{"id":7207,"date":"2025-12-15T14:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:08:02","slug":"fireside-chat-with-ruth-engel-world-resources-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/2025\/12\/15\/fireside-chat-with-ruth-engel-world-resources-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireside Chat with Ruth Engel, World Resources Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Come for a \u201cfireside\u201d chat with Ruth Engel<\/a>, from the World Resources Institute<\/a> (WRI), to learn more about her work at WRI and her overall career trajectory.\u00a0\u00a0Cookies and coffee will be served.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What:<\/strong> Fireside Chat with Ruth Engel<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 2:00-3:00pm<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> 685 Commonwealth Ave (CAS), Room 132<\/p>\n

RSVP:<\/strong> https:\/\/forms.gle\/EyHCrJNfgMeD9PAy9<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ruth is an Environmental Health and Extreme Heat Data Scientist at the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. She develops data products and analytical tools to support governments and communities in equitable heat resilience planning. Before joining WRI, Ruth worked as an environmental data scientist at UCLA\u2019s Luskin Center for Innovation. There, she focused on implementing data-informed and stakeholder-engaged policy strategies to mitigate the effects of extreme heat through built environment retrofitting and urban land planning. Ruth holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles and a B.A. in Government from Harvard University. Her graduate research explored interactions among land use, urban hydrology, and local heat exposure.<\/p>\n

For additional background, in Spring 2024, URBAN Trainee Leeza Moldavchuk<\/a> completed an internship project with World Resources Institute, \u201cMapping and Modeling Urban Heat in Baltimore<\/a>.\u201d Click the link to learn more about Leeza\u2019s project with WRI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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