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2020 Urban Research Award: Assessing the association between combined sewer overflow events and gastrointestinal illness in the Merrimack Valley
PI: Beth Haley, MA, PhD Student, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health and BU URBAN Program Co-PIs: Wendy Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: Mixed-methods Study of Female Homeownership in U.S. Cities
PI: Japonica Brown-Saracino, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences and BU Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: The Effects of Social Housing on Neighborhoods: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Copenhagen
PI: Yuhei Miyauchi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences Co-PI: Linh T. Tô, PhD, Assistant Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: The Politics of Rent: Power & Inequality in Low-Income Neighborhoods
PI: Nicholas J. Henninger, MPP, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Co-PI: Katherine L. Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: Cities and Alternative Spaces of Memory: Monuments and Counter-Monuments in New Orleans
PI: Cynthia Becker, PhD, Associate Professor of African Art, Department of History of Art & Architecture, affiliated with the African Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: Socio-Spatial Politics of Risk Mitigation: Building-Scale Urban Transformation Maps of Istanbul, Turkey
PI: Ladin Bayurgil, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Co-PI: Japonica Brown-Saracino, PhD, Professor, Department Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: The Effects of Civil Service Reform on Local Government: Evidence from the Progressive Era
PI: James Feigenbaum, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences Co-PI: Abhay Aneja, JD, Assistant Professor Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: Addressing the Workforce Needs of Youth in Urban Settings: A Study of Local Workforce Development Boards’ Inclusion of Youth Expertise
PI: Mary Collins, PhD, MA, Chair of Social Welfare Policy & Professor, School of Social Work Publications Workforce development for Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: Effects of Greenspace Structure on Urban Tree Health and Human Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter: A Biogeochemical Analysis and Exposure Assessment
PI: Jenna Rindy, MS, PhD Student, Department of Biology, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and BU URBAN Program Co-PIs: Read more
2020 Urban Research Award: Urban Heat Exposure, Cooling Demand and Electricity Consumption under Future Climate Change: an Empirical Approach
PI: Yasmin Romitti, PhD student, Department of Earth and Environment, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and BU URBAN Program Read more
COVID-19 & Cities: Supporting Aging Populations
On May 27, 2020, the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) and the Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) Read more
#BUandBoston: “Criminalized” Sheds Light on Systemic Failures
By: Douglas Darrah “Criminal” is not a state of being but a label that is strategically assigned. That is the Read more
Meet the summer 2020 MORRE Fellow: Faith Rynda
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) and the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground are proud to announce that Faith Rynda has been Read more
Meet the summer 2020 MONUM Fellow: Meghann Lucy
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is proud to announce that Meghann Lucy has been selected as the summer 2020 MONUM Read more
#BUandBoston: Hearts for the Homeless Helps the Most Vulnerable
By: Douglas Darrah The Westside of Syracuse is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the nation. Seventy-five percent of the Read more
COVID-19 & Cities: Pollution and the Environment
Recap by Carly Berke On Wednesday, May 13th, 2020, the Initiative on Cities (IOC) hosted a discussion on the impact Read more
Meet the Inaugural 2020 Public Impact Scholars Cohort
The Initiative on Cities is excited to announce our inaugural Public Impact Scholars cohort. The Public Impact Scholars program equips BU faculty Read more
COVID-19 & Cities: Municipal Fiscal Health
Recap by Carly Berke On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, the Initiative on Cities (IOC) hosted COVID-19 & Cities: Municipal Fiscal Read more
After COVID-19: (Re)Building Resilient Cities
Watch the recording and event highlights here. Recap by Carly Berke On Thursday, April 30th, 2020, the Boston University School Read more
#BUandBoston: Leila Heidari Helps Measure Heat
By: Douglas Darrah Forty percent of those who die from heat stroke are over 65, even though that demographic makes Read more