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GUDL Awards Third Pilot Partnership Seed Grant Between Boston University and Lowell Community Organizations

The Boston University Initiative on Cities Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) is proud to announce the third recipient of our pilot partnership seed grant program. This award supports a collaboration between Lowell Alliance, the Merrimack Valley Project, and Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz, Assistant Professor and Director of the Boston University Metropolitan College City Planning & Urban […]

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Meet Reuben Danyali, 2026 Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library Summer Research Intern

We are excited to share that Reuben Danyali (CAS/KHC '28) is the inaugural Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Summer Research Intern at the Boston Public Library! Reuben will contribute to geospatial research and data analysis of historic housing patterns, evictions, and property ownership in Boston and across Massachusetts to support a new public-facing […]

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Meet Metis Christodoulou, 2026 City of Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) Fellow

We are excited to share that Metis Christodoulou (WED '26) is this year's City of Boston Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) Fellow representing Boston University and the Initiative on Cities! Metis will join a cohort of fellows to develop, research, or implement innovative, actionable prototypes, policies, and experiments that benefit Boston residents. MONUM […]

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