Urban Policy Professor Alex Schwartz was a visiting scholar Oct. 18-27 at the Gumilyov Eurasian National 
Universitya in Astana, Kazakhstan. As a visiting scholar he delivered several lectures and mentored doctoral students.
His Community Development course will feature two panel discussions:
Nov. 5th the topic is Community Development Amid Disinvestment. Alan Mallach, a nationally renowned expert on responses to property abandonment and foreclosure, will be a guest speaker along with leaders from one or two community development organizations in New York City.
Nov. 12 the course will have representatives from three leading community development corporations to discuss community development in the context of gentrification.
The class meets from 8 to 9:50 on Tuesdays in room 910, 6 E. 16th Street. Anyone interested in attending should send Alex an email in advance [email protected]
