Students in the urban studies Rome Workshop, CRP 4160, spend 20 hours per week in neighborhoods exploring public space, urban design, social housing, infrastructure services, immigrant integration, tourism, historic preservation, and economic development. Students meet with professional planners, government officials, community activists, and others responsible for urban policy making. At the end of the semester, each student or student group presents their findings in a Neighborhood Study. The experience is intended to provide a practical application to the text-based learning students have pursued in their undergraduate curriculum as planning students.

These neighborhood studies could not be completed without the support of the Cornell in Rome faculty. A special thanks to Greg Smith, Carlotta Fioretti, Viviana Andriola, and Serena Muccitelli.