Future of the City Symposia

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While civic committees are filled with well-established accomplished academics, business and civic leaders, the economy and life of the city is being shaped and reshaped by the next generation of leaders. This final panel of the day will explore their views of Chicago and other great American cities—what it is, what it needs be and how they see shaping the future.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Balancing the budget is one of the biggest challenges confronting Chicago's next mayor, and governments throughout the region are under similar fiscal pressure. How can Chicago pay for the infrastructure, great schools, and excellent city services it needs without overburdening its residents, businesses, or visitors? How can the city best work with other governments and the private and nonprofit sectors to ensure the region's continued economic competitiveness?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Balancing the budget is one of the biggest challenges confronting Chicago's next mayor, and governments throughout the region are under similar fiscal pressure. How can Chicago pay for the infrastructure, great schools, and excellent city services it needs without overburdening its residents, businesses, or visitors? How can the city best work with other governments and the private and nonprofit sectors to ensure the region's continued economic competitiveness?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Balancing the budget is one of the biggest challenges confronting Chicago's next mayor, and governments throughout the region are under similar fiscal pressure. How can Chicago pay for the infrastructure, great schools, and excellent city services it needs without overburdening its residents, businesses, or visitors? How can the city best work with other governments and the private and nonprofit sectors to ensure the region's continued economic competitiveness?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University; Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Balancing the budget is one of the biggest challenges confronting Chicago's next mayor, and governments throughout the region are under similar fiscal pressure. How can Chicago pay for the infrastructure, great schools, and excellent city services it needs without overburdening its residents, businesses, or visitors? How can the city best work with other governments and the private and nonprofit sectors to ensure the region's continued economic competitiveness?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Balancing the budget is one of the biggest challenges confronting Chicago's next mayor, and governments throughout the region are under similar fiscal pressure. How can Chicago pay for the infrastructure, great schools, and excellent city services it needs without overburdening its residents, businesses, or visitors? How can the city best work with other governments and the private and nonprofit sectors to ensure the region's continued economic competitiveness?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Balancing the budget is one of the biggest challenges confronting Chicago's next mayor, and governments throughout the region are under similar fiscal pressure. How can Chicago pay for the infrastructure, great schools, and excellent city services it needs without overburdening its residents, businesses, or visitors? How can the city best work with other governments and the private and nonprofit sectors to ensure the region's continued economic competitiveness?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University; Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Balancing the budget is one of the biggest challenges confronting Chicago's next mayor, and governments throughout the region are under similar fiscal pressure. How can Chicago pay for the infrastructure, great schools, and excellent city services it needs without overburdening its residents, businesses, or visitors? How can the city best work with other governments and the private and nonprofit sectors to ensure the region's continued economic competitiveness?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Balancing the budget is one of the biggest challenges confronting Chicago's next mayor, and governments throughout the region are under similar fiscal pressure. How can Chicago pay for the infrastructure, great schools, and excellent city services it needs without overburdening its residents, businesses, or visitors? How can the city best work with other governments and the private and nonprofit sectors to ensure the region's continued economic competitiveness?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University; Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University; Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University; Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University; Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Part 2: Charter Schools and Parental Involvement From neighborhood pre-schools to great universities, schools anchor neighborhoods and cities, and have the awesome responsibility to ensure that they prepare students for the competitive and complex world they enter as young adults.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Part 1: Chicago Public School Reform From neighborhood pre-schools to great universities, schools anchor neighborhoods and cities, and have the awesome responsibility to ensure that they prepare students for the competitive and complex world they enter as young adults.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Part 2: Charter Schools and Parental Involvement From neighborhood pre-schools to great universities, schools anchor neighborhoods and cities, and have the awesome responsibility to ensure that they prepare students for the competitive and complex world they enter as young adults.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Part 1: Chicago Public School Reform From neighborhood pre-schools to great universities, schools anchor neighborhoods and cities, and have the awesome responsibility to ensure that they prepare students for the competitive and complex world they enter as young adults.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On Tuesday, February 1, the University of Chicago's Future of the City Symposium will bring together leaders from Chicago and beyond to examine the performance and possibilities of one of America's largest urban centers. The symposium begins with a special address by Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago's longest-serving chief executive.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On Tuesday, February 1, the University of Chicago's Future of the City Symposium will bring together leaders from Chicago and beyond to examine the performance and possibilities of one of America's largest urban centers. The symposium begins with a special address by Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago's longest-serving chief executive.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The symposium begins with a special address by Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago's longest-serving chief executive. The day's schedule of events also includes presentations and discussions led by internationally recognized urban planners, researchers, and thinkers.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The symposium begins with a special address by Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago's longest-serving chief executive. The day's schedule of events also includes presentations and discussions led by internationally recognized urban planners, researchers, and thinkers.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On Tuesday, February 1, the University of Chicago's Future of the City Symposium will bring together leaders from Chicago and beyond to examine the performance and possibilities of one of America's largest urban centers. Together, the day's sessions will present leading-edge thinking on economic priorities, education, quality of life and cultural considerations, raising important questions for the next generation of public and private leadership in Chicago and all large cities. The symposium is organized jointly by the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy Studies and its Office of Civic Engagement.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On Tuesday, February 1, the University of Chicago's Future of the City Symposium will bring together leaders from Chicago and beyond to examine the performance and possibilities of one of America's largest urban centers. Together, the day's sessions will present leading-edge thinking on economic priorities, education, quality of life and cultural considerations, raising important questions for the next generation of public and private leadership in Chicago and all large cities. The symposium is organized jointly by the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy Studies and its Office of Civic Engagement.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Cultural policy expert John Holden frames the symposium, offering insight on how to think about different modes of valuing arts and culture in the modern city. He is joined by key experts to discuss strategies for assessing and enhancing the cultural life of global cities, including Chicago. Introduction by Betty Farrell, Executive Director, Cultural Policy Center at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and NORC; Senior Lecturer, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies John Holden, Associate, DEMOS; Visiting Professor in Cultural Policy and Management at City University, London; Writer and speaker Alan Freeman, Principal Economist, Greater London Authority; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manitoba; Author, Creativity: London’s Core Business and London: A Cultural Audit Carol Coletta, Director, ArtPlace Moderated by Sunil Iyengar, Director, Office of Research & Analysis, National Endowment for the Arts

