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The Urban and Community Studies Major …

at UConn is an interdisciplinary degree program in the Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies. We focus on educating citizens on the dimensions of urban and community life and preparing students for careers in public and community service.

Contact Information

Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies
University of Connecticut
10 Prospect Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103-2814

For general inquiries, please email maria.winnick@uconn.edu.

Phone: 959-200-3771

Fax: 860-246-0344
For office hours and advising information, please visit our Advising by Campus page.

 

Upcoming Events

  1. Dec 4 Climate Change Cafe 4:00pm
  2. Mar 13 InCHIP Lecture Series: Air quality, Environmental Health, and Justice 12:30pm
  3. Apr 16 Earth Day Spring Fling 11:00am

Announcements

Related Course: Field Methods in Geography

May 20, 2024

Are you interested in… – Learning outdoors and helping the local land trust? – Field-based geo-technologies like drone imagery, mobile GIS apps, GPS, and surveying? – Historical records and public opinion about preserved lands? – Environmental processes that act in forested watersheds? – How land trusts use these tools for protecting landscapes?   Enroll in […]

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Announcement of new department home for UCS

March 19, 2024

Beginning July 1st, the Urban and Community Studies will become part of a new Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community and Urban Studies. You may have seen last week’s article in the Daily Campus about our UCS Program: https://dailycampus.com/2024/03/08/college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences-adds-two-new-departments/ Over the last three years, our program, the Department of Geography, and the Environmental Studies Program have […]

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Job Opportunity: Research Assistant

January 24, 2024

The Urban Institute is seeking a Research Assistant (Metropolitan Housing and Communities Center). Within the Urban Institute, the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center (Metro) conducts research on how housing and place shape people’s lives. We believe that housing and place matter. Quality, affordable housing anchors families, and the communities where people live can influence nearly everything in their lives: where they work […]

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