Join us in celebrating our very own Yeeun Yoo, ASAM fellow 2024-2025 and ASAM UAB, who just received The Hassenfeld Grant for Undergraduate Research in Urban Studies, to support her Urban Studies senior thesis project Queering the City: LGBTQIA+ Neighborhoods and Politics of Gentrification and Resistance in Philadelphia and New Orleans.
The Hassenfeld Grant for Undergraduate Research in Urban Studies strengthens the opportunity for Urban Studies students to conduct research on a significant urban topic. Since its inception, the program has required all majors to complete an original research project through URBS 4000 Senior Seminar, in the fall of their senior year. The Hassenfelds are meant to support initial groundwork for that project, in the summer before their senior year. Grants of up to $3,500 are awarded to 1-2 students each year on a competitive basis.