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The Two Faces of Fear: Violence and Inequality in the Mexican Metropolis Book Talk & Discussion
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 4:00-6:00 PM ET (Talk: 4-5:15 PM; Reception: 5:15-6 PM) Location: Initiative on Cities, 75 Read more
Director Loretta Lees Wins International Planning History Society (IPHS) Book Prize
Initiative on Cities Director Loretta Lees and co-author Elanor Warwick received the biennial International Planning History Society's (IPHS) First Book Read more
Call for Papers for the 2025 International Conference on Urban Affairs – Triangulating the Urban-H (Housing, Heat, Health) in Cities Session
When: April 15-19, 2025 Where: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Organizers: Loretta Lees, Professor of Sociology, and Read more
Spring 2024 Event Highlights Recap
This past semester, the Initiative on Cities invited urban researchers, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary academics, policymakers, practitioners, and students to share Read more
Meet Amie Thomas, 2024 Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics Fellow
The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) is happy to announce Amie Thomas (GRS Statistical Practice) has been selected as Read more
Meet Roshan Sivaraman, 2024 Climate Ready Boston Intern
The Boston University Initiative on Cities is happy to announce that Roshan Sivaraman (CFA, Pardee ’26) has been selected for the Read more
Meet Alexandria McKenzie, 2024 City of Boston’s Equity & Inclusion Cabinet Summer Intern
The Boston University Initiative on Cities and the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground are happy to announce that Alexandria McKenzie (CAS Read more
Workshop: Rethinking the Media-Gentrification Nexus
Where: Zoom (Virtual) When: June 10 and July 2, 2024 9:00 am–4:30 pm US-EDT / 2:00 pm-9:30 pm UK-BST Register Read more
Introducing Our 2024 Early Stage Urban Research Award Recipients
The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of our 10th request for proposals Read more
#BUandBoston: Interview with Tyler Critz – Running the Boston Marathon Representing Back on My Feet Boston
This post is part of our #BUandBoston series, highlighting the work and research of BU students, faculty, and staff throughout the Read more
Associate Directors Danielle Mulligan and Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba Co-Authored Op-Ed on the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Associate Director Danielle Mulligan and Professor Stephanie Ettinger De Cuba co-authored an op-ed, “Diagnosing the youth mental health crisis? Don’t Read more
Dan Li Publishes New Paper on Urban Heat and Will Become IOC’s New Urban-H Associate Director of Heat
Boston University Associate Professor of Earth & Environment Dan Li’s new publication, Persistent Urban Heat, with co-authors Linying Wang (Boston Read more
Alana Motley (CAS ’24) Awarded the 2024 Initiative on Cities Student Prize
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is elated to announce that Alana Motley (CAS '24) has been awarded the IOC Student Prize Read more
Apply to be the 2024–2025 IOC Menino Fellow with the National League of Cities!
Applications for the Initiative on Cities (IOC) 2024–2025 Menino Fellowship with the National League of Cities (NLC) are now open Read more
2023 Menino Survey of Mayors: Mayoral Accountability and Control Report
Latest findings from the annual Menino Survey of Mayors from the Boston University Initiative on Cities, supported by The Rockefeller Read more
Event Recap: Exploring Data & Cities
Recap by Vijay Fisch The event's takeaways and insights were first published on the Boston University Faculty of Computing & Read more
#BUandBoston: Interview with Man Nguyen on Translating and Adapting the USDA’s Household Food Security Survey Module for Vietnamese Residents in Boston
This post is part of our #BUandBoston series, highlighting the work and research of BU students, faculty, and staff throughout the Read more
The Nocturnal City
When: April 8, 2024 | 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET Where: Initiative on Cities Seminar Room, 75 Bay State Road Join Read more
New Brief: Political Lessons Learned from the Initial MBTA Communities Act Rollout
In partnership with the Initiative on Cities' MetroBridge program and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), Urban-H Associate Director Katherine Read more
2023 Menino Survey: Building for a Green Future: Cities and the IRA
Key Obstacles Prevent America's Mayors from Tapping into the IRA's Potential, According to Survey of US Mayors Mayors Cite Staff Read more