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 […]
As some of you may know, Evan Kuras who has been our Program Manager for the past 3 years completed his time with the URBAN team at the end of September. Since then, Evan has started as a full-time Evaluation Consultant with MXM Research Group, a consulting firm that advances social impact through evaluation, strategy, […]
On October 3rd, we announced the hiring of our new Program Manager, Heather Ho. A graduate of Dartmouth College, a recent graduate of the Boston University School of Social Work, and a student at the Boston University School of Public Health, Heather has spent the past few years partnering with various communities in Massachusetts to […]
BU URBAN is pleased to announce an opportunity that fuses creativity and leadership at the interface of graduate education, science, urban governance, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The position is described below and on BU’s Human Resources site, here. This is a full-time position located in Boston, MA, listed as Salary Grade 48. This position […]
July 28, 2022 Dear BU URBAN Community, It is with a heavy heart that I announce my departure from Boston University and the BU URBAN Program. My last day will be September 22, 2022. It has been an incredible honor working with and for all of you, and in particular our inspiring and passionate URBAN […]
Note: This position has been filled, but we will likely be hiring in future semesters! The BU URBAN Graduate Program seeks a creative and hard-working undergraduate student for remote work during the Fall 2021 Semester. Given our ultimate goal of helping cities tackle environmental challenges, the Communications Assistant will collaborate with the URBAN Program Manager […]
On November 9, 2020, BU URBAN hosted its Fall 2020 External Advisory Board Meeting, which included External Advisory Board Members (see membership here), BU URBAN leadership, members of BU’s upper administration, university partners, URBAN trainees, and our external evaluation team. During the meeting, we (1) oriented new board members to the BU URBAN Program, (2) […]