Congratulations to PhD student Kate Connolly for receiving an honorable mention for her poster titled “The impact of regional weather in residential energy consumption and indoor air quality changes due to energy retrofits.” at ISES 2019! Great job, Kate!
We’re excited to announce a funding opportunity for all BU URBAN Trainees that supports research or conference travel for presenters. Each award is made in support of Ph.D. research in interdisciplinary research topics that span both Biogeoscience and Environmental Health in urban systems or for trainees who will travel to a meeting or conference to present their work within the year. The application deadline is September 30, 2019 at 5 pm. Please send your proposal and CV as one PDF to Pam Templer (ptempler@bu.edu) with […]
Time & Location: Monday August 5, 2019, 7 to 8:30 pm at WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 This event has passed, but you can watch it online! Vanguards in Urban Planning: Transforming Vancouver, Toronto, & Minneapolis Vancouver, Toronto and Minneapolis are flourishing. Through innovative housing, green space and transportation policies, plus shifts to renewable […]
We are happy to introduce the 2019 cohort of BU URBAN trainees. This year’s cohort consists of 8 Ph.D. students who have joined the Departments of Biology, Earth and Environment, and Environmental Health.
Trainees in the BU URBAN program want their research to go beyond the boundaries of the Boston University campus research labs. Why? These remarkable Ph.D. students work on environmental challenges in cities that can impact how communities deal with heat waves, what air people breathe, how people living along shorelines can protect themselves from sea level rise, and which strategies communities can use to protect themselves from diseases like lyme. The common thread among these topics? The scientific knowledge gained from these studies can inform policy decisions.
Join us for the second annual BU URBAN Spring Symposium on April 30, 2019 from 12:30 to 3:00pm in CILSE 101 (610 Commonwealth Avenue)!
The Boston University (BU) Urban Climate Initiative (UCI) is pleased to announce its first request for proposals for small-scale, early stage research projects to generate new knowledge on the impacts, adaptation and/or mitigation of urban climate variability and/or change.
As scientists, we love our research and want to share our findings far and wide. As ecologists and conservation biologists, we especially hope that our findings affect policy, management, or everyday stewardship. And funding agencies remind us that we must ensure our research has broader impacts that benefit society, beyond just publishing scientific papers. But how do we effectively communicate our research?
The Initiative on Cities is pleased to announce our Spring 2019 Request for Proposals for our Early Stage Urban Research Awards page. These seed grants support research addressing urban challenges and urban populations in the US and abroad. This year, we are particularly interested in proposals related to community engaged research, international projects, and projects related to the Boston region.
This month, trainee Sarabeth Buckley’s research was featured on the American Geophysical Union’s Eos, a weekly magazine of Earth and Space science news. Sarabeth runs an urban rooftop farm that uses CO2 from building vents to fertilize spinach plants.