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Philadelphia at Night

Tri-Co Philly: Philadelphia’s Opioid Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions Community Engagement and Social Responsibility

Spring 2020

This course will draw on direct student engagement and the experience of community partners—including medical practitioners, harm reduction activists, politicians, journalists, people who use drugs, and affected communities—to interrogate the causes and consequences of drug overdose.

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Philadelphia City Hall

Tri-Co Philly: Philadelphia and the 2024 Election

Fall 2024

This course will cover, as the title suggests, the role of people and political organizations in Philadelphia in the 2024 Election as it is happening. We will work together to understand how people understand politics, and how political campaigns, PACs, and non-profit organizations work to persuade and mobilize potential voters.

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Philadelphia Sunset Silhouette

Tri-Co Philly: Narrativity and Hip Hop

Fall 2021

This course explores narrative and poetic forms and themes in hip-hop culture in Philadelphia and beyond.

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Philadelphia Skyline at Night

Tri-Co Philly: Popular Music and Media

Spring 2023

This team-taught interdisciplinary course investigates the histories, structures and cultural connections between popular music and other media in the city of Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia Delaware River

Tri-Co Philly: Fight for #PhlEd: Urban Educational and Environmental Justice

Fall 2019

Fight for #PhlEd is an examination of urbanism and environmental justice as seen through of urban education politics in Philadelphia and other US cities.

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Philadelphia Moon

Tri-Co Philly: University City: Race, Power and Politics in Philadelphia

Spring 2024

This class aims to trace the history of higher education and its ongoing impact on the geography, economy, and culture of greater Philadelphia and U.S. urban space broadly.

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Philadelphia LOVE Park Sign

Tri-Co Philly: Urban Spaces, Historical Places: Society, Health and Social Justice in Philadelphia

Fall 2021

This course will take a broad view of the nation’s first capital, in anthropological, geographic, and historical perspective.

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 Philadelphia skyline from helipad-3181

Tri-Co Philly: A City of Homes: Housing Issues in Philadelphia

Spring 2025

This class investigates the unique history of housing in Philadelphia. We will cover the problems the city has faced and still faces in providing affordable housing, fair access to housing and creating diverse and vibrant neighborhoods and its great legacy of innovation in this area.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Tri-Co Philly: Contemporary Art and Film in Philadelphia

Spring 2023

This course will explore the vibrant contemporary art world of the city of Philadelphia—a city uniquely positioned to attract artists with its many top-tier fine art schools, world-class museums, affordable living and studio spaces, and thriving network of artist-run galleries and exhibition spaces.

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Mawr Insight: Interviewing 101

by Ava Blumer '24, Tour Guide

"It can be hard to learn about student clubs and dorm life, but in an interview you can talk about these things in detail."

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Apulia: Undiscovered Italy

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Wednesday, June 1-Thursday, June 9, 2022

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Dutch Waterways

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Monday, April 25-Tuesday, May 3, 2022

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