Many 20-year olds dream of trotting the globe, winning climate change awards, and meeting with their country’s leader to discuss implementation and deployment of their proposed projects. Led by BU online facilitators Eduardo Fracassi and Fabian Szulanski, the young Kiri team from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) won the MIT Climate Colab 2016 […]
Professor Stephen L. Delaney has been a faculty member in the City Planning and Urban Affairs program since 2006. His expertise lies in municipal management and finance with over 40 years of experience. After eleven at Boston University, Professor Delaney says goodbye, and shares some of his experiences, lessons, and final thoughts. Andrea: Tell […]
Professor Donald E. Zizzi has been a faculty member in the City Planning and Urban Affairs program since 2007. His expertise lies in urban and regional economics, economic development, business development, development finance, public budgeting, and strategic planning and management. After nine years in the classroom, the respected professor and colleague says goodbye, and shares […]
Professor Jim O’Connell is a Community Planner at the Boston Office of the Northeast Region of the National Park Service, where he specializes in planning for historic sites and heritage areas, in addition to being a faculty member in the City Planning and Urban Affairs program. His expertise lies in urban history, metropolitan Boston planning […]
Tej Karki, Ph.D., is an urban planner originally from Nepal whose expertise ranges from politics of urban planning implementation, climate change and its impact on cities as well as sustainable urban planning. He is a professor at Boston University’s Metropolitan College in the City Planning and Urban Affairs program where this spring semester he is […]
On Friday, February 17, BU Metropolitan College’s City Planning and Urban Affairs, Gastronomy, and Criminal Justice students and faculty kicked off the spring semester with a Latin-themed party hosted by the Department of Applied Social Sciences. The afternoon brought together the diverse community of students from the Metropolitan College to enjoy Venezuelan food, Latin […]
On its most basic level, STEM refers to the acronym of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But as one takes a closer look, a STEM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning rigorous academic concepts with a focus of teaching students how to apply those hard-earned skills in more realistic situations, establishing connections between school, […]
BUCPUA’s Professor Regan (FR), Professor Sungu (L) with BUCPUA students and winning team members Luis Quintanilla (FL) and Alejandro Delgado (BR), and their prototype of “Cindy” the cane that will assist the elderly through public transportation systems. On Saturday, February 4, students from Boston University, UMass Boston, Wellesley College, Brandeis University, Brown University, and […]
The minutia of courses, homework deadlines, and late nights can take its toll on graduate students. But ask any alumni, and the dividends of immersive learning are more than paid in full. Throughout the academic year, BU City Planning and Urban Affairs (#BUCPUA) alumni have returned time and again in a variety of roles to […]
Professor Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz is on the go. She travels 50 miles by commuter rail between Brown University in Providence and Boston University, where she teaches urban planning courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Despite this tiring arrangement, she reliably stops and delivers genuine attention to students through career advice, research direction, or professional camaraderie. […]