Partner Spotlight: Innovate@BU
The Initiative on Cities partners with several organizations across campus at Boston University, each of which offers unique and engaging opportunities and programming for students and faculty. This week, we’re featuring Innovate@BU. What issues is Innovate@BU currently tackling, and how can students get involved with the center? We’re here to help students and alumni tackle […]
Partner Spotlight: Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
The Initiative on Cities partners with several organizations across campus at Boston University, each of which offers unique and engaging opportunities and programming for students and faculty. This week, we’re featuring the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health. What issues is CISWH currently tackling, and how can students get involved? The Center for Innovation in […]
New Policy Briefs on Mayors’ Housing Production Goals & Use of Economic Incentives
The Boston University Initiative on Cities is pleased to release two new policy briefs based on findings from the 2018 Menino Survey of Mayors. These briefs provide additional context and deeper understanding of mayoral perspectives on housing production goals and on the use of economic incentives to attract new businesses. Mayoral Views on Housing Production: […]
Mayoral Views on Economic Incentives: Valuable Tools or a Bad Use of Resources?
“Mayoral Views on Economic Incentives: Valuable Tools or a Bad Use of Resources?” explores which types of cities and mayors embrace – or reject – tax concessions and subsidies to attract or retain business.
Mayoral Views on Housing Production: Do Planning Goals Match Reality?
Mayoral Views on Housing Production: Do Planning Goals Match Reality? evaluates mayoral priorities relative to actual need.
Engaging Local Policy Makers in Public Health: Current Perceptions and Future Directions
Mayors are on the front lines of many issues that affect public health—from housing to gun violence to addiction. Many are well-versed in the social determinants of health, and even those who may not be as knowledgeable are nevertheless committed to improving the physical, economic, and social infrastructure of their communities. But how do they perceive their roles as health allies and advocates?
Prison Changes People, Education Changes Prisons
By: Carly Berke On Tuesday, November 19th, the Initiative on Cities hosted a comprehensive seminar on the power of education in prison systems, as it has proven to be one of the most effective ways to decrease crime and the financial and social costs of incarceration. Moreover, inmates participating in education programs are less likely […]
Book Talk: Latino Mayors: Political Change in the Postindustrial City
Latino Mayors: Political Change in the Postindustrial City By: Carly Berke On Thursday, November 14th, the Initiative on Cities, the Latin America Studies Program, the African American Studies Program, and the Center for Latin American Studies hosted a book talk with Marion Orr, the co-editor of Latino Mayors: Political Change in the Industrial City. Orr […]
#BUandBoston: Student Food Rescue Fights Waste One Loaf at a Time
By: Douglas Darrah Americans waste 133 billion pounds of food yearly, and BU students are doing something about it. Since 1988, the Student Food Rescue program (SFR) has been saving day-old bread, deformed-yet-edible fruit, and unwanted potatoes from the dumpster. They organize “food runs” where two or more volunteer students will take one of their […]
Partner Spotlight: Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
The Initiative on Cities partners with several organizations across campus at Boston University, each of which offers unique and engaging opportunities and programming for students and faculty. This week, we’re featuring the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. What issues is the Howard Thurman Center currently tackling? The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground (HTC) is […]