Category: Event

URBAN UPDATE: December 13, 2022

URBAN Crowdfunding Campaign, Seminar Series, Advancing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems, BARI Conference 2023. Check out the latest URBAN UPDATE Newsletter to find out  more!

URBAN UPDATE: November 29, 2022

Giving Day Fundraiser, URBAN Trainee and Advisor Feedback Session, and recommended workshops, conferences, and talks. To find out more, read the latest URBAN UPDATE Newsletter.

URBAN UPDATE: October 21, 2022

URBAN Fall 2022 Symposium, Fall Calendar, Jessica Wright Dissertation Defense, Seminar Series. To find out more, read the latest URBAN UPDATE Newsletter.

URBAN Trainees Lead Workshop to Demystify Policymaker Engagement for Fellow Early-Career Scientists

On Saturday, November 12, 2022, URBAN trainees Emma Conrad-Rooney and Sasha Gilmore hosted a workshop along with Danielle Fox from the Union of Concerned Scientists called Demystifying Policymaker Engagement: Tips for Early Career Scientists by Early Career Scientists at the 2022 National oSTEM Annual Conference. Emma and Sasha created the workshop in partnership with URBAN trainee Katie Atherton and […]

Recap of the Fall 2022 URBAN Annual Symposium

On November 4th, we hosted our Fall 2022 URBAN Annual Symposium in the Biology Research Building. A huge hank you to all those who helped organize the event! Here’s a short summary of what the event consisted of: Welcoming Remarks & Overview of BU URBAN Pam Templer, Director of URBAN, gave a brief overview of […]

URBAN Trainees Draw Inspiration and Share their Passion for Advancing and Supporting Diversity in STEM by Attending the 2022 SACNAS NDiSTEM Conference

From October 27th to 29th, URBAN Trainees Katie Atherton, Maria Ingersoll, and Lucila Bloemendaal represented Boston University and the URBAN Program at the 2022 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  We recently sat down with Katie, Maria and Lucila to discuss their experience at the conference. Keep reading […]

Workshop: Science Communication for Youth Audiences

Communicating your science with youth audiences during graduate school is a powerful way to improve public science literacy and inspire the next generation of scientists. In collaboration with the BU’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, we are hosting a Science Communication Workshop with the following goals: Introduce graduate students to principles and practices […]