New Paper Looks at How & Why Cities Thrived in Mesoamerica

Cities in premodern Mesoamerica often thrived for hundreds of years, so why do most of us focus only on how these cities collapsed? A new paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Mansueto Institute and Department of Anthropology...

Christopher Berry Named New Faculty Director

Christopher R. Berry, the William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy and in the College, has been appointed faculty director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, effective immediately. Berry founded and currently...

Luís Bettencourt to Step Down as Director of Mansueto Institute

Luís Bettencourt will step down as Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, effective June 30, 2023. Bettencourt, the inaugural director since 2017, will return to his research program full time and remain Professor of Ecology and Evolution in the...

Welcome from the Director, 2022-23 Academic Year

Welcome back, We hope the year ahead will be very different from the difficult and frustrating experience of the last three. The pandemic is finally receding, and the university, along with society, is waking up to a new reality with many challenges but also some...
2021 Year in Review

2021 Year in Review

2021 in Review, and Looking Forward   Growing Urban Educational ProgramsGraduate students receive the Certificate in Urban Science and Sustainable Development 'Urban Science' Textbook PublishedMansueto director Luís Bettencourt with his book Introduction to Urban...
2021 Year in Review

2020 Year in Review

2020 Year in Review: Looking Back and Always Forward  World Urban Forum 10Exhibiting at the world’s premier conference on cities in Abu Dhabi Certificate in Urban Science and Sustainable DevelopmentRecognizing graduate student research in Sustainable Urban...