Jefferson’s Institute for Smart & Healthy Cities was created to support the research, innovation, and education that is happening across the university, focusing on transforming urban environments into smart and healthy cities. The institute is conceived as an aggregator and facilitator of transdisciplinary research and education across multiple disciplines, driving the future of our cities and communities. Supported by data and smart technologies, Smart Cities is an emerging paradigm in the development of urban environments in an attempt to build more efficient, healthier, and livable cities.
The Institute for Smart & Healthy Cities is a collaborative effort between the College of Architecture and the Built Environment, College of Population Health, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce.
Join us for a special preview of the exhibition INTERSECTIONS: Health, Environment, and Design at the Gutman Library, East Falls Campus – Lower Floor. Be among the first to experience the exhibit inside the Jefferson CAVE, a multi-sided immersive environment that brings the themes of health, sustainability, and human-centered design to life.
Location: Gutman Library, East Falls Campus – Lower Floor
On June 24th, Jefferson hosted an “Intersections: Health, Environment and Design” Symposium in Venice, Italy, as part of the event. Read more about it in the link below.
In a joint effort, students from Thomas Jefferson University and Università Iuav di Venezia had an opportunity to showcase their projects at the Palazzo Badoer in Venice during the Venice Biennale 2023. Featured at Design Philadelphia—on of the oldest design festivals in the country, Jefferson has been an active participant because we value engagement and understand the transformative power of design.
The Smart and Healthy Cities Studio shows the complex interconnection between climate change and the macro, mezzo, and micro–contextual relationships between factors that have often not been considered. The studio offers solutions for how cities can be better prepared for future global crises and how to transform cities under climate threats into more resilient towns to support a fair city to live, work, and do business.
The Institute supports Jefferson students in advancing innovative research, global collaboration, and community impact. Through a variety of grant opportunities, our community can access resources to bring ideas to life, expand scholarly work, and share knowledge on national and international platforms.
The Institute for Smart & Healthy Cities is pleased to announce the Smart & Healthy Cities Student Research and Travel Award. These grants provide funding to support graduate student research with a focus on the quality of life in urban settings.
The collaboration between Università Iuav di Venezia and Thomas Jefferson University is developing a Centre of Excellence on Resilient Cities and Climate-proof Design and Planning. The expertise and knowledge combination provides a cutting-edge approach to rethinking the resilient city concept.
