URBAN Associate Director Lucy Hutyra Wins 2023 MacArthur “Genius Grant”
We are thrilled to share the wonderful news that our incredible Associate Director Lucy Hutyra has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius Grant”! She’s been featured in the Brink and the Boston Globe for this amazing achievement! Congratulations, Lucy! It’s truly an honor to work with you.
Welcoming our new 2023-2024 cohort of URBAN trainees!
We are thrilled to welcome 8 new trainees to BU URBAN this fall! Check out their bios below. To learn about all our current trainees, click here.
Fall 2023 Research & Travel Awards
We are excited to announce a funding opportunity for all BU URBAN Trainees that supports research or participation in conferences, meetings, or symposia (referred to hereafter as “conferences”). All trainees are encouraged to apply. Trainees who participate regularly in program activities will be prioritized for funding. Research Awards are made in support of interdisciplinary research […]
Announcing the Spring 2023 BU URBAN Calendar!
Visit our calendar page here. For the downloadable pdf, click here.
Spring 2023 Research and Travel Awards
We are excited to announce a funding opportunity for all BU URBAN Trainees that supports research or participation in conferences, meetings, or symposia (referred to hereafter as “conferences”). All trainees are encouraged to apply. Trainees who participate regularly in program activities will be prioritized for funding. Research Awards are made in support of interdisciplinary research […]
Fall 2022 BU URBAN Trainee Feedback Session
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Note from URBAN Director Pamela Templer on Giving Tuesday 2022
Dear BU URBAN Community, Welcome back! I hope that you had a restful Thanksgiving break. This time of the year, and especially on Giving Tuesday, we are invited to take stock of what we are grateful for, as well as to consider how we can do our part to nurture and sustain the things we […]
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 […]
Thank You and Goodbye, Evan!
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, […]
Welcome To URBAN’s New Program Manager
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 […]