University Times

The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs has established a Center for Metropolitan Studies.

Formerly called the Innovation Clinic at GSPIA, the new name reflects the work underway at the center.

“Over the past several years, our efforts have become more focused on addressing the problems and opportunities associated with the governing of metropolitan areas,” said David Miller, director of the center.

The Center for Metropolitan Studies houses the Congress of Neighboring Communities (CONNECT), an initiative that engages the City of Pittsburgh and the 35 surrounding municipalities in addressing many urban policy issues that cross boundaries.

The center also is home to the National Database on Innovations in Regional Governance, which identifies and chronicles new ways metropolitan regions across the United States are responding to public policy problems.

The Center for Metropolitan Studies will host lectures by  academicians and practitioners in the field of local and regional governance each year as part of the Wherrett Lectures on Local Government and the Changing Nature of Civic Engagement lecture series.

Visit www.metrostudies.pitt.edu/ for more information.