Author: roliver

Preservation Planner Internship (Part-Time)

Organization: City of Somerville – Historic Preservation Commission Job Description: The City of Somerville is seeking an intern to work for the City’s Historic Preservation Commission within the Planning Division of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development. The intern will assist the Executive Director with a diversity of preservation planning projects, focusing on […]

MET’s Urban Design Expert Weighs in on Climate Change Panel

While climate change presents challenges to all walks of life, it uniquely affects those areas that are most densely populated, which is why organizers of a BU Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation Forum invited MET City Planning and Urban Affairs program coordinator and professor Madhu Dutta-Koehler to share her views on the power of urban […]

Professor John Weis Awarded APA-MA Charles E. Downe Memorial Award

Each year the Massachusetts APA chapter recognizes outstanding students, faculty and projects throughout the Commonwealth. It is with great pride that one of our own faculty members was honored during the December 2014 awards ceremony. Boston University adjunct faculty member, John Weis was awarded the Charles E. Downe Memorial Award, which honors a planner who, […]

Going Beyond the Classroom

Demonstrating the Program’s commitment to Immersive Learning, Sustainable Planning, the graduating class of 2015 for the City Planning and Urban Affairs Programs and other students across Boston University, created a framework for Quincy’s Climate Action Plan. This planning initiative, on which the students collaborated with and were guided by planners from the City of Quincy […]