The Jane Jacobs Collegiate Consortium is a multidisciplinary collective in higher education that teaches urban ecological processes of critical importance. While maintaining or regaining the strength and resilience of equitable, diverse, sustainable communities, Jane Jacobs Fellows instruct Jacobsian Scholars, enrolled in participating institutions, to connect across disciplines and across campuses while addressing complex real-world projects. 

The Consortium's values are rooted in its visionary Jane Jacobs and in the understanding that  "cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody" .  - Jane Jacobs

2022 collegiate consortium institutions

Join Us

Join the Center for the Living City in the launch of the Jane Jacobs Collegiate Consortium, spring of 2022! This collaborative inter-disciplinary learning environment is open to students enrolled at Lackawanna College, Johnson College, Marywood University, PennState Scranton, and the University of Scranton.

Engage with us in this new initiative that provides:

• Collaborative inter-disciplinary courses and projects

• Real world experiential learning opportunities

• Mentorship from professionals in your field and related fields

• Non-traditional Career development opportunities

• Direct engagement with community + business leaders

• Jacobsian Scholar Designation

jacobsian scholars

A Jacobsian Scholar designation is awarded to a student enrolled in higher education who exemplifies the drive to engage in processes of the critical importance in maintaining or regaining the strength and resilience of equitable, diverse, sustainable communities. This prestigious designation is awarded to students who complete a series of courses in the collegiate consortium as agreed upon with their institution and the Center for the Living City.

Scholars connect across disciplines, across campuses and are interconnected in addressing complex problem solving. 

This Scholar understands that … "cities have the capability of providing something for everybody,only because, and only when, they are created by everybody" . - Jane Jacobs

Jacobsian Scholars may come from areas of study such as:

• Architecture, Urbanism/City Planning, Design, Geography, Journalism, Culinary Arts

• Biology, Chemistry, Healthcare, Social Services

• Engineering, Environmental + Sustainability Studies/Environmental Science, Construction Management

• Math, Accounting, Finance, Business

• Entrepreneurship, Political Science, Economic Development

• and more!

previous courses

FALL 2022

Global Urban Ecologies II Center for the Living City Course CLCF22GU

The course will inform your roles as citizens in the processes of community change. Because the course explores relationships among all elements of urban ecosystems, it will add value to any course of study where an understanding of the ways social, environmental, and economic systems affect cities and regions is needed.

Above all, this course invites students to begin thinking about their creative responses to the problems of our time.

ALL STUDENTS MUST REGISTER HERE WITH THE CENTER FOR THE LIVING CITY & WITH THEIR INSTITUTION FOR CREDIT.

COLLEGE SPECIFIC DETAILS BELOW

• Lackawanna College Students register here and as an internship or general elective (3 credits transferable back to Lackawanna College) 

• Johnson College Students register here and as a Prior Learning (3 credits transferable back to Johnson College)
  Marywood University Students register here and in the Marywood Portal: Global Urban Ecologies II

• Penn State Scranton Students register here and as an internship - (3 credits Penn State Scranton)

• University of Scranton Students register here and using the Marywood Cross-Registration form available on the UofS Registrar’s website: Transfer Credit back to the University of Scranton- Marywood Course Global Urban Ecologies II (3 credits)

Please email Maria at maria@centerforthelivingcity.org if you need more information on how to register for the course with your university.

FALL 2022

PUBLIC DESIGN PROJECT II Center for the Living City Course CLCF22PDP2

This studio-based course builds on the Public Design Project I summer course, focusing on the build + long-term social, environmental, and economic opportunities of public space designin the City of Scranton.

This course will build + bring together the community at various scales—the human scale, site scale, and city scale—while covering subjects like materiality, people’s behavior, and innovative sustainable solutions for a zero-carbon footprint in an effort to green the city.

ALL STUDENTS MUST REGISTER HERE WITH THE CENTER FOR THE LIVING CITY & WITH THEIR INSTITUTION FOR CREDIT.

COLLEGE SPECIFIC DETAILS BELOW

• Lackawanna College Students register here and as an internship or general elective (3 credits transferable back to Lackawanna College) 

• Johnson College Students register here and as a Prior Learning (3 credits transferable back to Johnson College)
  Marywood University Students register here and in the Marywood Portal: Public Design Project II

• Penn State Scranton Students register here and as an internship - (3 credits Penn State Scranton)

• University of Scranton Students register here and using the Marywood Cross-Registration form available on the U of S Registrar’s website: Transfer Credit back to the University of Scranton- Marywood Course Public Design Project II (3 credits)

Please email Maria at maria@centerforthelivingcity.org if you need more information on how to register for the course with your university.

• PUBLIC DESIGN PROJECT, SUMMER 2022, Center for the Living City Course CLC22DB

  Jul 11, 2022 - Aug 15, 2022, hybrid delivery | syllabus | Meeting days + times TBD | Poster + Web Graphic

• GLOBAL URBAN ECOLOGIES I, SPRING 2022, Marywood Course Description for ARCH399H Global Urban Ecologies