LPS Ph.D. Candidate Jennifer Balboni presented a paper, Litigation as a Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse: Truth and Consequences, at the American Society of Criminology meetings on November 17th in Nashville.

LPS Ph.D. Candidate Lyn O'Brien presented preliminary research findings from her dissertation, "E-mail Communications with Informal Caregivers of Community Dwelling Frail Elders Can Reduce Medicare Costs" (with co-presenter Professor Carl Nelson, from the NU College of Business Administration) at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association on Nov 9, 2004 in Washington, DC.

LPS Ph.D. candidate Francis M. Williams accepted a tenure-track appointment at Bridgewater State College in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice that started in September, 2004.

LPS Ph.D.student Tom Winston and his wife Moira had their first baby, Elana Sophia, on September 12th, 2004.

LPS faculty member Judith Boardman presented four papers at professional conferences this fall. The Journal of Collaborative Family Health Care has requested submission of one of them, Health Access and Integration for Seriously and Persistently Mentally Ill: A Study for Living Healthier and Longer, for publication in Summer 2005.

LPS director Joan Fitzgerald signed a contract with Cornell University Press for her book, Moving Up in the New Economy, which will be published in the Fall of this year.

...Bringing the City into the Classroom
Taking the Students into the City

Why Urban Studies?

Northeastern's Urban Studies minor provides students interested in cities the opportunity to take advantage of he resources of an urban university situated in a major metropolitan area. The minor equips students to understand the dynamics of urban growth and develop- ment and includes the study of urban social and policital institutions. It also enables students to understand urban processes and develop policies to keep cities vibrant.

An urban studies minor complements many social science majors as well as architecture, business, and engineering. The minor also provides a solid background for graduate study and professional careers in urban planning and policy, social work, and related fields. The urban studies minor is part of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Arts and Scienes.