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ABOUT
Upsilon Sigma: The Urban Studies Honor Society logo Upsilon Sigma is an international, multidisciplinary honor society!

The Society was established by the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) in 2018. Upsilon Sigma is dedicated to recognizing and encouraging excellence in scholarship, leadership, and engagement in urban studies and related fields. The mission is to promote academic excellence and enrich the educational experience of undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees related to urban studies.

Urban Studies is a broad umbrella term for academic programs and research that focus on the social, political, economic, spatial, physical, historical, cultural, and environmental dynamics of urban contexts. The issues and policies that impact urban places and populations are examined within a wide variety of academic disciplines. As such, Upsilon Sigma-The Urban Studies Honor Society welcomes chapter applications from all fields of study.

Examples of urban-related topics that are examined by a broad range of academic disciplines.

Architecture
Area Studies
Arts
Built Environment
Capital Projects
Citizen Participation
Civil Society
Communication
Community Development
Conservation
Criminal Justice
Culture
Demographic Trends
Design
Development Studies
Disaster Management/Planning
Diversity
Ecology
Economics
Economic Development
Educational Inequalities
Educational Policy
Elections
Employment
Environment
Ethnicity
Finance
Gender
Geography
Globalism
Governance
Health
Historic Preservation
History

Household Violence
Housing
Human Services
Immigration
Income Inequality
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental Relations
Job Training
Journalism
Labor
Land Use
Latin-American Studies
Management
Media Roles
Metropolitan Studies
Multi-National Urban Issues
Neighborhoods
Networks
Nonprofit Sector
Place-Making
Planning
Policing
Policy
Politics
Population Trends
Poverty
Public Affairs
Public Health
Public Safety
Quality of Life
Race
Redevelopment
Regionalism
Religion

Resilience
Satisfaction with Life
Schools
Security
Service Provision
Social Capital
Social Dynamics
Social Justice
Social Media
Social Theory
Social Work
Sociology
Space and Place
Sports
Sustainability
Systems
Technology
Theory
Tourism
Transportation
Urban Affairs
Urban Affairs in Africa
Urban Affairs in Asia
Urban Affairs in Australia/Oceana
Urban Affairs in Europe
Urban Affairs in North America
Urban Affairs in South America
Urban Studies
Urbanism
Urbanization
Wages
Welfare

BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS
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Students who are inducted into Upsilon Sigma chapters shall be granted the right to identify themselves as honor society members.
Each inductee will receive an official certificate of membership. This distinction will add a unique element to a student’s record and give clear indication of significant academic achievements.
Membership in Upsilon Sigma will give students access to both campus-based and national networks of fellow honor society members.
Student members will be eligible for special discounts to become UAA members and to attend annual UAA conferences. Additional benefits may be provided by local chapters of the Society.

INSTITUTIONAL BENEFITS
Upsilon Sigma: The Urban Studies Honor Society logo

Set standards of academic achievement that will reward students formally for their excellence in scholarship;
Expand opportunities for student leadership and professional development;
Join a broad network of UAA’s Institutional Members that gives international and national exposure to your chapter activities through UAA website and social media outlets;
Provide a campus-based network for high-achieving students;
Connect students to a national network of emerging urban scholars through UAA conferences and online communications;
Increase student-faculty interactions and opportunities for collaborative activities; and,
Promote engagement in service learning activities.

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