Internship Products
URBAN Trainees work with diverse partners in government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector. Below is a searchable database of projects that trainees have completed with links to individual project pages.
| Project Theme | Trainee Name | Trainee Department | Partner Organization | Link to Project Page |
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| Urban Tree Canopy Cover | Luca Morreale | Earth & Environment | Town of Arlington | Planting trees with a purpose |
| Green Roof Gardens | Sarabeth Buckley | Earth & Environment | BU Sustainability | Green Roof Gardens at BU |
| Urban Forestry Plan | Paige Brochu | Environmental Health | The Nature Conservancy, City of Providence, RI, Providence Neighborhood Planting Program | Developing an Urban Forest Plan for Providence, Rhode Island |
| Climate Change and Human Health | Lindsey Butler | Environmental Health | C40 | Helping Cities Adapt to Climate Change through Policy Innovation |
| Assessing Tick-Borne Disease Risk | Tess McCabe | Earth & Environment | NASA Develop, Maine Medical Center Research Institute Lyme & Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory | Forecasting Lyme Cases in Southern Maine using Satellite Data |
| Environmental Consulting | Lucila Houttuijn Bloemendaal | Earth & Environment | Environmental Resources Management (ERM) | Contaminated Site Investigation and Remediation in New England |
| Impacts of Urbanization and Climate Change on Wildlife | Tara Miller | Biology | Adirondack Wildlife Refuge | Adirondack wildlife population exposure to heavy metals and disease |
| Wastewater Epidemiology | David Reynolds | Math & Statistics | Biobot Analytics | Estimating Opioid Usage from Sewage |
| Greenhouse Gas Inventory | Anita Tendler | Earth & Environment | Cadmus Group | Tompkins County Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Energy Use Inventory |
| Urban Tree Canopy Cover | Raquel Jimenez | Environmental Health | Speak For The Trees Boston | Improving Tree Equity in the City of Boston |
| Air Quality Monitoring | Taylor Adams | Earth & Environment | Quant AQ | Constructing an Understanding of Low-Cost AQ Monitoring |
| Classroom Air Quality and Ventilation | Catherine Connolly | Environmental Health | Energize Andover & the Town of Andover | Temperature & CO2 Classroom Evaluation at Andover High School |
| Natural Gas Infrastructure | Jessica Wright | Earth & Environment | Cambridge City Councillor Quinton Zondervan | Informing Electrification in Cambridge, MA |
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Urban Ecosystem Services |
Ian Smith | Earth & Environment | City of Boston | Evaluating the Cooling Impact of Vegetation in Boston, MA |
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Health & Energy Equity |
Yasmin Romitti | Earth & Environment | EGE2: Empowering a Green Environment & Economy, LLC |
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Coastal Resilience |
Sarah Garvey | Earth & Environment | Mass Audubon | Preparing for Climate Change: Adaptation for vulnerable communities and natural environments |