Author: Andrea Ciminelli

Congratulations, CPUA Class of 2021

Congratulations to our City Planning and Urban Affairs Class of 2021! We are so proud of your accomplishments, and we wish the very best in your next chapter! Spring and Summer 2021 Graduates: Arya Alizadeh, MCP, Andree Entezari, MCP, Shengxiang Jin, MCP, Jiawei Li, MCP, Julia Mintz, MCP, Aneri Patel, MCP, Daniel Pezzano, MUA, Winston […]

Cohort of New Students Joins BUCPUA at Virtual Spring Orientation

On Thursday, January 21st, BUCPUA hosted its second fully virtual orientation session in program history. At the hour-long event, Director Dr. Madhu Dutta-Koehler and Program Manager Andrea Ciminelli were joined by a small cohort of new graduate students via Zoom for an official introduction to the CPUA community and its resources. The Spring 2021 orientation […]

BUCPUA professor Emily Keys Innes presents this fall’s #BUcity keynote lecture, “The Early Days: Next Steps”

On Oct. 28, Emily Keys Innes, director of planning at Harriman and CPUA adjunct professor, presented her keynote lecture, “The Early Days: Next Steps” to a group of eager students, faculty, and CPUA community members. The lecture began with a literary introduction, an epigram by Alasdair Gray––borrowed from Dennis Lee’s 1972 “Civil Elegies”––which reads: “Work […]

#BUcity Co-Lab participants learn about visual communication, portfolio design, and personal branding from BUCPUA’s very own David Valecillos

David Valecillos is a graduate of the BUCPUA Master in City Planning who now works with the North Shore Community Development Corporation as the director of design. Valecillos is also a founder and director for the Punto Urban Art Museum, an open air museum in the El Punto neighborhood of Salem, MA.  On Tuesday, Oct. […]

BUCPUA kicks off #BUcity Co-Lab Week with panel discussion on tools for inclusive and accessible city planning

  The City Planning and Urban Affairs Program kicked off its #BUcity Co-Lab Week–– a series of events, panel discussions, and workshops running from October 26th through October 30th –– Monday night with a panel discussion event co-sponsored by BU Sustainability, and moderated by Sustainability’s own Erica Mattison, assistant director of communications. The event, “Planning […]

Urban Studies Capstone Proposes Green Opportunities in Hyde Park

By MET Marketing May 15, 2020 As reported in the Hyde Park Bulletin (Volume 19, Issue 19), on May 5 students from Metropolitan College’s Urban Studies Capstone course (MET UA 805) presented The Power of Green! Strategic Proposals for the Hyde Park Community. The virtual event focused on actions that could be taken to enhance access to, and […]

BUCPUA’s Kevin Flakes Named BU Initiative on Cities’ 2019 Summer Fellow

The Boston University (BU) Initiative on Cities (IOC) recently shared the 2019 class of Summer Fellows. Fellows work closely with local governments on projects that demonstrate a commitment to urban leadership. Kevin Flakes was named one of BU IOC’s Summer 2019 Fellows. Kevin graduated from University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth with a BS in Accounting, and […]

BUCPUA’s Natalia Chavez Named BU Initiative on Cities’ 2019 Summer Fellow

  The Boston University (BU) Initiative on Cities (IOC) recently shared the 2019 class of Summer Fellows. Fellows work closely with local governments on projects that demonstrate a commitment to urban leadership. Natalia Chavez was named one of BU IOC’s Summer 2019 Fellows. Natalia earned her bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University, is completing the […]

Boston University MUA Candidate Appointed to Citizens’ Commission

Joyce Sanchez, MUA’19, was appointed by Attorney General Maura Healey to the Citizens’ Commission to advance the 28th Amendment. Joyce obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with a minor in journalism from Georgia Southern University. As an undergraduate, she served in several leadership roles such as Service-Learning Facilitator, Alternative Break Student Board […]