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) […]
We are thrilled to welcome six new trainees to BU URBAN this fall! Check out their bios below. To learn about all our current trainees, click here.
On Wednesday, June 10, BU URBAN will participate in a day of mourning and reflection for #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia #Strike4BlackLives. Instead of business as usual, we will focus on advancing our program’s plan of action to eradicate racism in academia and society at large (see https://www.shutdownstem.com/ for more). Operationally, this means that our Program Manager, Evan Kuras, will […]
June 1, 2020 Breathing is fundamental. Whether it is a knee on the back of your neck, decades of air pollution in your neighborhood, or a contagious respiratory virus run amok in your city, at the end of the day, the adverse effects are the same. You can’t breathe. It is no coincidence that each […]
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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 February 19, 2020 at 5 pm. Please send your proposal and CV as one PDF to Evan Kuras (URBAN@bu.edu) with […]
Our students are making an impact! #innovation https://t.co/LhDWcEOdSM@BU_Tweets @busphEH @BUbiogeo — BU Urban Biogeoscience & Environmental Health (@bu_urban) September 24, 2019
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 […]