Category: Trainee Spotlight
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 […]
Our Impact Intern, Aika Ulanova, recently sat down with URBAN trainees Kathryn Rodgers and Alina McIntyre to moderate a discussion on the concept of positionality in the workplace from various perspectives. Positionality is the idea that our personal views, values, identities, and social context shape how we view ourselves in the world and how the […]
Yasmin Romitti is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth & Environment and a trainee in the BU URBAN Program. Her research focuses on the nexus of climate impacts, energy, and health. Yasmin has a B.S. from Boston University and an M.A. from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. On June 9th, 2022 Yasmin was […]
Claudia Diezmartínez is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth & Environment and a trainee in the BU URBAN Program. Her research focuses on urban climate policy and climate justice. Originally from Mexico, Claudia received her B.S. from Tecnológico de Monterrey and her M.Phil. from University of Cambridge, UK. On Tuesday, December 7th, 2021, […]
BU URBAN trainees study urban environmental issues like air pollution, climate justice, and water quality, with the goal of finding innovative, interdisciplinary solutions that provide hope for the future of urban communities. We are thrilled to present three short videos created by EmVision Productions that highlight the work of URBAN trainees, how they are helping cities […]
Congrats to #NSFNRT Trainee @BethMHaley for the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at #AGU2019! Characterizing patterns of combined sewer discharge in a drinking water source: Spatiotemporal variation of fecal indicator bacteria in the Merrimack River@AguGeohealth @busphEH — BU Urban Biogeoscience & Environmental Health (@bu_urban) January 29, 2020