This post is part of our #BUandBoston series, highlighting the work and research of BU students, faculty, and staff throughout the City of Boston and the Greater Boston region. Interested in having your Boston-related work featured? Tag us on Instagram or Twitter (@BUonCities) using the #BUandBoston or send us an email at ioc@bu.edu. By Sean […]
By Loretta Lees (Boston University), Kenton Card (University of Minnesota), and Andre Comandon (University of Southern California) Led by the Initiative on Cities at Boston University, Loretta Lees (Boston University), Kenton Card (Boston University, now the University of Minnesota), and Andre Comandon (University of Southern California) developed a new Anti-Displacement Assessment Tool (ADA Tool) to be implemented by the Louisville Metro Government. […]
The Initiative on Cities Co-Authors the 2024 Greater Boston Housing Report Card Special Analysis on Using Public Land to Develop Affordable Housing Greater Boston’s well-publicized housing challenges continue, even as communities work to change zoning rules to comply with the state’s new MBTA Communities requirements. A lack of new construction, high interest rates, and changing […]
When: Monday, December 9, 4 PM – 5:30 PM ET Where: Kenmore Room (Rm 916), 1 Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215 Jerusalem Demsas from The Atlantic will join us to discuss her new book, On the Housing Crisis: Land, Development, Democracy. The discussion will focus on the housing crisis and local democracies, and be led by […]
When: Friday, November 22, 12 PM – 1:30 PM ET Where: Initiative on Cities, 75 Bay State Road Calling all students! Stop by the BU Initiative on Cities to learn about our urban experiential learning opportunities. From our MetroBridge classroom-based program to our internships and fellowships with Boston City Hall and the National League of […]
Where: Initiative on Cities, 75 Bay State Road, Boston, MA, 02215 When: March 6, 2025 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM ET Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities and the City Planning & Urban Affairs Program for a panel discussion on how innovations and the latest in infrastructure delivery, materials, AI, electrification, data, and autonomy […]
MetroBridge, the experiential learning program of the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC), is seeking municipal and community project partners for the spring 2025 semester. About MetroBridge MetroBridge embeds the research needs of cities, towns, NGOs, and community organizations into semester-long courses at BU, providing students with experiential learning opportunities through real-world projects that support […]
Boston University Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and IOC BU Urbanist Mary Willis (SPH), alongside co-authors Fintan Mooney (SPH), Professor of Epidemiology Jennifer Weuve (SPH), IOC Director Loretta Lees (CAS), and IOC Executive Director Stacy Fox, contributed to a new commentary in the Journal of Urban Health that proposes a framework for evaluating the multidimensional impacts of […]
Amie Thomas (GRS’24) was the 2024 Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics Summer Fellow. Interested in this fellowship? Click here to learn more about our summer internship & fellowship offerings. Like many forward-thinking students, come the end of the fall semester, I needed to decide on what my plans for the summer would be. With […]
Roshan Sivaraman (CFA, Pardee ’26) was the 2024 City of Boston Climate Ready Boston Intern. Interested in this internship? Click here to learn more about our summer internship & fellowship offerings. This summer, I had the privilege of working as a Summer Intern at the City of Boston’s Office of Climate Resilience (formerly known as […]