The Urban Fellows Program is an interdisciplinary initiative of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth in the College of Law. Top graduate students are selected from across Georgia State University and Georgia Tech's School of City and Regional Planning to study and discuss issues related to urban growth with top decision makers.
Students in the Urban Fellows Program participate in a monthly breakfast series, brown bag lunches, community outreach projects, and field trips. Many students also choose to write a research paper of publishable quality for course credit.
The Urban Fellows speaker series focuses on a variety of topics related to urban and environmental issues. This year, the breakfast topics have included The Transportation Investment Act and selected regional transportation projects, the Georgia Supreme Court ruling against the Charter Schools Commission, land banks, chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy, the tri-state water war, renewable energy, and housing and urban form after the mortgage crisis. The lunch topics have included government finance and reform, the gulf oil spill litigation, an overview of the state budget and the decision making process for spending tax dollars, and how demographic, economic, financial and preference drivers will change Atlanta's housing market forever. Urban Fellows students also had an opportunity to participate in a tour of the Atlanta Beltline and the sustainable community of Serenbe.
Why should you apply to be an Urban Fellow?
The Metro Growth Center accepts applications for new Urban Fellows every spring. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2012-2013 Urban Fellows Program; applications are due Friday, March 30 by 5 p.m. Graduate students in good standing from any department at Georgia State University, Georgia Tech's School of City and Regional Planning, and Emory University's School of Law may apply.
