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Student Reflections

Natalia Chavez: My Summer with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics

in Student Fellows & Interns, Student Reflections

Mitigating Displacement for Small Businesses and Nonprofits By Natalia Chavez Innovation is not usually associated with government. Government has been thought to be uncreative, inefficient, and overly bureaucratic, and in many instances, I’ve seen this to be true. So when I saw there was a summer fellowship at the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban […]

Taylor Cain: Equitable Decision Making for Boston’s Streets and My Summer as a MONUM Fellow

in Student Fellows & Interns, Student Reflections

When I applied for the summer fellowship with the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, I knew that I would be asked to do more than think.  While daunting, this shift in orientation was also exciting, and I braced myself for a summer where I might bridge my world of scholarly contemplation with my desire to directly […]

Dan Lesser: My Summer with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics

in Student Fellows & Interns, Student Reflections

Lessons from Boston’s Streets: My Summer as a MONUM Fellow Cities around the world are rapidly growing.  By 2050, experts expect 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, up from 50 percent today. As cities become more densely populated, municipal governments will need to grow and adapt city infrastructure and services to […]

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