Chen WU is a first-year graduate student in the Department of City and Regional at Cornell University and is minoring in real estate. He is also enrolled as a student fellow in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy under the infrastructure finance, policy, and management program. He is interested in agency collaboration, local government policy, and the financial drivers behind urban development and regeneration. WU is a research assistant in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University.