Events on the Horizon

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All Topics (October 5 through December 31)

4:00 PM Cities in the Federal System: Building Bipartisan Relationships in a Hyper Partisan Era
Former White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Jerry Abramson, former Mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the City of Boston, Katie King (CAS’06, […]

5:00 PM Government -Trying to Keep My Faith, But Should I Look for More: Reflections on Public Service
Join us as three recent BU alumni reflect on their experiences in public service: -Tyler Fields (CAS '15): Associate Director - Executive Office of the President, the White House -Daniel […]

12:00 PM Research Spotlight: Impacts of Climate Change on Population Health
Patrick Kinney, BU’s inaugural Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health, will present his research examining the impacts of air pollution on population health. A leading researcher in environmental health, Kinney […]

3:00 PM Virtual Reality & Urban Ecology Teleport to Experience Urban Infrastructure on Dorchester Ave, Boston
PhD candidates Yaxiong Ma and Jessica Wright will present findings from research led by BU Earth & Environment Professor Sucharita Gopal and Nathan Phillips on urban underground infrastructure.
6:00 PM Professor Perspectives: Gentrification in Boston: Are You a Gentrifier?
Join Sociology Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino, PhD Candidates Taylor Cain and Sarah Hosman, and the Community Service Center for a discussion about gentrification in Boston. Learn about gentrification as a broad […]

5:00 PM Whose Streets? Screening and Discussion
Join the BU Arts Initiative for a screening of the film Whose Streets? followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker Damon Davis, Phillipe Copeland – School of Social Work, Ashley […]

4:30 PM Guest Lecture: Richard Florida and the New Urban Crisis
World renowned author and researcher Richard Florida will discuss his most recent book, The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class […]

12:00 PM Boston’s Hidden Histories
Join the IOC for a discussion of Boston’s hidden histories. Featuring BU Associate Professor of Biology Robinson Fulweiler; City of Boston Archaeologist Joe Bagley and moderated by BU History of […]

4:00 PM Urban Sustainability, the Electricity Sector and the Pursuit of a Zero Carbon Global Footprint
Dame Fiona Woolf, former Lord Mayor of London and energy lawyer with CMS Cameron McKenna, will present her views and experience on urban sustainability and electric power in the context […]

5:30 PM Professor Perspectives: Where Do Boston Youth Go to College? Post-Secondary School Access & the Education Gap
Join Dr. Hardin Coleman, Counseling Psychology Professor and Former SED Dean; Dr. Raul Fernandez, Professor in the Higher Education Administration Program at Boston University; Katie Hill, Director, College Advising […]

5:30 PM When Tokyo Went Electric: Electricity Theft and the Materiality of Modern Life
Tokyo is an electrical paradise. From the neon saturation of “Electric Town” Akihabara to the world’s most extensive electrical railway system the Japanese capital is a spectacle of light and […]

5:00 PM Meet the Kiosks
Join Boston Area Research Initiative for a public conversation centered on the opportunities and challenges of installing kiosks throughout the city. Our goal is to open the conversation regarding Smart […]

1:00 PM Understanding Predictors of Physical Urban Change Using 1.6 Million Street View Images
Nikhil Naik, a Prize Fellow at Harvard University, will present his research on calculating urban physical change between 2007–2014 for 1.65 million street blocks from five major American cities.