Initiative on Cities

🌉🌱🔎 Another year in the books for our MetroBridge experiential learning program! We’re excited to share some highlights from the over 400 BU students who worked this past year with 19 of our public sector partners and courses (e.g., local governments, nonprofits, and community organizations)! Students researching, exploring, proposing solutions, and creating novel tools to address urban challenges in real time and help further the work in their respective communities.

Swipe to see some photos of students in action. Photos taken by our staff .liu18 .inl

Learn more about the projects and the MetroBridge; link in bio!

🌱🔬 The Boston University Initiative on Cities is excited to share this year’s recipients of our Early Stage Urban Research Awards! Our flagship seed grants, the 12th year that we offer our request for proposals, support early-stage academic research focused on urban challenges and urban populations across various disciplines and scopes. Research projects also serve as mentorship opportunities for graduate students who work in tandem with faculty and researchers on multidisciplinary, convergent urban research.

From a large pool of applications, the selection committee, comprising professors from various on-campus disciplines and IOC staff, selected 4 projects to fund for this cycle. Learn more about the projects by swiping right or by visiting our website: bu.edu/ioc