BU URBAN is committed to helping you succeed in graduate school and beyond. Mentorship and advising are key ingredients for trainees to thrive. While graduate students have access to departmental faculty and staff advisors, qualifying and dissertation committees, and other allies across the university, BU URBAN provides an additional layer of mentorship and advising support through the Program Manager and Program Director.
Semester Group Check-in
Each semester, the Program Manager organizes small-group meetings for all trainees to check in and share updates on their research, professional development, science communication, and partnership-related activities. Each trainee is requested to participate in one (1) group check-in each semester. See TRAINEE TRIBUNE emails for the link to sign up.
Weekly Zoom Office Hours
The Program Manager hosts weekly Zoom drop-in office hours. Stop by to say hi, ask questions, or share updates! See the TRAINEE TRIBUNE for this semester’s hours and zoom link.
One-on-one Meetings
The Program Manager’s dynamic availability can be found here. Trainees can book zoom meetings or phone calls at any time, for any reason. Feel free to email Emily, the Program Manager, any time as well: urban@bu.edu.
Pastries with Pam
Director Pam Templer invites all trainees to join her for pastries and informal conversation! This event takes place once per semester and will be announced through the TRAINEE TRIBUNE.
Additional Resources and Suggestions
Use the navigation bar on the right for specific resources. General Community Resources available to the entire university community can be found here. Additional tips for keeping up with URBAN events and workshops are below:
Stay current
For the most up-to-date BU URBAN activities and events of interest, please read the Trainee Tribune and URBAN Update newsletters. Each newsletter is sent out every other week. Current trainees subscribed to both will get news and updates every week.
Stay connected
Ask Program Manager Emily Walton to join the BU URBANites Slack channel just for trainees.
Follow us
Follow BU URBAN on Bluesky, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Keep us updated
If you know of relevant upcoming events on campus or elsewhere, we want to know so we can share them with the community. If you have any newsworthy items (e.g. you won an award, published a paper, presented at a conference), please tell us so we can post it on our website and in our newsletter! Please send all content to Program Manager Emily Walton.
Other questions?
Review the trainee handbook. You can also reach out to Program Manager Emily Walton or Director Pamela Templer.