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Our Statement of Partnership and Solidarity, June 1st, 2020

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 […]

BU URBAN Travel and Research Funds (Spring 2020)

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 […]

URBAN Program featured in BU Today!

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

BU URBAN Travel and Research Funds

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 […]

Meet the 2019 BU URBAN Trainees

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.

Science Policy Workshop – February 5, 2019

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.

BU Urban Climate Initiative 2019 Seed Grants

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.