suburban housing. Link in first comment.

04/26/2026

Congratulations to Urban Studies prizewinners: Havann Brown and Miki Hertog-Raz. Havann won the Urban Studies/SCA Program Prize for dedicated service to the program and the community at large. Miki won both the Urban Studies/SCA Program Academic Achievement Award for the senior with the highest grade-point average and the Urban Studies/SCA Urban Advocacy Award for intellectual and social engagement in the City through dedicated service to the community at large.

04/26/2026

NYU Sociology and Urban Studies prof, Eric Klinenberg, writes in the New Yorker about creative ways that cities are adapting to climate change. Link in first comment.

04/05/2026

The Urban Democracy Lab at the NYU Gallatin has released its 2026 Working Paper Series, featuring 10 policy proposals designed to support the first 100 days of the administration of Zohran Mamdani in New York City.

Focused on housing, mass governance, and public infrastructures, the series brings together scholars, advocates, and community partners to reimagine essentials like housing, transit, child care, and education as social goods.

Head to https://cms.nyu.edu/editor.html/content/gallatin/en/news/2026/03/urban-democracy-lab-publishes-10-policy-proposals-for-nyc.html to read more about the proposals 🔗

04/05/2026

Call for Photo Submissions 📸

NYU Wagner is requesting photo submissions for an upcoming photography exhibit.

Place & Purpose: Urban Life Through Your Lens invites participants and audiences to share their perspectives on urban life, as captured through photography.

NYU alumni, students, employees & NYC-based photographers can submit photos by April 20.

Learn more about submission guidelines here: https://bit.ly/415HtHx

03/28/2026

Discover Urban Studies at NYU!

Experience the city as your classroom and learn how to shape the future of urban life with NYU’s Urban Studies majors.

02/11/2026

Join us on February 25 for a screening of the prizewinning documentary, Drop Dead City, followed by a discussion with director and producer Michael Rohatyn, and Urban Studies Professors Kimberley Johnson and Tom Sugrue. Be sure to sign up!