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Faculty News

Prof. Orfield Quoted in The New Yorker About his Upcoming Book

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Professor Myron Orfield, the director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity at the University of Minnesota Law School, is writing a book about the Fair Housing Act in the nineteen-sixties. “Civil…

Prof. Orfield Quoted in Quartz on Racial Disparities in Urban Economic Booms

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Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted in Quartz in an article examining racial disparities in economic advantages in urban areas across…

Prof. Orfield Quoted in The Economist on Racial Divisions in Twin Cities

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Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted in The Economist in an article examining particular racial inequities in the Midwest region of the…

Prof. Orfield Quoted in the Washington Post on Driving Forces of Racial Inequity in Minneapolis

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Professor Myron Orfield suggests in the Washington Post that the abandonment of policies to racially integrate schools and neighborhoods contributed to large racial gaps, despite increases in social…

Prof. Orfield Quoted in Time Magazine About Increased Segregation in Housing and Schools and Its Impact on Social Unrest 

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Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted extensively in a Time magazine…

Prof. Orfield and Research Fellow Stancil Pen Op-Ed in New York Times on Tragic Killing of George Floyd and Racial Segregation in Twin Cities

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Professor Myron Orfield—director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity—and Will Stancil ’13, a research fellow at the institute, wrote an op-ed…

Prof. Orfield Quoted in New York Times Discussion on George Floyd Killing and Civil Unrest

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Quoted in a New York Times article on the protests that have erupted in Minneapolis as a result of the death of George Floyd, Professor Myron Orfield notes that increasing racial segregation may have…

Prof. Orfield Quoted in Washington Post on New Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity Study on Neighborhood Change and Displacement  

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Myron Orfield, director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted in Washington Post on coverage of…

Prof. Orfield, Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity Publish Major Report on Neighborhood Change

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The Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, led by Professor Myron Orfield, recently published a well-received report on “American Neighborhood Change in the…

Prof. Orfield Quoted in New York Times About Changes in Civil Rights Policies at HUD

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Professor Myron Orfield was quoted about the effects of the Trump administration’s decision to delay the enforcement of Obama Adminstration fair housing rules. “Residential segregation is at the heart of…

Prof. Orfield and Research Fellow Stancil Quoted Extensively in New York Times Op-Ed on White Voting Patterns

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Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, and Will Stancil, the Institute’s research fellow, are quoted extensively in a New York Times op-ed…

Prof. Orfield and Research Fellow Stancil Publish Op-Ed in Star Tribune on Gentrification Study

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Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, and research fellow, Will Stancil, published an op-ed piece in the Star Tribune in response to an ongoing study of…