Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Myron Orfield was a symposium participant on SCOTUSblog in relation to the Texas v. Inclusive Communities case, which will be argued before the United States Supreme Court on Jan. 21. He argued…
—Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed for an MPR News article entitled "As Cities Spar Over Housing Spots, Working Poor Just Want a Home." Orfield discussed the Met Council housing plan, which gives higher goals…
—Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed for a MinnPost article entitled "Minneapolis' Fast-Changing Suburbs Deal with Unique Challenges." Orfield discussed the rapid social and economic changes in Ferguson, Mo.,…
—Professor Myron Orfield was a guest on MPR's "The Daily Circuit" to discuss gentrification and the Fair Housing Act. Gentrification, a controversial term, describes what happens when wealthier new -- often white…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a USA Today article entitled "Diversity in the Classroom." Orfield discussed the growing racial diversity of U.S. suburbs and the legal difficulties of drawing…
—Professor Myron Orfield's work on the exclusionary rule was cited in a New Yorker article entitled "Crime Fiction: Did the Chicago Police Coerce Witnesses into Pinpointing the Wrong Man for Murder?"
—Professor Myron Orfield and the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity hosted a forum on the Met Council's Fair Housing Equity Assessment. Participants included residents of North Minneapolis, the Saint Paul NAACP,…
—Professor Myron Orfield's work on police perjury was cited in a Chicago Tribune article entitled "5 Cops Caught in Lies on Witness Stand, Judge Says." In discussing a trial in which five Chicago policemen…
—Professor Myron Orfield, Thomas Luce, and Will Stancil's recently released report on subsidized housing was featured in a Star Tribune editorial piece. The Editorial Board writes: "Officials charged with…
—Professor Myron Orfield, Director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, Research Director Thomas Luce, and Will Stancil released a report that shows white suburban requests for subsidized housing are being…
—Professor Myron Orfield, Director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, and Research Director Thomas Luce, released a study that documents the growth of predominantly white charter schools in racially…
—The New Jersey Supreme Court invalidated a new housing allocation formula proposed by the Christie Administration under the New Jersey Fair Housing Act. Professor Myron Orfield, who filed an amicus curiae on…