Urban planning expert to give campus, community lectures

A Columbia University professor and author will give campus and community presentations Monday, March 14, on gentrification in urban neighborhoods.

Lance Freeman, professor of urban planning at Columbia, will give a campus presentation at 3 p.m. in the Mary Idema Pew Library, multipurpose room. This event is LIB 101 and 201 approved.

He is the author of "There Goes the 'Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up" and has published articles on residential segregation, urban sprawl and neighborhood change. He has taught at the University of Delaware and worked as a researcher for Mathematica Policy Research, a social policy research firm in Washington, D.C. 

Freeman will present, "Whites Moving into Black Neighborhoods: Gentrification or Advent of an Integrationist Era?" at 6 p.m. at the DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium. A reception will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a lecture and panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The community presentation is sponsored by several campus departments and the City of Grand Rapids.

For more information, contact Jill Craig, Office of the President, at (616) 331-2183 or [email protected]