University of Denver Autumn 2024

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Certificate program trains new generation of housing affordability experts

The affordable housing crisis in the West and across the United States has led to skyrocketing demand for professionals who have the knowledge and technical skills to build more affordable housing and more equitable communities. In response, the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management in the Daniels College of Business has partnered with the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute at the Sturm College of Law to offer the Executive Certificate in Affordable Housing, a non-degree program that will provide a focused, fast-tracked pathway for participants to learn the complexities of affordable housing development and the practical skills needed to work in this specialized sector. The eight-module, eight-month online program is designed to “upskill” professionals currently DU in the news Below is a sampling of the wide range of the people and topics that have appeared in some of the nation’s biggest media outlets. Chancellor Jeremy Haefner on freedom of expression Chancellor Jeremy Haefner appeared on the PBS program, “The Open Mind,” along with Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway, to discuss speech, protest and the importance of civil discourse in an episode called “Campus on Edge: Civics to the Rescue.” Seth Masket on presidential politics and online enthusiasm Seth Masket, political science professor and director of the Center on American Politics, has been everywhere in this presidential election

working in the sector or “reskill” those looking to transition into the field. This includes real estate professionals, developers, planners, policy makers, attorneys, civic leaders, housing advocates, property managers, architects, lenders and others. “We’re uniquely positioned at DU to help meet this demand,” says Vivek Sah, co-director of the program and director of the Burns School. With interdisciplinary coursework in social and public policy issues, regulatory and legal frameworks, project finance and funding mechanisms, and construction management and design, as well as project development and property management tools, he says, “We are training professionals to not only understand the broad scope of affordable housing issues but also how to best address them.” Learn more du.edu/affordablehousing . year, writing about and being interviewed about everything from debates to whether memes can help win elections. He has appeared on several local news programs (KUSA, KMGH, KDVR and Fox 31 Denver) and has been quoted by the Associated Press, the Atlantic, MSNBC and Voice of America. Venezuelan election puts Francisco Rodríguez in the spotlight Francisco Rodríguez, the Rice Family Professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, was interviewed by—or his research cited by—the New York Times and the Washington Post, among others, on the turbulent presidential election in his home country of Venezuela. The economist also wrote an op-ed in the New York Times calling for a possible resolution to the disputed results, and he was interviewed about the crisis on National Public Radio.

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