{"id":7441,"date":"2026-04-10T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/?p=7441"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:41:20","slug":"urban-2026-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/2026\/04\/10\/urban-2026-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"URBAN 2026 Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us for the BU URBAN Annual Symposium on Friday, May 1, 2026, from 9:30am-12:30pm, at 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1101.<\/p>\n<p>The URBAN Symposium is an opportunity to showcase and highlight the work of our amazing graduate students &#8211; whether research related to economic dynamics of disaster resilience or how to integrate health equity into land use planning, or internship projects done in collaboration with our community partners, like Speak for the Trees or the New York City Mayor\u2019s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium will bring together students, faculty, staff, and partners from across departments and throughout the community working at the intersection of biogeoscience and environmental health to make our cities more environmentally sustainable. All are welcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScj1nf7bui4jQQfwGR_ECqyztufOvaZSO-Q4GPKqek05gPMDw\/viewform?usp=header\"><strong>Please click here to RSVP.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BU URBAN Annual Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p>9:30am-12:30pm<\/p>\n<p>665 Commonwealth Ave (CDS), Room 1101<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See below for a tentative agenda with speakers, topics, and panelists:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9:30-9:45 &#8211; <\/span>Welcome<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; Overview of URBAN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9:45-10:45 &#8211; <\/span>Research Talks<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grace Betts &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why and How Environmental Health and Equity Should Be\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrated into Land Use Planning Tools: Practitioner Insights<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yu-Qing Chua, Emerson Conrad-Rooney, Emma Daily &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Climate\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaders: Lessons from COP30<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiahang He &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Economy Dynamics and Disaster Resilience for Households\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in North Carolina<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Kanee &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrating Remotely-Sensed Agricultural Management\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into Scalable GHG Modeling Workflows<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victoria Loehle &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zeroing Waste Through Reuse<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MJ Taylor &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate Resilience Goals vs. Policy Actions in Shanghai,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10:50-11:35 &#8211; <\/span>Internship Lightning Talks &amp; Panel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachel Mooers (Summer 2025, NASA Langley)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emma Daily (Fall 2025, Speak for the Trees)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethan Ashe (Spring 2026, Charles River Watershed Association)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>11:35 &#8211; Lunch from Saloniki Greek<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11:45-12:30 &#8211; <\/span>Alumni Panel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Garvey &#8211; Program Manager, Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy &amp; the Environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beth Haley &#8211; Senior Climate and Health Equity Strategist, Oregon Health Authority<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Miller &#8211; Forest and Wildlife Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ian Smith &#8211; Senior Analyst, City of Boston Analytics Team<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/urban\/files\/2026\/04\/Annual-Symposium-1-509x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2026\/04\/Annual-Symposium-1-509x636.png 509w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2026\/04\/Annual-Symposium-1-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2026\/04\/Annual-Symposium-1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2026\/04\/Annual-Symposium-1-480x600.png 480w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2026\/04\/Annual-Symposium-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us for the BU URBAN Annual Symposium on Friday, May 1, 2026, from 9:30am-12:30pm, at 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1101. 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