News, Alumni – Urban Studies Programs /urban-studies/category/news/alumni-news/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:11:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Focus on Jordan Villegas and His Work /urban-studies/focus-on-jordan-villegas-and-his-work/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:11:17 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=9239 Read the story on urban studies major BA alum Jordan Villegas and his work at Acts Housing in this month’s In Focus magazine. Post navigation

The post Focus on Jordan Villegas and His Work appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Read the story on urban studies major BA alum Jordan Villegas and his work at Acts Housing in this month’s In Focus magazine.

What can you do with an urban studies major?

Post navigation

The post Focus on Jordan Villegas and His Work appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Congratulations, Kat Kocisky and Prof. Ryan Holifield /urban-studies/congratulations-kat-kocisky-and-prof-ryan-holifield/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:56:58 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=5919 Congratulations to USP alumna, Kat KociskyÌý(PhD ‘ 24) and USP faculty affiliateÌýProfessorÌýRyan HolifieldÌý(Geography and Urban Studies), for their recentlyÌýpublished article,ÌýHow Equitable are Urban Rail-Trails: A Review of 11 Development Plans that appears in the journal, Local Environment. You can access …

The post Congratulations, Kat Kocisky and Prof. Ryan Holifield appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Congratulations to USP alumna, Kat KociskyÌý(PhD ‘ 24) and USP faculty affiliateÌýProfessorÌýRyan HolifieldÌý(Geography and Urban Studies), for their recentlyÌýpublished article,ÌýHow Equitable are Urban Rail-Trails: A Review of 11 Development Plans that appears in the journal, Local Environment.

The post Congratulations, Kat Kocisky and Prof. Ryan Holifield appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Natalie Hernandez (Urban Studies BA alumna, ’23) was accepted into the prestigious Urban Fellows program in New York City /urban-studies/natalie-hernandez-urban-studies-ba-alumna-23-was-accepted-into-the-prestigious-urban-fellows-program-in-new-york-city/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:35:31 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=8796 Natalie Hernandez was sitting at a student networking event at the 2023 Population Association of America conference in New Orleans when she received a very important email. Read the whole story.

The post Natalie Hernandez (Urban Studies BA alumna, ’23) was accepted into the prestigious Urban Fellows program in New York City appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Natalie Hernandez was sitting at a student networking event at the 2023 Population Association of America conference in New Orleans when she received a very important email.

Read the whole story.

The post Natalie Hernandez (Urban Studies BA alumna, ’23) was accepted into the prestigious Urban Fellows program in New York City appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> ‘He had a passion for justice’: Milwaukee activist is remembered /urban-studies/he-had-a-passion-for-justice-milwaukee-activist-is-remembered/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:55:48 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=8732 Driven by a hatred of injustice, Milwaukee community activist writer, speaker and educator John Hagedorn will be remembered for his work, which includes racial justice, child welfare and civil and human rights.

The post ‘He had a passion for justice’: Milwaukee activist is remembered appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Driven by a hatred of injustice, Milwaukee community activist writer, speaker and educator  will be remembered for his work, which includes racial justice, child welfare and civil and human rights.

The post ‘He had a passion for justice’: Milwaukee activist is remembered appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (M.S., Urban Studies ’16) as Executive Director /urban-studies/near-west-side-partners-announces-lindsey-st-arnold-bell-as-executive-director/ Tue, 09 May 2023 19:00:35 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=5445 Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (M.S., Urban Studies '16) as Executive Director
Near West Side PartnersÌýtoday announced thatÌýLindsey St. Arnold BellÌýwill serve as the organization’s next Executive Director. St. Arnold Bell succeeds NWSP’s inaugural Executive DirectorÌýKeith Stanley, who, at the end of 2022, announced his departure from Milwaukee.

The post Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (M.S., Urban Studies ’16) as Executive Director appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Ìýtoday announced thatÌýÌýwill serve as the organization’s next Executive Director. St. Arnold Bell succeeds NWSP’s inaugural Executive DirectorÌý, who, at the end of 2022, announced his departure from Milwaukee.

Read more about the .

The post Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (M.S., Urban Studies ’16) as Executive Director appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> For the love of the (video) game: Two alumni find jobs in the video game industry through the humanities and social sciences /urban-studies/for-the-love-of-the-video-game-two-alumni-find-jobs-in-the-video-game-industry-through-the-humanities-and-social-sciences/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 20:01:26 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=5430 For the love of the (video) game: Two alumni find jobs in the video game industry through the humanities and social sciences
Ben Schroeder and Timothy MacKenzie are two 51ÁÔÆæ alumni who have made a home for themselves in the video game industry

The post For the love of the (video) game: Two alumni find jobs in the video game industry through the humanities and social sciences appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Ben Schroeder and Timothy MacKenzie are two 51ÁÔÆæ alumni who have made a home for themselves in the video game industry—Schroeder as a software engineer at PlayStation and MacKenzie as a localization specialist for Nintendo. Neither have degrees in technology; instead, they learned the skills they need for their jobs through their majors in urban studies, journalism, and in Language, Literature, and Translation.

Read the entire story at Letters & Science In Focus magazine.

The post For the love of the (video) game: Two alumni find jobs in the video game industry through the humanities and social sciences appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]>