View past events from our Urban Seminar Series! Click on a post to view a recap or recording, if available. While some upcoming events may appear below, view the full list on our calendar.
Coming Back Better: Building Healthy, Sustainable, and Resilient Cities post-COVID-19
Held on Thursday, July 1, 2021 By 2050, 66 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in cities. This panel explored how cities can be structured to support health and what we have learned about the future of urban living from the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-hosted with the School of Public Health Speakers: Oxiris […]
The Seaport…and Beyond: A conversation about racial diversity and economic equity in the Seaport—and in future neighborhood development
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 12pm–1pm ET Click here to Register The IOC is proud to support the Boston Globe and the Civic Action Project for an event discussing how public policy and private action can be used to assure that neighborhood development shares the space and the benefits equitably with people of all ethnicities and […]
The Urban/Suburban Educational Divide: Racial Inequities and Shifting Landscapes
Held on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Schools in urban and suburban locations can vary immensely in quality, increasing the importance of where we send our kids to school. But why are some schools better than others? How has America’s notion of a good school deepened educational and racial inequities? The IOC and the BU Wheelock […]
Urban Parks and the Public Realm: Equity and Access in Post-COVID Cities
Held on Friday, April 30, 2021. Watch a recording or read a recap below. Recap by Claudia Chiappa On Friday, April 30, 2021 the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) and The Trust for Public Land hosted an event on the future of urban parks in a post-COVID world featuring IOC Co-Director Katharine Lusk, Mayor […]
Telling the Untold History of Civil Rights Leaders in Boston
Held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Watch a recording or read a recap below. Recap by Claudia Chiappa On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC), BU Arts Initiative, and BU Diversity & Inclusion hosted a discussion on the untold stories of civil rights leaders in Boston featuring Assistant Professor […]
Getting to Yes on Housing in Greater Boston and Framingham
Held on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Watch a recording or read a recap below. Recap by Claudia Chiappa On Tuesday, April 13, the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) and Abundant Housing MA hosted a discussion about the politics of housing and the challenges behind reforms. Mayor Yvonne Spicer of the City of Framingham joined Associate […]
Downtown After COVID: Will Urban Centers be the Same?
Held on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Watch a recording or read a recap below. Recap by Claudia Chiappa On Wednesday, April 17 the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) and City Planning & Urban Affairs (CPUA) Program hosted a discussion on the future of downtown spaces in the post-pandemic era. Moderated by Jon Chesto, Business […]
Lessons from Paris: The Changing Landscape of Urban Transportation after COVID
Watch or read a recap from our discussion on the future of bike and pedestrian friendly cities.
We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems
Held on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 12pm, watch a recording and read a recap
Animal City: The Domestication of America
Recap by Claudia Chiappa On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, the Boston University Initiative on Cities and the BU History Department hosted a discussion with Andrew Robichaud, Assistant Professor of History at BU, and Catherine McNeur, Associate Professor of Environmental History and Public History at Portland State University. Robichaud and McNeur discussed Robichaud’s book, Animal City: […]