Event Recap: Urban Growth and Citizenship Machines
On Wednesday, October 15th, the Initiative on Cities hosted a panel titled “Urban Growth and Citizenship Machines,” at which Boston University Professor of Architecture Daniel Abramson discussed his forthcoming book, Designing Citizens. The conversation focused on the urban renewal project in Boston’s Government Center from the 1950s to the 1970s. The panel joining the discussion […]
Event Recap: The Pointillistic City
On November 3, 2025, the Initiative on Cities and the Boston University Department of Sociology hosted a special session of the Urban Inequalities Workshop featuring Dr. Daniel T. O’Brien, Director of the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) and Professor at Northeastern University. Dr. Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz, Director of City Planning & Urban Affairs at Metropolitan College, […]
Event Recap: Designing and Using Transit Maps
On Monday, October 27, 2025, the Initiative on Cities and the Metropolitan College City Planning & Urban Affairs Program co-hosted a discussion exploring the design and implementation of transit maps. This session of Transportation & The City featured Ken Dumas, Manager of the Central Transportation Planning Staff at the Boston MPO, and Mark Ovenden, broadcaster, […]
Event Recap: Boston University City Hall Day
By Danielle Mulligan Photos by Ting Wei Li On December 3rd, the Initiative on Cities (IOC) hosted the inaugural BU City Hall Day, building on the success of three cohorts of the IOC’s Public Impact Scholars (PIS) program. The goal of this event was to build relationships between BU faculty and City Hall leaders to […]