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Mayor Thomas M. Menino announces City of Boston Wins IBM “Smarter Cities Challenge” 2012 Grant
CITY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Mayor Thomas M. Menino Mayor Thomas M. Menino announces City of Boston Wins IBM “Smarter Cities Challenge” 2012 Grant Gives City Access to IBM’s Technology Experts to Analyze and Recommend Ways Boston Can Become an Even Better Place to Live and Work Mayor Thomas M. Menino today […]
Prof. Nathan Phillips Joins Pardee Center as Newest Faculty Fellow
Prof. Nathan Phillips, associate professor of Geography & Environment at Boston University, joins the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future as a Faculty Fellow. The center convenes symposia and conducts interdisciplinary, policy-relevant, and future-oriented research that contributes to long-term improvements for people around the world. The center focuses longer-range visions and […]
New Environmental Defense Fund Supported Project
‘With a $66k grant from the Barr Foundation and the Conservation Law Foundation, Nathan Phillips and colleagues documented 2,945 natural gas leaks in the City of Boston, from distribution pipelines. Following on this finding, Nathan and Lucy Hutyra are BU PI’s on an $70k Environmental Defense Fund supported project that seeks to estimate the total […]
Mayor Thomas M. Menino announces City of Boston Wins IBM “Smarter Cities Challenge” 2012 Grant
‘Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that IBM has selected the City of Boston, to receive an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant. The grant provides Boston with access to IBM’s top experts to work on ways Boston can engage its citizens and more efficiently deliver municipal services. “This is another example of how we are […]
Boston UltraEX in the New York Times!
Boston Ultra-Ex was recently featured in the New York Times Green Blog! Please go here for the article.
Longterm BU carbon dioxide time series now posted
Please go here to see newly published results of an extended time series of measured median CO2 on Boston University’s campus.
Welcome to the new Boston Ultra-Ex Website
This website is the new home of basic information, announcements, and updates relating to the Boston Urban Long Term Research Area Exploratory Award (Ultra-Ex) project. Check back often to see the status of current research and to view preliminary results.