{"id":7929,"date":"2017-11-03T10:15:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myuctv.tv\/?p=7929"},"modified":"2017-11-03T10:15:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T17:15:31","slug":"universities-and-cities-working-together-to-build-strong-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/uctv\/universities-and-cities-working-together-to-build-strong-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities and Cities Working Together to Build Strong Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/shows\/Resilient-Cities-A-Conversation-with-Judith-Rodin-32240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/images\/widescreen\/32240.jpg\" alt=\"32240\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>As the former president of the University of Pennsylvania, Judith Rodin understands first-hand the power of universities to impact surrounding neighborhoods and communities. In this Helen Edison presentation, Rodin explores their transformative potential.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the last few decades, a host of anchor institutions have breathed new life into communities and they have forged new pathways for economic growth in their cities,&#8221; says Rodin.<\/p>\n<p>As she explains when she became president at Penn State, &#8220;The blight of the local neighborhood became the plight of the university. Students didn&#8217;t feel safe, and parents didn&#8217;t feel safe sending them there.&#8221; At the time, crime rates had soared, many people lived below the poverty level, businesses closed, and drug dealers moved in. &#8220;We knew that we could never have a future as a truly great university in a disintegrating community in an economically weakening city,&#8221; says Rodin. &#8220;We needed to become a force for strengthening our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, she learned that &#8220;in the process of transforming the university and its surrounding neighborhoods, we demonstrated just what a powerful impact a university can have when it accepts that its destiny is intertwined with that of its neighbors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how cities and universities can work together to build a strong and inclusive future. Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/shows\/Resilient-Cities-A-Conversation-with-Judith-Rodin-32240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resilient Cities: A Conversation with Judith Rodin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the former president of the University of Pennsylvania, Judith Rodin understands first-hand the power of universities to impact surrounding neighborhoods and communities. In this Helen Edison presentation, Rodin explores their transformative potential. &#8220;Over the last few decades, a host of anchor institutions have breathed new life into communities and they have forged new pathways [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,27,88,2],"tags":[410,411,412,413,414,415],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}