Urban University Blog

Like many urban-serving institutions, Virginia Commonwealth University is located in a high-needs community where K-12 students struggle...

As author Rebecca Solnit once wrote, “In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built.” Urban-serving universities have...

One of the first things students ask when they walk into my office is: “What can I do with a kinesiology major?” When I flip the question...

At the USU Summer meeting at Cleveland State University, our theme was deep collaboration between campus and community. As part of the...

At the USU Summer meeting, our speakers took a microscope to university-city partnerships and we used a graphic recorder to document...

Building a Region: The CSU 5 Five California State University campuses serving Los Angeles have committed to working collaboratively to...

Another innovative program unearthed by the Innovation Pitch Challenge funded with a grant from Lumina Foundation, is Fresno State’s Top...

How can we better connect higher education to employers to the benefit of students, businesses and the city? USU put that question to its...

Photo Credit: Georgia State University How do we best advance equity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)? While we’ve...

Photo Credit: University of Illinois at Chicago Anchor institutions enhance the economic, social and cultural well-being of their home...