Brendan Chen

Jul 1, 2024 | blog.ucsusa.org | Brendan Chen

As an incoming first-year medical student, I cannot help but think of how having seamless access to participate in our democratic system can improve health outcomes just as much as going to the doctor. I remember seeing photos of the pink smoke billowing from the chimney of the garbage incinerator in my home state of New Jersey in 2019. It was both an unusual sight and an alarming indicator of toxic gas from burning iodine.

Nov 30, 2023 | pacesconnection.com | Brendan Chen

By Brendan Chen, Photo: Prasit/Getty Images, Housing Matters, November 29, 2023In spring 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, students across the country experienced a drastic shift in their schooling as classes were first paused, then cancelled, and eventually moved to online or remote formats. In the following school year, students experienced a range of instruction methods.

Jul 11, 2023 | urban.org | Samantha Batko |Will Curran-Groome |Brendan Chen |Rachel Logan

ABOUT THE DATAHOW TO USE DATA DOWNLOAD TECHNICAL APPENDIXTo determine census tract–level values for our Emergency Rental Assistance Priority Index and its subindexes (Housing, Household Characteristics, and Income), we use data from the American Community Survey (2017–2021) and the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (2015-2019).

Mar 15, 2023 | urban.org | Emma Fernández |Katie Fallon |Brendan Chen |Samantha Batko

“With gentrification, we've lost a lot of what made the Five Points neighborhood—the businesses, the people—we've lost a lot of that. And unfortunately, a lot of the folks that have come into the neighborhood don't connect to that history,” she said. “I love to celebrate this history in our community and all the people that I grew up with, and all of the folks they were connected with.