By Amelia Murray-Cooper The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is proud to announce that Valerie Sanchez Covaleda has been selected as the 2022 City of Providence’s Justice Summer Fellow. Valerie will spend the summer working with the city’s Office of Sustainability and supporting the implementation of the strategies, policies, and programs outlined in Providence’s Climate Justice […]
By Amelia Murray-Cooper The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is proud to announce that Cora Funke has been selected as the 2022 City of Chelsea Open Data & Digital Communications Initiatives Summer Fellow. Cora will have the opportunity to help advance the City’s open data and digital communications initiatives while gaining first-hand insight and experience into […]
By Amelia Murray-Cooper The Initiative on Cities (IOC) and the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground are proud to announce that Maggie Korman has been selected as the 2022 MORRE Summer Fellow. Maggie will spend the summer working with the City of Boston’s Chief Resilience Officer, Ms. Lori Nelson, in the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and […]
Gloria-Ampadu-Darko is a sophomore at BU and the 2021–22 NLC Menino Fellow. Applications for the 2022–23 Menino Fellowship are due on Sunday, April 24, 2022. On Monday March 14th, I had the absolute pleasure of attending the Congressional City Conference (CCC), an annual event hosted by the National League of Cities (NLC) to provide an […]
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 National League of Cities (NLC) Menino Fellowship. This two semester fellowship provides one Boston University undergraduate student with the opportunity to explore an interest in public service, city-level programs and policies, and municipal leadership on behalf of children, youth, and families through a […]
The IOC is accepting applications for Summer 2022 Fellowships with the cities of Boston, MA; Chelsea, MA; and Providence, MA. The deadline to apply for undergraduate fellowships is Tuesday, February 22 at 11:59pm. Graduate fellowship applications are due by Sunday, February 27 at 11:59pm. Students interested in racial equity, local government, environmental justice, public service, or […]
By Avi Nguyen (he/him) (Undergraduate, Political Science & Economics) This past summer I had the privilege of working for the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity (MORRE) through a BU Initiative on Cities (IOC) and Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground (HTC) fellowship. Most of my responsibilities within the MORRE team revolved around my […]
By An Pham (Undergraduate, Economics & Mathematics, Kilachand Honors College) This summer, I worked with the City of Chelsea as an IOC undergraduate Open Data Intern. I worked with Cate Fox-Lent, my supervisor, on a project to start Chelsea’s new Open Data Hub, where I got to process and curate city data for the public […]
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is pleased to announce Gloria Ampadu-Darko (CAS’24) as our 2021-2022 National League of Cities (NLC) Menino Fellow. Gloria is a sophomore majoring in International Relations with a minor in Political Science and Public Health. Her interests include international development, human rights, civil rights, and social justice. She aspires to pursue […]
By Deep Patel (Undergraduate, Economics and Political Science, Kilachand Honors College) This past summer, I was given the opportunity to work as an IOC undergraduate fellow and public policy intern at the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Planning. In this department at Boston City Hall, a dedicated team of diverse and bright minds from across […]