“The College/University as Urban Developer”

 

Hosted by NERCHE and the Worcester UniverCity Partnership

 

Thursday, October 5, 2006, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Campus Center, Odeum

Worcester, MA

 

Keynote Speakers

David C. Perry Director, Great Cities Institute University of Illinois-Chicago Wim Wiewel Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs University of Baltimore

In addition to the keynote address, two case studies were featured at this one-day conference: Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Gateway Project, a redeveloped 11-acre former brownfield site that will feature between 500,000 and one million square feet of mixed-use space to attract academic and corporate collaborators; and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science's creation of a new campus in downtown Worcester and their role as a developer of urban real estate. 

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Read an article about this event which appeared in the October 6, 2006 issue of the Worcester Telegram: “‘Core’ responsibility: Urban colleges positioned to play major role in downtown development”

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Sponsors:

The Annie E. Casey Foundation University of Massachusetts Boston Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Massachusetts Campus Compact

NSTAR UnumProvident Webster Five Cents Savings Bank

University of Massachusetts Medical School Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA New England Futures

For more information about this event, please contact NERCHE at (617) 287-7740 or by email at nerche@umb.edu. 

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