Brown professors host Providence bus tours

PROVIDENCE – A new bus-tour series hosted by the Urban Studies Program at Brown University aims to reveal the city through the eyes of Brown professors.
Each of the six bus tours, free and open to the public, which began Nov. 7, take participants on a narrated ride through a section of the city. A different faculty member will take over the bus PA system each week, discussing everything from street art to architecture and urban agriculture.
Urban studies director Dietrich Neumann said that the tours are an opportunity for the public to hear how faculty apply their interests locally. Participating faculty include Robert Azar, Stefano Bloch, Kenneth Wong, Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Neumann and Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz.
The first tour sold out; the series continues through April. Tours begin at 3 p.m. and last approximately 90 minutes. They begin and leave from 341 Brook St. Refreshments will be served at the end of each tour in the Urban Studies building at 29 Manning Walk.
RSVPs can be made by email to meredith_paine@brown.edu. •

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