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Cultural policy expert John Holden frames the symposium, offering insight on how to think about different modes of valuing arts and culture in the modern city. He is joined by key experts to discuss strategies for assessing and enhancing the cultural life of global cities, including Chicago. Introduction by Betty Farrell, Executive Director, Cultural Policy Center at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and NORC; Senior Lecturer, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies John Holden, Associate, DEMOS; Visiting Professor in Cultural Policy and Management at City University, London; Writer and speaker Alan Freeman, Principal Economist, Greater London Authority; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manitoba; Author, Creativity: London’s Core Business and London: A Cultural Audit Carol Coletta, Director, ArtPlace Moderated by Sunil Iyengar, Director, Office of Research & Analysis, National Endowment for the Arts

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The built environment—whether individual buildings or city-wide projects that include arts districts and public spaces—affects livability and the cultural and social vitality of cities. Practitioners, civic leaders, and researchers discuss the ways in which arts and artists transform place, activate new cultural spaces, and regenerate cultural vitality. Scott Burnham, Creative Director and Strategist; Author, Finding the Truth in Systems: In Praise of Design Hacking Susan Chin, Assistant Commissioner, Capital Projects, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Theaster Gates, Artist and Urban Planner; Creative Director and Founder, Rebuild Foundation; Director of Arts Program Development, Office of the Provost, University of Chicago Damon Rich, Designer and Artist; Founder, Center for Urban Pedagogy; Urban Designer and Waterfront Planner, City of Newark, New Jersey Moderated by Lee Bey, Executive Director, Chicago Central Area Committee; Writer, Photographer, and Architecture Critic

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Leaders at the forefront of participatory strategies draw upon research and exemplary video evidence to show how art experiences directly impact individuals and communities. Both quantitative and qualitative research suggests that engaged participation in the arts is instrumental in social health and vitality. Alan Brown, Principal Researcher and Nonprofit Arts Consultant, WolfBrown Maria Rosario Jackson, Senior Research Associate and Director, Culture, Creativity and Communities Program, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Center, The Urban Institute Nick Rabkin, Senior Research Scientist, Academic Research Centers, NORC Moderated by Marj Halperin, Marj Halperin Consulting

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Governments, universities, nonprofits and others have turned to the arts to navigate complex conversations about social cohesion, race and class, education and participation, and civic identity. This panel focuses on the invaluable role of arts in civic life. Deborah Rutter, President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Walter Massey, President, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Marina Peterson, Assistant Professor of Performance Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University; Author, Sound, Space and the City: Civic Performance in Downtown Los Angeles; Co-Editor, Global Downtowns Mark J. Stern, Professor and Director of the Social Impact of the Arts Project, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice Lisa Lee, Director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Professor of Gender and Women's Studies faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago Moderated by Jim Warren

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Wendell Pierce and David Simon (The Wire, Treme) discuss art and and urban drama in the context of their work on The Wire and Treme.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Governments, universities, nonprofits and others have turned to the arts to navigate complex conversations about social cohesion, race and class, education and participation, and civic identity. This panel focuses on the invaluable role of arts in civic life. Deborah Rutter, President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Walter Massey, President, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Marina Peterson, Assistant Professor of Performance Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University; Author, Sound, Space and the City: Civic Performance in Downtown Los Angeles; Co-Editor, Global Downtowns Mark J. Stern, Professor and Director of the Social Impact of the Arts Project, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice Lisa Lee, Director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Professor of Gender and Women's Studies faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago Moderated by Jim Warren

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Leaders at the forefront of participatory strategies draw upon research and exemplary video evidence to show how art experiences directly impact individuals and communities. Both quantitative and qualitative research suggests that engaged participation in the arts is instrumental in social health and vitality. Alan Brown, Principal Researcher and Nonprofit Arts Consultant, WolfBrown Maria Rosario Jackson, Senior Research Associate and Director, Culture, Creativity and Communities Program, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Center, The Urban Institute Nick Rabkin, Senior Research Scientist, Academic Research Centers, NORC Moderated by Marj Halperin, Marj Halperin Consulting

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The built environment—whether individual buildings or city-wide projects that include arts districts and public spaces—affects livability and the cultural and social vitality of cities. Practitioners, civic leaders, and researchers discuss the ways in which arts and artists transform place, activate new cultural spaces, and regenerate cultural vitality. Scott Burnham, Creative Director and Strategist; Author, Finding the Truth in Systems: In Praise of Design Hacking Susan Chin, Assistant Commissioner, Capital Projects, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Theaster Gates, Artist and Urban Planner; Creative Director and Founder, Rebuild Foundation; Director of Arts Program Development, Office of the Provost, University of Chicago Damon Rich, Designer and Artist; Founder, Center for Urban Pedagogy; Urban Designer and Waterfront Planner, City of Newark, New Jersey Moderated by Lee Bey, Executive Director, Chicago Central Area Committee; Writer, Photographer, and Architecture Critic

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. David Simon and Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) Discuss Art and Urban Drama. Wendell Pierce, Actor, The Wire and Treme; President, Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corporation David Simon, Author, Journalist, and Writer/Producer; Creator of The Wire and Treme Introduction and moderation by Ann Marie Lipinski, Vice President of Civic Engagement, Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago