BU’s Initiative on Cities Builds a Tool for Fighting Displacement
Keeping people in their neighborhoods in Louisville, Ky., by assessing proposed developments.
Brink Bites: BMI Objections, Studying UFOs, and Alcohol’s Impact on College Students
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a study of drinking harms, rethinking obesity diagnoses, and researchers on film.
How Do We Solve America’s Affordable Housing Crisis? BU Research Helps Inspire a Federal Bill That Suggests Answers
Legislation could curtail ability of strict local zoning regulations and outspoken “not in my backyard” residents to block multifamily housing
Heat Waves Are Scorching Boston, but Are Some Neighborhoods Hotter than Others?
BU researchers team up with city of Boston and local nonprofits to improve temperature monitoring and pilot a more equitable approach to declaring heat emergencies
We Are Underestimating the Health Harms of Climate Disasters
As extreme weather becomes more common and catastrophic, we need new public health systems to better understand, prepare, and respond
Should People Be Fined for Sleeping Outside?
As the US Supreme Court hears a historic case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, on criminalizing people sleeping outside, BU social scientists say there are better ways to prevent and end homelessness
How War and Displacement Impact Women
Social work researcher Margaret Lombe studies the impacts of war, poverty, and food insecurity on vulnerable communities and says the world could do more to protect civilians from conflict
2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record: Current Climate Action Isn’t Enough to Halt Global Warming
BU energy expert Cutler Cleveland uses data visualizations to show what the US and other nations must do to stop the planet from overheating
Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?
New BU School of Social Work researcher Darien Alexander Williams studies how climate change, disaster response, and urban planning intertwine with social justice and racism
Can We Stop the Gentrification of Cities?
International conference at BU to examine displacement from cities and policies to counteract growing global problem