The Metropolitan Policy Center (MPC) was created in the Fall of 2014 within the School of Public Affairs at American University (AU). MPC serves as the metropolitan and urban research hub on AU's campus. MPC's mission is to create knowledge and propose solutions to our 21st century metropolitan and urban challenges. The insights gained through the Center are disseminated to policy makers, think tanks, foundations, nonprofits, community groups and academic and mainstream media outlets.

Announcements

A huge welcome to the new members of our team! Michael Bader has moved into an Associate Director position, Theo Greene is joining us as a Visiting Scholar, and Katherine Silva and Richard Takacs are our new Graduate Assistants. A welcome back is also in order to Lawrence Anderson, a returning Graduate Assistant at MPC.
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